Katherine
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- Extreme weather
Towns brace for fresh floods as ex-cyclone lashes north
The Bureau of Meteorology said the cyclone was the first weather system in more than two decades that was expected to hit three states and territories.
- Tom Wark and Melissa Meehan
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The balmy Aussie town with something better than beaches
I wouldn’t be surprised if Katherine, a township 320 kilometres south-east of Darwin, has the highest rate of pool-noodle ownership in the country.
- Julia D'Orazio
Pen pals: One’s in prison, the other is with his daughter in hospital
A young Indigenous man serving a controversial life sentence corresponded for years with a Sydney journalist – then came an unexpected twist.
- Dan Box
Northern Territory records first case of COVID-19 community transmission
Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner held a late-night press conference to announce the first case of COVID-19 community transmission and a lockdown for Katherine.
- Sarah McPhee
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- Coronavirus pandemic
Indigenous vaccination rates lag despite priority status assurance
Vaccine rollout to Aboriginal people lags mainstream Australia despite priority status, amid call for Indigenous sport stars to front education campaign.
- Cameron Gooley
Fears for ‘very serious’ situation in NT as Darwin enters lockdown
The NT’s peak Aboriginal medical body is urging Indigenous people to get vaccinated as the Territory records a new case of COVID-19.
- Cameron Gooley
Federal government settles years-long PFAS contamination class actions
An 'in-principal' agreement has been reached between the Defence Department and residents of three towns in Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory.
- Matt Dennien
Fractured future: Water fears as drilling for gas begins in the NT
Giant coal projects like the Adani mine have dominated the climate change debate, but plans for fracking in the Northern Territory can no longer be ignored.
- Miki Perkins
Hazards of nature: a bog frog in the throat and a man-eating camera thief
IMAX documentary maker Nick Robinson has discovered that filming in the Top End is not for the faint-hearted.
- Karl Quinn
How we bagged a monster: NT ranger tells of 10-year croc hunt
“We put traps in, conducted numerous spotlight checks over the years … he was was just much smarter than us."
- Roxanne Fitzgerald