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Youth crime crackdown won't break cycle, advocates say

New laws stripping more child offenders from access to prison alternatives have been criticised for failing to tackle the root cause of crime in the Top End.

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Territory's prison lockdowns surge amid crime crackdown

A territory's crime crackdown and tough new bail laws have led to a surge in lockdowns in an overcrowded and understaffed prison system.

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Record prison guard hiring in crime-troubled territory

Hundreds of prison guards are being recruited and trained after the new government of a crime-troubled territory toughened its bail laws.

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Claims waterfront funds were misused are rejected

Explosive claims that the husband of a territory chief minister was embroiled in the misuse of funds at a popular waterfront precinct have been rejected.

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Political leader's partner mired in misused funds claim

Claims that public funds have been misused in the running of a popular waterfront precinct centre on the husband of a territory's chief minister.

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Concerning rise triggers mandatory DV sentencing laws

New laws have restored mandatory sentencing for domestic violence order breaches, with a territory saying it ensures perpetrators face real consequences.

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Grief and anger grip community after shopkeeper's death

Floral tributes have been placed outside a supermarket where a beloved store owner was stabbed to death after confronting a man allegedly shoplifting.

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'Arrogance': Indigenous ire at sacred sites amendments

Amendments to sacred site legislation have attracted the ire of traditional owners, who have expressed frustration and alarm with the 'fast-tracked' process.

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Top cop given his marching orders

Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has ousted the NT's most senior police officer after a jobs for mates scandal.

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Call for NT's top cop to quit over ICAC finding

The NT's top police officer has admitted he is the senior bureaucrat found by the territory's corruption watchdog to have engaged in improper conduct.

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'Inhumane': overcrowded watch house conditions exposed

Two women have described their experiences inside the Alice Springs watch house as hot and overcrowded, with food shortages leaving them "hungry all the time".

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French fighters take off for exercise with Aussie jets

Allied forces will take to Top End skies in the first multinational defence exercise of 2025.

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Gas heavyweight a step closer to new powers

A former gas company executive will play a key role under new powers to accelerate economic projects and override existing protections.

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Bail laws crack down halts court as arrests explode

Police have made 31 arrests in 24 hours after major changes to bail laws, causing courts to grind to a stop, leaving authorities scrambling for solutions.

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New bail laws increase pressures in 'broken system'

The roll-out of new bail laws has caused havoc with more than one per cent of the Northern Territory's population now behind bars.

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'Taking people with you': leader agrees change is hard

After the Northern Territory's CLP government completed its first 100 days on December 2, leader Lia Finocchiaro has admitted change is sometimes hard.

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'A love story': rebuilding Darwin after Tracy

Survivors gathered at the shoreline in Darwin at dawn to remember the moment 50 years earlier when Cyclone Tracy made landfall, claiming 66 lives.

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Australian story: PM remembers 50 years of Tracy

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has reflected on how Cyclone Tracy impacted the nation on the eve of the 50th anniversary of Darwin being flattened.

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Humanity lost in dealing with prisoners, inquest told

Corrections staff have lost sight of humanity when dealing with prisoners, their boss has told an inquest into an Indigenous man's death in custody.

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'National shame': the women killed and forgotten

With nine Aboriginal women killed in six months across the Northern Territory, experts are trying to pin down causes of the shocking domestic violence rate.

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'Undeniable': police label ex-cop a racist at inquest

The police officer who shot Kumanjayi Walker in a botched arrest has been labelled a racist by his former employer at an inquest into the death.

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'Armageddon': the cultural cost of disturbing Gunlom

A precedent in sacred site law could have other jurisdictions looking to the NT after the Jawoyn people won the long-running Gunlom Falls court battle.

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Four on trial over teen's alleged 'revenge' murder

Jurors have been asked to keep an open mind as three adults and a teenager go on trial over the murder of Darwin man Kingsley Alley Jr.

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'Exploding with prisoners': union fights inmate shift

The union for Northern Territory prison guards has flagged it will go to the Fair Work Commission to stop inmates being shifted to relieve overcrowding.

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Parks Australia hit with $200k fine over sacred site

Gunlom Falls will again welcome visitors after Parks Australia was ordered to pay a $200,000 fine for disturbing a sacred site in Kakadu National Park.

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