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Authorities patrolled a remote part of the Queensland-Nothern Territory border this week following the NT's "Cracker Night", and say many people are unaware of the jail time they could face.

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.

As Bron stood atop a ridge, trying to find her way back to the Larapinta Trail, all she could think about was the Victorian hiker whose body was retrieved from the same track only a month before.

These desert lifeguards want more remote swimming pools to be reopened, revitalised, and maintained to unlock the many benefits they offer. 

The Alice Springs Masters Games is facing an uncertain future as it struggles to attract interest in 2024, with some accusing organisers of neglecting the once popular event.

Dr K Rogers — one of Australia's first Indigenous principals and the creator of the Bush Uni — has been described as a "champion" and a "loving father".

Ben Olschewsky was heading to the bush for a four-week building maintenance contract. Fourteen years later, he can't imagine living anywhere else.

These players don't have fancy uniforms or special equipment and often train barefoot, but they share one thing in common: an obsession with AFL.

The NT cattle industry and tourists are calling for urgent repairs on the Stuart, Barkly and Tablelands highways after a heavy wet season caused significant damage.  

It will be just the third year in more than six decades the Henley-on-Todd Regatta, which draws tourists from around the country, has not gone ahead.

Australia's banking watchdog has publicly sanctioned Westpac over the bank's sudden branch closure in the isolated Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek. 

A first-of-its-kind renal dialysis clinic has opened in remote Central Australia, a region where one in 100 people are in need of the treatment amid a growing diabetes and kidney disease epidemic.

For thousands of people in the NT, overcrowded housing is a day-to-day reality. Now, a major investment into hundreds of new homes is looking to change that.

All elected members of the Barkly Regional Council have been officially dismissed following an investigation into its management, the ABC can reveal.

Commercial gillnet fishing for barramundi will be phased out across the Northern Territory from August after both of the territory's major parties announced their support for an end to the practice.

Gas companies and the Northern Territory's environmental regulator have argued to a federal Senate inquiry that plans for a new LNG processing facility and existing plants on Darwin Harbour are not risking human health.

Prince William and Catherine have taken in an iconic sunset at Uluru Kata-Tjuta National Park to end their tour of the Red Centre in 2014.

Fruit and veggies are expensive in these remote communities, but a nutrition program is helping school students and their families grow their own, and improving health outcomes at the same time.

A case of leprosy has been detected in the Northern Territory, prompting outcry over remote living conditions for Indigenous Australians.

For three decades, hundreds of notebooks filled with detailed descriptions of sacred Indigenous practices were locked away in a museum's archives. Now, Ngadjuri man Vincent Copley Junior hopes to finally have access to his great-grandfather's history.

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.

Despite having the greatest need for funding in Australia, with a homelessness rate 12 times the national average, the NT has persistently not received enough Commonwealth money because of its small population. But in May, that changed.

David Walsh wins the bikes section of the Finke Desert Race yet again as Beau Robinson finally clinches his first ever victory in the cars section.

Some Finke Desert Race competitors are chasing glory, personal bests, or the ultimate prize. Others, such as Jason McMillan, take on the gruelling event for the sense of pride it brings.