Northern Territory

Northern Territory Police and Department of Environment rangers, Parks and Water Security removed a problem crocodile in Bulla community.
Australia
Angus Watson

A crocodile was terrorising this Australian town. So residents cooked and ate it

The saltwater crocodile had been blamed for devouring pets and chasing children.

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A disturbance allegedly happened on Lyndavale Dr in Alice Springs at 7am on Thursday where a woman was hit by two cars.
Australia
Lucy Mae Beers

Woman struck by two vehicles in horrific hit-and-run

The confronting incident occurred after an alleged disturbance on the street.

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The widow of Netflix star Chris Wilson has moved to freeze Outback Wrangler Matt Wright’s assets and sue him personally over the fatal Northern Territory chopper crash that killed her husband.
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Northern Territory
Kristin Shorten

New legal twist as celeb croc-wrangler fights for plea deal

There’s been a new twist in the long-running case of Outback Wrangler Matt Wright, as he mounts an eleventh-hour bid to avoid a public trial over the fatal chopper crash that killed Chris Wilson. 

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Authorities are investigating an explosion near a campfire that injured six people at a desert race. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)
Australia
Melissa Meehan

Six campers hurt in explosion at major desert event

Six people have been injured, five of them hospitalised, during an explosion at an off-road race in the Northern Territory with 12,000 attendees.

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Danielle Wilson’s husband died during a crocodile egg-collecting mission. She’s now suing those involved.
Northern Territory
Kristin Shorten

Chopper crash widow faces Outback Wrangler in mediation

The widow of Netflix star Chris Wilson has come face-to-face with their former friend, Outback Wrangler host Matt Wright, in the Federal Court. 

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The mystery of Paddy Moriarty’s disappearance is set to endure after the DPP said it would not lay any charges.
Northern Territory
Peta Rasdien

Shock twist in Netflix-famous Larrimah cold case revealed

An important development in the case of Paddy Moriarty, whose disappearance from an outback town inspired true crime series Last Stop Larrimah, means the cold case may never be solved.

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In a conversation recorded just three days after Angie Fuller vanished, Jake Jefferson Peters expressed fears about going to jail over his girlfriend’s disappearance and his belief that she had been abducted.
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Australia
Kristin Shorten

LISTEN: Shocking recording from missing mum’s bf revealed

In a shocking recording taken just three days after Angie Fuller vanished, her boyfriend Jake Peters expressed fears about being jailed over her disappearance. Listen to that call here.

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Young mum Angie Fuller went missing on the remote Tanami Rd in the NT.
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Australia
Kristin Shorten

On the Tanami and into thin air: Top End saga of missing mum

Outback pursuits with carloads of gangsters. A partner’s bizarre videos during police investigations. And a homicide probe’s crucial missing 48 hours. Inside the mystifying disappearance of Angie Fuller.

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The body of missing hiker Alistair Thomson was found near a waterhole at in Central Australia.
Australia
Rachael Ward

Search ends in tragedy as missing hiker found dead

Missing hiker Alistair Thomson has been found dead after setting off on a solo hike along the Larapinta Trail near Alice Springs.

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Chopper crash victim Chris 'Willow' Wilson.
Australia
Kristin Shorten

‘Pointless’: Widow returns to court over Netflix star death

CASA and Danielle Wilson are back before the Federal Court over the death of Netflix star Chris Wilson after some respondents expressed that mediation would be “pointless” and a “waste of the court’s time”. 

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Zachary Rolfe said he's ready to move on from the coronial process. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)
Australia
Keira Jenkins

Former cop Zachary Rolfe 'bored' of ongoing death inquest

An inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker has heard the former NT police officer who fatally shot the 19-year-old is "bored" of the ongoing process.

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Chopper crash victim Chris 'Willow' Wilson.
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Northern Territory
Kristin Shorten

CASA probed over perceived croc-egg conflicts of interest

An investigation into how CASA’s Board engaged with crocodile egg-collecting operators before the fatal Outback Wrangler chopper crash has revealed exactly what went on in the years before Chris Wilson’s death.

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A child was allegedly found locked in a cage on a Northern Territory worksite.
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Northern Territory

Child found ‘locked in cage’ on industrial site

Authorities are investigating alarming reports of a child being kept in a cage at an industrial site in the Northern Territory. 

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Mr Wright and his wife Kaia who run multiple tourism operations in the NT.
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Northern Territory
Kristin Shorten

Bucks night mishap stirred menacing calls to croc-wrangler

A man whose fingers were ripped off by a crocodile at one of Matt Wright’s resorts has been convicted of menacing the celebrity croc-wrangler and his wife with drunken messages on social media. 

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Northern Territory Police are investigating after a woman died in a tragic crash. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)
Australia
Max Corstorphan

Horrible detail in crash that killed 29-year-old woman

Police have confirmed a horrible detail after a female passenger was killed in a crash and they await forensic toxicology results.

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