Thomas Morgan

In its report, the ATSB found the helicopter likely crashed because of fuel exhaustion resulting in engine stoppage. 

While NT residents face return airfares of up to $2,000 to fly interstate, the NT government has faced criticism for announcing cheap flights from the East Coast to Uluru from mid-next year.

The Northern Territory police union says the government's plan to fight crime in Alice Springs this summer is an attempt to grab "quick attention", as it raised concerns that a redistribution of police into the town may leave remote communities understaffed.

After NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles this week divested 169 shares in a gas company, the public must be wondering: should NT Parliament follow Canberra in barring politicians from having a portfolio?

Natasha Fyles says she has not done anything wrong, as her ownership of 169 shares in gas company Woodside attracted scrutiny from a federal senator earlier this week.

Natasha Fyles defends her ownership of shares in Woodside, saying she has properly declared the holdings each year and that she has acted in line with financial disclosure rules.

The owner of a Northern Territory tavern says he wants a public holiday held to celebrate the event, now in its eighth year.

More people could end up on the Northern Territory's Banned Drinker Register if a series of recommended changes are adopted by the government.

Steve Edgington says the decision to launch an investigation into the Barkly Regional Council should offer residents a 'pathway forward' amid concerns about job vacancies and service delivery in the region.

The Local Government Minister says he made the decision because he was satisfied "there are, or may be, serious deficiencies in the conduct of the Council's affairs".

Results so far show that voters in the territory's Indigenous remote communities voted heavily in favour of yes. So what happens now?

As Australians hit the polls to have their say in the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum, here's a look back — in pictures — at how we got here.

Emergency services have closed all entrances to the popular spot, located north of the Darwin CBD, with Parks and Wildlife saying it would stay shut "until further notice".

The veteran journalist and former host of Q+A says the media's coverage of the Voice to Parliament referendum has been "terribly predictable".

The notorious detention centre on Darwin's outskirts was at the centre of a Four Corners investigation and then a royal commission. So why is a facility designed to replace it still not finished?

The 56-year-old woman has been charged with aggravated assault after the incident at the Nightcliff Markets on Sunday morning.

The budget carrier has announced its arrival into the NT's aviation market, and is promising to provide more competition and lower fares to tourists and locals.

A spike in fires caused by DC isolators has alarmed the NT's workplace safety watchdog, as figures show most other jurisdictions are also recording fires from the devices.

Health staff have questioned the decision to cancel the event, which was made just days before and without explanation. Organisers have since said there's a "need for a balanced presentation".

Authorities are forecasting hotter, drier and windier conditions across Central Australia that will heighten the risk of catastrophic bushfires over summer.

An NT auditor-general's report found the agency used taxpayer dollars to pay the consultant, who was hired to prepare nominations for the agency's current and previous board members.

A child dies two days after being taken to Royal Darwin Hospital in a critical condition.

As the Northern Territory government announces $20 million in domestic violence funding, one Darwin shelter is being forced to cut back staff hours due to budget constraints.

Natasha Fyles faced a motion to expel her from Territory Labor's Left faction over the NT government's decision to green-light a full-scale fracking industry.

A report from the Northern Territory Ombudsman has recommended a ban on spit hoods in police custody — currently in place for children — be extended to adults.