The Northern Territorys first known contract killer may have accidentally died in his prison cell after using drugs, investigators believe.

A $500 million methanol plant with the capacity to produce 1,000 tonnes a day of the chemical could begin operating by 2024 in the Darwin Harbour.

A judge finds "extraordinary" flaws in the environment watchdog's decision not to require a formal impact assessment on a bid to clear 20,000 hectares of native vegetation on a cattle station south of Darwin, but steers clear of arguments over climate change.

A tour guide, who says he has "never seen anything like this before", thought there had been a massive oil slick when he first saw the thick black water flowing out past a tourist hot spot in the Northern Territory.

Documents tendered in the Northern Territory Supreme Court allege the five-storey complex in Darwin which is now advertised as "the epitome of waterfront living" almost collapsed before its completion in 2017.

Embattled regional airline Airnorth is in for a run for its money as competitor airlines line up for the NT Government-subsidised contract.

Wielding an oversized wooden spoon, this popular Darwin laksa restaurateur, prepared for battle over a median strip, has taken to social media with a comical protest video.

Where have all the barra gone? Research concludes 2019 has had the lowest recording of juvenile barramundi in the Daly River in over a decade as the beloved fish "failed to breed".

The high-profile host of SBS show Living Black says she was racially profiled by police in the Northern Territory, saying she was treated like a "grog runner" when she entered an Alice Springs bottle shop.

A coronial inquest finds found the death of Daniel Bleaney, who died by suicide after absconding from Darwin psychiatric facility, was entirely preventable.

Woolworths' bid to set up a Dan Murphy's liquor store in Darwin is rejected by the Northern Territory Liquor Commission on the basis it would increase the risk of alcohol-related harm in nearby Aboriginal communities.

Despite two recent inquests into the failure to identify sepsis at Northern Territory hospitals, Joanne Craig was left to deteriorate without the antibiotics that could have saved her life.

A prodigiously talented, goal-scoring genius of the Long-Rioli family is just one of the dozens of men and women left confused and shocked by the AFL's decision to close the Northern Territory's only top-level side.

Five years ago up to 10,000 magpie geese helped themselves to fruit on a mango farm. Now the birds deliberately fly around the property.

The chief executive of the Nhulunbuy Corporation has been connected to a series of serious governance issues during her time as the CEO of a remote WA shire.

Being bashed in the head with an EFTPOS machine and left with memory loss was just one of dozens of recent crimes inflicted on a Palmerston supermarket worker.

Just how easy is it for scammers to access your superannuation? Trevor Riessen is still waiting for answers after cyber criminals raided his savings through myGov.

An Australian fast food giant launches a '0 per cent beef' burger that aims to imitate the real thing and appeal to meat lovers' tastes.

The Northern Territory's largest bus operator is facing a litany of charges over the death of a worker who died after falling into the path of her own tour bus.

Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show almost 78 per cent of Katherine residents are now either overweight or obese, the highest proportion in the country. But the town's Mayor is not quite convinced.

The Northern Territory produces two thirds of Australia's total mango crop, but industry figures say the Top End's mango sector is facing serious threats from climate change.

Territorians will not benefit from a government dominated by independent candidates, insists CLP hopeful Tracey Hayes as she starts her challenge against Chief Minister Michael Gunner.

In the remote Aboriginal communities of central Australia, a musician many of us have never heard of is "bigger than The Beatles". And he gave rise to a unique new sound.

A British investor plans to buy out one of Australia's largest cattle companies, in a deal reportedly worth $600 million.

Aboriginal people who bury their loved ones in traditional ceremonies without bureaucratic approval could end up facing fines of up to $31,000 or two years' imprisonment.

A man who raped and murdered a woman as she slept in her Darwin home will tomorrow be released from prison to live in Adelaide despite breaching his parole four times.

Almost five years after the Arnhem Land community of Galiwin'ku was battered by Cyclone Lam, the NT Government is yet to spend $20.3 million of disaster relief funding for rebuilding housing.

South Australia's Correctional Services Minister criticises prison officers for using a decoy in an attempt to shield a notorious murderer and rapist from media attention.

One of the nation's most powerful trade unions lashes the Northern Territory Government for its "unacceptable" lack of a policy platform in the lead up to the 2020 Territory election.

In the turbid waters of the Wessel Marine Park in the Gulf of Carpentaria, an underwater garden of sponges, corals and creatures is revealed.

With Tasmania committed to changing its laws, the Northern Territory will be the only place in Australia where sexual assault survivors are not legally allowed to share their own stories and journalists can face time behind bars if they name victims.

An Aboriginal corporation in the Kimberley is set to become the first to commercialise the breeding of native freshwater prawns.

Live export ships on most short voyages to South-East Asia will no longer be required to carry independent observers in a Government policy change applauded by the industry.

Alexandros Deligiannis, the man police believe was the original target of Darwin's June mass shooting, faces court charged with three driving offences including driving with a prohibited drug in the body.

The incident left more than 60 residents without running water for five days as temperatures soared into the mid-30s.

The Australian head of the US Marines in the NT says the current figure of 2,500 troops rotating through the region could be "exceeded in certain years", but a continued focus on the figures is "missing the point".

People living in the NT are more than twice as likely to suffer from a tobacco-related disease than people living anywhere else in Australia, prompting fresh calls to relax the NT's new vaping laws but not everyone is convinced e-cigarettes are the answer.

Despite objections from Aboriginal traditional owners, thousands of Australians have flocked to Uluru to climb the rock before it officially closes this week. We travelled to Uluru to ask a few of them why they decided to make the journey.

Hundreds of visitors have ascended Uluru today and there is now less than an hour before the iconic landmark is closed to climbers permanently, at the request of local traditional owners.

You'll need a week's worth of supplies, plenty of spare tyres, and a sturdy four-wheel drive would you take on this epic, ancient journey?

A politician opposed to the decriminalisation of sex work in the Northern Territory claims he has been "censored" by a parliamentary scrutiny committee which agreed to accept evidence from sex workers behind closed doors because of concerns about stigma and discrimination.

Arnhem Land's Malcolm Rosas becomes the first Northern Territory player picked up by an AFL club for next season but he says the remote community of Bulman will always be home.