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Running, cycling to daycare keeps father and son fit in Darwin

When dad-of-three Matt King does the daycare run, he and his son work up a sweat pushing through three suburbs in Darwin's challenging weather.

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Hundreds of Darwin bus services cancelled as drivers quit due to escalating violence and anti-social behaviour

People are being left stranded at bus stops, with hundreds of services cancelled as drivers in Darwin quit due to violence and anti-social behaviour.

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US Air Force to deploy nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to Australia as tensions with China grow

A Four Corners investigation can reveal the US Air Force is planning to deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to Tindal air base near Darwin, as fears grow that China is preparing for an assault on Taiwan.

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Single-use plastics still being distributed at markets years after Darwin city council ban

Single-use plastics were banned years ago in Darwin. But since then, alternatives have been melting in the heat. So, where to from here?

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Female pedestrian dies after being hit by two cars in Holtze, outside Darwin

Police say the woman was struck by one car then another "immediately after... travelling in the opposite direction", and died at the scene.

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NT government cops heat over $100,000 annual bill to maintain vines on Darwin's Cavenagh Street 'shade' structure

A now infamous shade structure in the Darwin CBD is costing taxpayers twice as much to maintain than previous estimates, the Northern Territory government has revealed.

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Middle Arm industrial precinct, remote homelands and Aboriginal art gallery funding confirmed for NT in federal budget

Funding for a billion-dollar industrial hub on Darwin Harbour and a national Aboriginal art gallery in Alice Springs are among the big-ticket items confirmed for the Northern Territory in Tuesday's federal budget.

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Greens threaten to withhold Senate support over $1.5 billion Darwin industrial hub budget commitment

Labor confirms the $1.5 billion for the project will be in its budget, but the Greens say they could withhold Senate support if it's not dropped.

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NT government pays $250,000 to private firm to find backer for proposed luxury Darwin hotel

A private commercial real estate firm will be paid by NT taxpayers to try to find a customer who is prepared to back and build a new high-end hotel in Darwin.

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Darwin study finds badly injured e-scooter users are adding to the public health system's workload

Injured and often intoxicated e-scooter users are adding to the Northern Territory public health system's workload and costing hundreds of thousands of dollars each year, medical researchers say.

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Darwin man Jimmy Rogers survives lightning strike in front yard, the second to be struck in a week

Darwin man Jimmy Rogers says he was walking through his front gate when he was knocked to the ground by the force of the lightning strike, as the Top End's wet season sets in.

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Review of fire safety equipment at Darwin's Marrara Stadium given to same company involved in original design

The Northern Territory government's handling of a fire safety equipment contract at Darwin's main sports stadium has been questioned by the opposition, saying it could create a perception of a conflict of interest.

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Santos ends Darwin Festival sponsorship

Gas giant Santos has ended its sponsorship of the Darwin Festival after almost 30 years.

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Campaigning mother of veteran who took his own life calls on government to 'fix' defence royal commission, as Darwin hearings begin

After petty officer David Finney took his own life in 2019, his mother campaigned for a royal commission. One year in, she wants the commission to have more powers if it's going to bring about change.

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Man pleads guilty over hit-and-run scooter crash in Darwin that killed 15-year-old Jack Parker

The man involved in a hit and run which killed a 15-year-old boy in Darwin last year has apologised to the victims family, pleading guilty in the Darwin Supreme Court on Tuesday.

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Joseph Marrday, 22, convicted of attempted rape of three-year-old in Darwin suburb of Karama handed suspended sentence

The 22-year-old will soon be released from prison to serve a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to attacking the three-year-old last year.

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Defence quizzed on access to support

Defence Force witnesses have been asked about mental health support following critical incidents at the Veteran Suicide Royal Commission's first Darwin hearing.

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Royal commission into veteran suicides to commence hearings in Darwin this week

Ahead of a fortnight of sittings in Darwin, the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide is seeing a surge in new submissions from current and former service members.

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Owners of Darwin plant nursery are selling this 'classic' Melbourne train carriage for $70,000

The Northern Territory might just be the last place in Australia one would expect to come across a Melbourne train. Now the owners of a Darwin nursery are readying for its next journey.

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Pastoralists, traditional owners, environmental groups, call for moratorium on NT water licences

The Northern Territory government's management of water could "run rivers dry" and risk the livelihoods of future generations, a traditional owner has said amid a major water conference in Darwin this week.

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NT police officer Lee Morgan, who fielded a call from Darwin shooter Benjamin Hoffmann, shares his story

At first, police thought it was fireworks. Later that day, Detective Superintendent Lee Morgan was holding a triple-0 call with the "panicked" Darwin mass shooter, Benjamin Hoffmann.

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Darwin shooter Benjamin Hoffmann given life sentence with no parole for 2019 drug-fuelled rampage

Darwin shooter Benjamin Hoffmann has been sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for a shooting rampage that killed four people in June 2019.

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Darwin mass shooter Benjamin Hoffmann has been sentenced, three years after a crime that shocked the city

Benjamin Hoffmann killed four people in a shooting rampage across Darwin in June 2019. This is what happened.

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NT triple murder gets life with no parole

Ben Hoffmann will spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering three people and killing another during a drug-fuelled shooting rampage across Darwin.

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Second male, 17, arrested and charged with murder over Palmerston driveway death

Authorities are continuing to investigate the death of an 18-year-old man, whose body was found on a driveway east of Darwin.

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