Roxanne Fitzgerald

The Northern Territory government has axed a $1.1 million contract awarded to a Darwin midwife, banned from working unsupervised, almost 10 months after doctors began raising concerns about the deal.  

Oil and gas giant Inpex has launched proceedings with the Fair Work Commission seeking urgent orders to stop strike action at its Ichthys LNG facility in Darwin.

Lawyers prepare legal action against a Tiwi Islands town manager who blocked an alleged murderer from being granted bail to the islands, where his potential return has already provoked rioting.

The federal environment minister's decision to wave through plans to bulldoze almost 3,000 hectares — an area 10 times the size of Sydney's CBD — of habitat, home to threatened species, will be challenged in the Federal Court.

A Northern Territory Police officer has been cleared of coercing his former partner into withdrawing an assault charge after facing trial on one count of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

A jury has heard police officer Karol Jarentowski repeatedly attempted to pressure his former partner into dropping aggravated assault charges against him, including at one point threatening her child support.

Lawyers in the Northern Territory are commencing a landmark legal challenge that could require courts to halt some cases due to defendants being unable to access a lawyer amid a worsening legal aid crisis.

The Country Liberal Party's second NT budget has received a lukewarm response from civil society groups, with advocates criticising funding cuts and a "missed opportunity" to support Territorians.

The Northern Territory's debt is set to climb to $12.55 billion next financial year, as the 2026-27 budget delivers record spending on health and crime prevention without providing any new cost of living relief.

Bike shops in Darwin are experiencing soaring demand as more people turn to one of the oldest and simplest alternatives to cars amid skyrocketing fuel prices, but advocates say the federal government is still prioritising drivers.

The family of a beloved Tiwi Islands sistergirl has pleaded for the man who killed her to be handed a life sentence, describing more than a year of sleepless nights, heartbreak and grief.

In his first council budget, Darwin lord mayor Peter Styles has proposed a rates hike which he says he believes people will agree with despite no new major projects being on the cards.

Just weeks after the CLP government insisted the Northern Territory's watch house crisis was over, the NT's Aboriginal justice agency has accused it of renaming parts of a Darwin watch house to conceal that people are still being held there long term.

A coronial inquest hears that Northern Territory authorities assessed that a father posed "no risk" to his child, despite allegations he repeatedly abused his partner and shook the baby. 

An inquest hears evidence from a senior police officer who ran into a room to disarm a mother who was self-harming inside a Darwin crisis accommodation facility, describing the incident as "one of the worst days" of her policing career. 

A paramedic tells an inquest she decided to wait for police back-up before attending to a woman who was actively harming herself in a Northern Territory domestic violence shelter.

An inquest has heard harrowing details of the final moments of a 33-year-old mother who bled to death after harming herself inside a Darwin domestic violence shelter.

The partner of a man charged with the stabbing murder of a Tiwi Islands sistergirl tells the NT Supreme Court she saw him run outside "like a flash" before crying and repeatedly calling out "call the police".

Jurors in the murder trial of a man accused of fatally stabbing a 37-year-old sistergirl from the Tiwi Islands have heard there was "no bad blood" between them in the lead-up to the "family tragedy".

A former Darwin teacher who allegedly struck a female student in the face has taken the stand in the Northern Territory Supreme Court, conceding he was "angry" after she swore at him.

A former Darwin teacher has pleaded not guilty to causing serious harm after allegedly striking a female student in the face and causing her to break her front teeth.

The Northern Territory Government is being criticised by the N.T. Opposition for putting armed officers on public buses.

As the conflict in the Middle East continues, more people than ever are turning to public transport to escape the cost of driving — but in Darwin, that choice comes with a different price.

Darwin midwife Claire Marks was under investigation by the nursing and midwifery watchdog when she was handed a $1.1 million contract by the NT government, which is now reviewing the matter, as doctors continue to raise concerns, and the service brings on new staff.

Two men accused of raping a young woman they picked up while she waited for an Uber have been acquitted on all charges by a Northern Territory jury.