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QUARANTINE CAMPPremiumSerious concerns about Howard Springs recruitment pace amid COVID spike

A spike in COVID-19 cases, mainly from India, comes as the Northern Territory Government struggles to find enough medical workers to take over the Howard Springs facility.

THOMAS MORGAN

Annual Geoscience Exploration SeminarPremiumNew wave of explorers eyeing the Territory: Pitt

Results from the Mineral Exploration CRC’s National Drilling Initiative have attracted a new wave of explorers to the Northern Territory Federal Resources Minister Keith Pitt says.

GARY SHIPWAY

COVID-19PremiumNT’s active COVID case tally hits 21 with three more diagnosed

Three people have tested positive to coronavirus in the Northern Territory in the past 24 hours.

ALICIA PERERA

CrimePremiumStolen rental car used to ram through hotel fence

Police are appealing to the public to help them locate two vehicles that were stolen in a NT town overnight.

ALICIA PERERA

CrimePremiumMan allegedly stomped on woman’s head repeatedly during brutal CBD attack

A man has allegedly punched a woman, knocking her to the ground, and stomped on her head in a violent domestic assault in the Darwin CBD overnight.

ALICIA PERERA

New questionsPremiumWho wrote the Australian novel Cloudstreet?

The Chase Australia’s official Shark, Brydon Coverdale, has created a new daily quiz challenge. How’s your general knowledge? Take his quiz.

Brydon Coverdale

Beetaloo gas dealPremiumEmpire Energy stepping on the gas with Beetaloo expansion

Beetaloo Basin gas explorer Empire Energy Group, has strengthened its position as a serious player in the Territory’s on shore gas industry.

GARY SHIPWAY

Lest we forgetPremiumLegacy of Brian Jones remains at the heart of his family 50 years on

This year ANZAC Day will have more meaning than most years Trish Jones and her son Jason, marking 50 years since the passing of their husband and father Brian in the Vietnam War.

WILL ZWAR

Miriam-RosePremiumRespected Indigenous elder speaks out on youth crime crisis

Senior Australian of the Year Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann said her community of Daly River has turned around its youth crime crisis by ensuring kids know where to turn when they’re in need.

THOMAS MORGAN

BusinessPremiumManison lays down out welcome mat out for minerals and resources

Deputy Chief Minister Nicole Manison has delivered a loud and clear message to mineral and petroleum companies that the Territory wants their business.

GARY SHIPWAY

BuildBonusPremium200 Territorians to benefit from NT’s BuildBonus deadline extension

The Northern Territory Government is following the Morrison Government’s lead by extending the NT’s BuildBonus construction deadlines.

GARY SHIPWAY

Full capacityPremiumNRL clash to put TIO at full capacity for first time since COVID outbreak

TIO Stadium will be at 100 per cent capacity at this Friday night’s NRL clash for the first time since the global coronavirus outbreak.

WILL ZWAR

surveyPremiumNT businesses urged to pass judgment on govt with Chamber survey

The Gunner government is facing a big test with Territory businesses in the Chamber of Commerce NT’s first Business Confidence Survey since last year’s NT election.

GARY SHIPWAY

Farm salePremium$6.6m Noonamah farm sale has subdivision opportunities

The Top End’s Elizabeth Valley Farm is on the market for more than $6 million.

GARY SHIPWAY

ANZAC DAYPremiumGovernor-General to attend Darwin Dawn Service, Cenotaph 100th anniversary

The Governor-General’s office has confirmed David Hurley and his wife will be in Darwin for the Dawn Service, as well as the 100th anniversary of the Darwin Cenotaph.

THOMAS MORGAN

BusinessPremiumNT company awarded $2.3m contract to build new Aboriginal art gallery

A NT company has been awarded a $2.3m contract to construct a new Aboriginal art gallery in the Top End.

ALICIA PERERA

‘just ridiculous’PremiumNT politicians at loggerheads over state of remote police stations

Federal and Territory politicians are at loggerheads as to the state of the NT’s remote police stations.

THOMAS MORGAN

MonsoonsPremiumUS Marine injured outside Monsoons awake and on road to recovery

A Monsoons security guard who allegedly bashed a US Marine unconscious outside the nightclub on April 11 will contest the charge on the basis he has a legal defence, a court has heard.

Jason Walls

HOSPITALITYPremiumAlice Springs’ iconic Lasseters Hotel Casino sold off to Sydney developer

DEVELOPMENT empire Iris Capital has purchased the iconic Lasseters Hotel Casino in Alice Springs after 25 years under its current ownership

Natasha Emeck, Thomas Morgan

infrastructurePremium$61.5m Tiger Brennan Drive overpass to be completed by 2022

Construction of an overpass at a notorious intersection will be completed by the end of next year.

Raphaella Saroukos and Thomas Morgan

COVID-19PremiumFour-year-old child among six new COVID-19 cases in the NT

Six more people, including a four-year-old child, have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Northern Territory in the past 24 hours.

ALICIA PERERA

LAKSA KITKAT?PremiumKitKat snubs Territory in new announcement

KitKat has announced new regional varieties of chocolate, but left chocolate-lovers in the north devastated by snubbing the Territory.

Thomas Morgan

REFORM PUSHPremiumGunner wants ‘hard evidence’ diversion works for age of criminal responsibility changes

Chief Minister Michael Gunner has responded to growing calls for raising the criminal age of responsibility in the NT, saying he wanted “hard evidence” diversion programs work before laws change.

ALICIA PERERA & JASMINE BURKE

They’re back!PremiumMindil Beach Sunset Markets to return next week

Darwin’s iconic Mindil Beach Sunset Markets will return next week, and they will be back to operating in almost full swing.

ALICIA PERERA

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