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A former Darwin councillor will wait until January to learn his fate after making a final bid to contest multiple domestic violence offences, allegedly committed against his ex-girlfriend.

Katherine mums will be able to give birth at their local hospital despite fears critical staffing shortfalls would result in the maternity unit’s closure.

Sweeping powers to allow fracking and agricultural projects to side step regulations has been labelled “profoundly anti-democratic and anti-Territorian”.

A horrific tragedy in a Top End crisis shelter is being investigated as a potential death in custody by the Northern Territory coroner.

A Darwin man’s uncontrolled anger and resentment allegedly spurred him to send “graphic” and abusive emails to three Australian politicians.

A young soldier involved in a three-minute brutal bashing in a Top End nightclub will spend the next 11 months in a jail cell.

A Northern Territory police officer who was allegedly boozing behind the wheel and armed in public claims he was too mentally disturbed to be held responsible for his actions.

The Territory’s largest approved fracking project has been threatened with a Federal Court injunction as environmentalists push to activate a national water trigger.

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Outback Wrangler Matt Wright is fighting to stop an alleged workplace safety breach resulting in the death of his mate and co-star from ever reaching a jury.