NT

An 18-year-old man will face court charged with murder after the fatal stabbing of a Nightcliff grocery store owner on Wednesday.

A Canadian-owned mining company has pleaded guilty to sacred site damage after accidentally tipping off the regulator about its unlawful drilling at a Northern Territory sacred site.

The NT government has promised to urgently pass new bail laws to bring the territory in-line with Victoria and NSW in the wake of a fatal stabbing of a local Darwin grocer.

As news of the pope’s death reverberates around the world, the Ltyentye Apurte Catholic community in Central Australia, known also as Santa Teresa, is carrying on his legacy in their own way.

Police have arrested an 18-year-old man overnight after the owner of a supermarket in Darwin's northern suburbs was stabbed to death on Wednesday afternoon.

The Coalition has promised to allow overseas airlines to fly domestic routes between Darwin and the east coast if it wins government. But would that reduce prices?

The Northern Territory government has dismissed calls for an independent inquiry into allegations over the misuse of public funding at the Darwin Waterfront Corporation.

Voters in the small remote community of Pirlangimpi on the Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin, have become some of the first to cast their votes for the federal election.

Phil Scott was a prominent anti-fracking activist prior to running for the NT seat of Solomon, with Coalition frontbencher Jacinta Nampijinpa Price accusing him of behaving "like a petulant child".

An Independent candidate in the Top End who was recently an anti-fracking protester has become the first person in the NT to receive backing from Climate 200.

A litigation funder will pocket one-sixth of a $180 million settlement in a historic Northern Territory stolen wages class action while the Aboriginal workers themselves will get "at least $10,000" each.

The Indigenous business sector is experiencing significant growth but challenges remain around access to capital, a lack of culturally safe support and entrenched racism.

Do you know where the timber in your local hardware store comes from? The Coalition says Australians should have that information.

At the Humpty Doo pub in Darwin's rural area, thousands of kilometres from Canberra, the views of punters reflect the challenges facing candidates nationwide this election.

Lisa Siebert has called for the Liberal Party's proposed royal commission into child sexual abuse in Indigenous communities to be expanded to all Australian children.

A live fire mapping service, used by Indigenous rangers, firefighting agencies and pastoralists in northern Australia, is on track to run out of funding during the region's peak fire season.

Crossbench politicians in the Northern Territory are calling for a ban on gifts from corporate bookmakers to members of the NT’s gambling regulator, after revelations its chair declared he had accepted hospitality from gambling companies.

Federal police are ramping up their presence at Darwin Airport after a rise in "obnoxious" and "abusive" drunken passengers in the past 12 months.

An illegal foreign fisher was taken to hospital after a suspected crocodile attack in NT waters, which authorities believe occurred days before they intercepted the vessel.

Police have seized weapons including machetes and axes after a "large disturbance" in Katherine, during which an 18-year-old was allegedly struck by a vehicle.