Northern Territory

Matt Wright has been handed his sentence.

Croc-wrangler Matt Wright sentenced over fatal chopper crash

The fallen reality television star will spend tonight behind bars after he obstructed investigations into a chopper crash which killed his Netflix co-star.

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Gavin Morris has been handed a suspended sentence for assaulting Indigenous school students. (Colin Whelan/AAP PHOTOS)

Ex-NRL ref learns his fate in court for ‘choking’ students

The former whistleblower was accused of committing serious acts of violence against the Indigenous children in his care.

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Matt Wright will be sentenced for trying to pervert the course of justice after a helicopter crash. (Neve Brissenden/AAP PHOTOS)

Reality TV star to learn fate over deadly chopper charges

Prosecutors want a jail term for Matt Wright, the star of the reality TV show Outback Wangler, after a crocodile-egg hunting helicopter trip turned fatal.

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Recovery and clean-up are next on the list for Top End residents after riding out tropical cyclone Fina's destructive winds and driving rain.

Residents share wild footage as Cyclone Fina strikes Top End

Recovery and clean-up are next on the list for Top End residents after riding out tropical cyclone Fina’s destructive winds and driving rain.

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Cyclone Fina is expected to pass just north of Darwin, bringing heavy rain and gale-force winds. (HANDOUT/BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY)

Rough night for Top Enders riding out damaging cyclone

Top End residents have hunkered down for the first cyclone of the season, as they are warned to expect damaging winds and possible flooding.

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Darwin residents have been urged to stay indoors and prepare for worsening conditions as Tropical Cyclone Fina edges closer.

‘Seek shelter’ order in place as Cyclone Fina moves in

Residents are on high alert and have been ordered to seek shelter with Tropical Cyclone Fina expected to restrengthen as it tracks toward the coast.

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Residents have been told to seek shelter as Tropical Cyclone Fina performs a U-turn.

‘Intensifying’: Cyclone U-turns toward coast, residents shelter

The first tropical cyclone of the season is slowly carving its path towards the Northern Territory, with residents told to prepare for destructive and wild weather.

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Tropical Cyclone Fina has formed off Northern Territory coast

100km/h winds as cyclone forms off Northern Territory coast

The tropical cyclone is expected to potentially make landfall by the end of the week.

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Owning a pet crocodile will be made easier in the Northern Territory under changes to guidelines.

Pet crocodile ownership encouraged by government

Owning a pet crocodile will be made easier under proposed new guidelines from government in the Top End.

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Ebony Thompson was just 22 months old when she died.

Charges laid over toddler’s hanging death at daycare centre

‘Childcare centres need to be held accountable, and I will not hesitate to take action.’

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Wayne Hunt was handcuffed and placed in a spit hood after suffering a seizure in prison. (HANDOUT/NT Corrections)

Video shows guards roughly treat inmate who had seizure

Prison guards who roughly handled a one-legged inmate who had just had a seizure suspected he had taken illicit drugs, an inquest into his death has heard.

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A man has been kiled after an alleged brawl on the Victoria Hwy at Timber Creek.

Man dead, three hurt in wild highway brawl

A man has been killed and others have been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after a vicious fight on a remote Northern Territory highway.

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The circumstances of the man’s death are not yet known.

Man’s body found in storm drain

A man has been found dead in a storm drain in a suburb of an Aussie capital city, sparking a police probe.

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A coroner is inquiring into the death of Wayne Hunt who suffered a seizure while in prison. (HANDOUT/NT Courts)

Inmate who had seizure was roughly handled by prison guards

Instead of being brought to a prison health centre for a medical assessment, the prisoner was taken in handcuffs and a spit hood to an ‘at-risk’ cell where he was ‘stripped naked and left lying on the floor’.

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Doctors are calling for needle free vaccines following an influenza virus that has taken 14 lives in the Northern Territory so far this year.

Urgent plea as flu outbreak kills 14

A deadly flu outbreak has taken 14 lives in the Northern Territory and now doctors are pleading for an urgent new vaccination method.

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