Northern Territory

Alice Springs residents are once again living under a police curfew. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)

Alice Springs wakes amid curfew to curb violent crime

Alice Springs is set to learn if the first night of a 72-hour curfew has reduced crime following several days of violent assaults and a massive brawl.

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An 8-year-old has died in a horrific crash near Kalkarindji in the NT.
A 12-year-old girl was on holiday with her family when she is believed to have been attacked by a crocodile while swimming in a creek in the NT.

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A 12-year-old girl was on holiday with her family when she is believed to have been attacked by a crocodile while swimming in a creek in the NT.

New details emerge after girl vanishes in suspected crocodile attack

The child was swimming in a creek in the NT when she went missing on Tuesday.

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There are fears for a missing 12-year-old who was last seen swimming in a creek in croc country in the Northern Territory.

Grim development after child vanishes during swim in croc country in NT

Initial reports indicate the 12-year-old girl had been attacked by a crocodile.

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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.

Boyfriend’s violent past revealed after young mum vanished

OUTBACK MURDER: The violent history of Jake Peters, who was with Angie Fuller immediately before she disappeared, can finally be revealed. His horrific assaults include attacking his aunt with a spear.

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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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