Charmayne Allison

With election day just months away in the Northern Territory, a prominent Indigenous leader is calling on politicians — and the media — to change the narrative around Aboriginal people.

When a person goes missing along the iconic Larapinta Trail in Central Australia, search and rescue pilot Warwick Curr is often one of the first people to know. After 20 years, the job never gets easier. 

NT Police have revealed further details of a Finke Desert Race campfire explosion which left six Victorian men with significant burns.

Native title holders have gathered on the banks of the Plenty River in Central Australia for a historic Federal Court decision, which will ensure they can keep culture and tradition alive on their land for generations to come.

One month after the Alice Springs youth curfew, leaders say there's been very little consultation with frontline youth services as the government prepares to pass laws making it easier to impose curfews across the territory. 

Gavin Morris has been fined for hiring two unregistered teachers in 2023, a year after he was officially warned for a similar offence.

Police are still working to determine the identity of the body that was found this morning in Rhonda Diano Park off Head Street in Braitling.

Widespread alcohol addiction has frayed the social fabric of Alice Springs. But frontline services fear a far greater threat is looming in the outback town – meth.

The Northern Territory government has confirmed it's pulling funding from three youth hubs in Alice Springs town camps. 

After nearly three weeks, kids under the age of 18 are now allowed in the Alice Springs CBD at night. Locals are calling for long-term action to prevent crime from spiralling out of control.

The now-expired Alice Springs youth curfew has triggered mixed reactions, lauded as a "circuit-breaker" by some and a "punitive", "knee-jerk" response by others. Here's a look back at what we learned.

With the Alice Springs curfew extended for a further six days, organisations and local advocates say it will do little to address the underlying issues driving youth crime in the Red Centre.

The Alice Springs tourism sector is calling for an urgent federal support package as some operators report their "worst Easter ever".

As the two-week youth curfew in Alice Springs hits the halfway point, here's what locals think about the measure.

The NT police commissioner says a dangerous game is being played by young people in Alice Springs who post, then boast, about their crimes on social media. Experts say it's a nationwide issue. 

The NT chief minister says she is "more than happy" to face any potential challenges to the legality of the Alice Springs youth curfew and wishes "good luck" to anyone who brings one.

A community advocate and the boss of an organisation that runs supermarkets in Alice Springs says an altercation at a liquor outlet shows that a change to policing at the stores is leading to an increase in violence.

Police said the body, which was found on the side of the Stuart Highway about 25 kilometres north of Devils Marbles, had likely been there for five days before it was discovered.

Alice Springs bottle shop owners say they've seen a spike in aggression at local liquor outlets since police auxiliary liquor inspectors were suddenly removed.

As the Northern Territory's prison population reaches record levels, two former inmates from opposite ends of the territory speak out about the "dehumanising" conditions inside NT jails.

Alice Springs has some of the highest rates of chronic kidney disease in the country but patients face huge challenges to qualify for organ donations.

A crisis inside one of northern Australia's most important legal entities has led to a severe shortage of lawyers in Alice Springs, leaving some of Australia's most vulnerable residents to represent themselves in court.

After months of turmoil that have sparked concerns for its funding, the board of NAAJA has defended itself amid suggestions the organisation is unable to do its job.

With access to precious cultural and linguistic knowledge on country for the first time, the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies has expanded its reach outside Canberra.

The Northern Territory Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge over whether the NT government acted lawfully when it awarded one of the largest groundwater licences in Australia's history.