Northern Territory

A police investigation investigation into depraved zoologist Adam Britton, right, resulted in the arrest of US man Former US Navy quartermaster Lucas Russell VanWoert on similar animal abuse charges.

Cops jail more animal abusers after sick zoologist locked up

The case of depraved zoologist Adam Britton has led to the arrest of two more animal abusers after police and US Homeland Security officers tracked the vile offenders down.

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Depraved zoologist Adam Britton is unlikely to ever be cured, even with intensive sex offender treatment, a psychiatrist has warned.

Depraved bestiality zoologist unlikely to ever be cured

The depraved zoologist who filmed himself raping, torturing and killing dozens of dogs is unlikely to ever be cured of his ‘chronic and longstanding paraphilia’ even with intensive sex offender treatment.

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Angie Fuller and Jake Peters.

BF of missing mum jailed for ‘frenzied’ violent carjackings

The last person to see missing and likely murdered Northern Territory mum Angie Fuller alive has been jailed for holding a knife to a toddler’s face and assaulting others during two frenzied carjackings.

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Dr Simon Quilty is suing the Northern Territory over 15,000 hours of unpaid overtime.

Doctor sues after working 42 hours of unpaid overtime a week

A senior Outback doctor — and brother of a famous Aussie artist — is suing the NT Government after working about 42 hours of unpaid overtime every week for almost a decade.

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There are calls for WA’s and the NT’s default speed limit to be dropped by 10km/h to help save lives.

Should default speed limits in some states drop to 100km/h?

Would dropping the limit by 10km/h save lives? Here’s what the evidence says.

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Minister for Environment Tanya Plibersek has approved Australia’s biggest solar farm days after blocking a $1b gold mine.

Plibersek greenlights solar farm to power other countries

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is handing out red and green lights like candy, first blocking a gold mine and now approving a solar farm backed by billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes.

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A woman has died in a two-vehicle crash on a Northern Territory highway, with at least nine patients being assessed for injuries.

Woman killed, five children injured in horror collision

At least nine people are receiving medical treatment following the crash.

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Larrimah resident and star Frances Hodgetts is reluctantly preparing to offload the home she has lived in for more than five decades.

Larrimah won’t be Fran’s last stop in Paddy Moriarty mystery

A person at the centre of a high-profile murder mystery is selling a slice of Australian true crime history — after she was cleared of involvement in the disappearance of Paddy Moriarty.

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A man who saved children and a driver from a sinking bus is among 46 people recognised for bravery. (HANDOUT/JOSHUA HUMPHRIES)

Dad who saved kids from sinking bus among bravest souls

A father who rescued schoolchildren from a sinking bus is among dozens of brave people recognised for their courage in the face of fear and danger.

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Two men were followed to a petrol station on Katherine Tce by two violent offenders after an attack in the adjacent Ryan Park.

Man knocked out during violent attack in park

Two men were allegedly chased down and then attacked by two others in a Nissan Patrol ute.

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Darwin crocodile expert Adam Robert Corden Britton, 52, was unmasked as the serial animal abuser in the Northern Territory Supreme Court Facebook

Vile zoologist jailed for sickening rape, killing of animals

A pre-eminent crocodile specialist will spend the next decade behind bars after being sentenced over one of the most sadistic bestiality and animal cruelty cases in Australian history.

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Michael Murphy said the NT police force has to own the past and change for the future.

Territory’s top cop quits powerful union over racism row

An escalating stoush over a racism apology has erupted between the NT’s top cop and the union that represents his force’s members after it criticised a speech he delivered at the Garma Festival on the weekend.

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Fines over $15.3 million have been dished out to a sushi chain and its boss for underpaying staff. (Angela Brkic/AAP PHOTOS)

Record fine for sushi chain's 'audacious' worker rorts

A popular sushi chain has been fined over $15.3 million for deliberately underpaying migrant workers in a record result for the Fair Work Ombudsman.

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