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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.

A young Indigenous artist will have her work circulated in wallets around the country to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee.

A tourist mauled by a pack of dogs in the remote Northern Territory is calling for greater controls after discovering it's unclear which level of government has responsibility for managing dangerous animals.  

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".

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.

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.

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.

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.

In the Australian outback, mysteries have a way of shifting and distorting — and none more so than the enduring saga of a Larrimah man and his kelpie who never returned to the pub.

Rusty dog food tins, broken lawnmowers and discarded barbed wire have all be repurposed for the NT's Junk Festival.

It took Michelangelo four years to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel — the same length of time for Brendan Penzer to collect enough cans to create his own masterpiece.

Thea and Kaitlyn are among a growing number of people in the Northern Territory casting aside traditional hospital births and staying home instead, as part of the country's longest-running publicly funded homebirth program.

Traditional owners have been left dismayed after Beetaloo gas company Empire Energy failed to report ancient Indigenous stone tools found on an exploration site, as required by heritage regulations.

Commercial barramundi fishing vessels are being accused of killing sea life in huge nets off Arnhem Land, in the remote Northern Territory, in waters where commercial fishing is banned.

The NT government has outlined its road map for Territorians to "learn to live with alcohol", meaning long-standing bans could soon be overturned.

Only about 3 per cent of spices found in your pantry are grown in Australia despite the nation's large agricultural industry, and a research team and a bunch of farmers want to change that.

As Australia marks National Reconciliation Week, young First Nations leaders have shared their vision for improving the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. 

Justine and her partner cut their losses and sold their home cheap in the inner suburb of Darwin after months of no takers. 

One of Australia's biggest mango growers, Manbulloo Limited, has planted its largest ever patch of new varieties in the Northern Territory.

New laws that allow the NT police commissioner to declare snap curfews in response to social unrest have passed through parliament, despite concerns from some that they amount to government overreach.

Ahead of the Northern Territory's biggest music festival Bass in the Grass, research shows party-goers want access to pill testing.

A working mother-of-two who can't afford childcare, a cafe owner who says 'people are leaving' Darwin and a medical student struggling to balance work and study are among the Territorians who say there isn't much in the NT budget that helps them.