Darwin News

Nico Courtney, 27, was out spotlighting for pigs with mates in the Douglas Daly region on Saturday night when he accidentally shot the vulnerable African rainforest dweller. Stories about sightings of African wildlife wandering the NT outback have long been...

A team of scientists here have discovered 850 new species of animals in the underground water and caves of the Australian Outback. The species of invertebrates like spiders, insects, and worms came to light during a four-year long suvey led...

The 42 Afghan men will be released into the community this week but it is believed the Federal Government will deport any of them who are subsequently convicted of serious charges over the incident. Indonesian crew when it exploded while...

A group of 255 Sri Lankans staging a hunger strike on a boat in Western Java say they will reveal the identities of people smugglers if Australia accepts them as refugees. Three of the Tamil asylum seekers have been taken...

Northern Territory Police Assistant Commissioner Mark McAdie says the fire and explosion onboard the boat, which was carrying asylum seekers towards Australia, was not an accident. "The criminal investigation has revealed information that suggests that a person or persons had...

Environment Minister Peter Garrett will join traditional owners to celebrate the declaration of two new Indigenous protected areas. The corridor covers almost 1.5 million hectares of stone and gorge country on the Arnhem Land plateau adjacent to the Kakadu national...

Northern Territory Police have released the names and images of the five asylum seekers who died when their boat exploded near Ashmore Reef in April...Three bodies were recovered after the explosion, while two other people were presumed dead after their...

Luhrmann, who also wrote and directed Strictly Ballroom, joined the panel for Monday's show and will return Tuesday. Goodman's gruelling schedule usually sees him fly every week between Los Angeles and London, where he judges Strictly Come Dancing. Luhrmann ballroom...

Tobacco companies are increasingly going online to promote their wares as governments ban or regulate their ability to advertise, an Australian researcher has warned. Sydney Medical School's Becky Freeman has uncovered what she describes as the "alarming sophistication" of online...

Brigadier Michael Krause says the Indonesian Government accepted the offer of emergency assistance earlier this morning...A separate eight member command and control team is also heading overseas. "We don't know what the need is and the Indonesian Government and the...