Northern Territory

A young man is facing at least two decades in prison after being found guilty of stabbing a Darwin bottle shop worker to death.

Son’s gut-wrenching final text to mum after being fatally stabbed

The young bottle shop worker texted his mother while dying in the back room of the store.

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Samara Laverty (centre) says she feels her family has received some justice. (Amanda Parkinson/AAP PHOTOS)

'I love you, being stabbed': Slain man's harrowing last text

A man has been convicted of the stabbing murder of Declan Laverty, a young bottle shop worker who texted his mother while dying in the back room of the store.

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Chopper crash victim Chris 'Willow' Wilson.

Half a dozen pilots in CASA’s sights following chopper crash

Almost two and a half years after the Northern Territory chopper crash that killed Netflix star Chris Wilson, the federal aviation regulator has quietly commenced enforcement action against at least six pilots.

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A man has drowned at a popular swimming spot near Darwin.

Man drowns at popular tourist swimming spot

The swimming spot had only recently reopened to visitors.

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

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.

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.

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

‘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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