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Katherine Town Council will consider its legal options regarding last year's tyre fire near the showgrounds.

Council to consider its legal defence to costly tyre fire

Chris McLennan

A rock broke the vehicle's side window. Pictures: supplied.

Rocks thrown at cars in town

Chris McLennan

JOY: Hugo, 4, Oscar, 12, Elka, 11 months, and Imogen Finger, 8, celebrating this week's rain at Telarah, Clermont. Picture: Rhiannon Finger.

Rain across north west brings welcome reprieve

Jessica Johnston

A fire near Katherine in October about 35,000 hectares of valuable pasture. Picture: Alison Haines.

Pastoralists claim fire and drought help is lacking

Chris McLennan

The flood warning camera remains stuck on an image recorded during a thunderstorm earlier in the month.

Flood warning camera waits for repairs

Chris McLennan

The road safety blitz began at 7am.

Road safety blitz today

Chris McLennan

Teacher exodus has continued - almost 50 will be missing from last year when school resumes next week

Chris McLennan

Katherine Town Council will consider its legal options regarding last year's tyre fire near the showgrounds.

Council to consider its legal defence to costly tyre fire

Chris McLennan

A rock broke the vehicle's side window. Pictures: supplied.

Rocks thrown at cars in town

Chris McLennan

Katherine Mayor Fay Miller, with alderman Peter Gazey (L) and curator Brendan Penzer (R) perusing the artwork.

Local artists showcased at Godinymayin's first exhibition of 2020

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Katherine's women's side take to the TIO's No. 2 oval in October.

Dream is over for women's footy, for this wet season anyway

Chris McLennan

GOTCHA: Tackling was a feature of the Big River Hawks Under 18's boys game in Darwin on Saturday.

Hawks up and about again

Chris McLennan

Federal drought relief money is flowing into the Barkly and other NT places crying out for rain

Chris McLennan

Katherine's women's side take to the TIO's No. 2 oval in October.

Dream is over for women's footy, for this wet season anyway

Katherine footy players brace for heatwave match

Roxanne Fitzgerald

Sprinters compete in the All Comers race at the first Katherine Gift on Friday night at the Katherine Showgrounds.

First Katherine Gift propels young athlete to 'richest footrace'

Roxanne Fitzgerald

Where better to spend Chinese New Year than Sydney? Picture: Destination NSW

Your guide to Lunar New Year in Sydney's Chinatown

Bernadette Chua

PRIZE: You could win a cruise from London to Bergen, via Nordkapp and the Norwegian fjords, in Explore. Entries open on Saturday.

Win a cruise to Norway - and other great travel ideas

There's plenty to smile about on an expedition to Antarctica. Picture: Shutterstock

Deals of the week: Alaska, Antarctica, Auckland calling

Explore Travel

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Kristen Stewart in Underwater. Picture: Alan Markfield/Fox

REVIEWSinking in a sea of aquatic cliches

Ron Cerabona

Tom Hanks, left and Matthew Rhys in A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood. Picture: Sony Pictures

REVIEWTimely message in feelgood story

Simon Weaving

NO BEEF: McDonald's new veggie burger is a straight-up-and-down vegetable patty, not a beef look-a-like.

When's a veggie burger a real veggie burger?

Shan Goodwin

Kristen Stewart in Underwater. Picture: Alan Markfield/Fox

REVIEWSinking in a sea of aquatic cliches

Rachel Williams' textile taxidermy will be hard to miss at the cultural centre's first exhibition of the year, opening this Friday, January 24. Picture: Supplied.

Textiles on show at Godinymayin's first exhibition of 2020

Roxanne Fitzgerald

Should lamington-flavoured hot cross buns be a thing?

Should lamington-flavoured hot cross buns be a thing?

In service: Jane McNamara with Dave Morrissey on the Flinders Highway which is now fully blanketed by the Optus mobile network.

Creating choice in the North

Matt Sherrington,

Vehicles face airbag registration ban

Vehicles face airbag registration ban

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Future Focus: connecting regional Australia

Future Focus: connecting regional Australia

Gemma Purves

In service: Jane McNamara with Dave Morrissey on the Flinders Highway which is now fully blanketed by the Optus mobile network.

Creating choice in the North

Have a break: This summer explore more of our vast continent without worrying about network coverage. With Pennytel you can get 98.8 per cent coverage across Australia's populated areas.

Keeping covered this summer

Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Emma Brown

A 200 hectare area of land located within the Douglas Daly Research Farm is available for a farming enterprise.

Douglas Daly farm land released

A 200 hectare area of land located within the Douglas Daly Research Farm is available for a farming enterprise.

Douglas Daly farm land released

FAMILY: Courtney and Talia Ellis with Sierra, 2, and Jonty, two months, in Birdsville. Their older children Harry, 11, Sophie, 14, and Alexandra, 16, also often make the trip.

Meet the couple taking over Birdsville pub

Vivienne Jones

HAPPY TIMES: Cobweb in his prime. He loved his garden ... it was his kingdom.

Love and loss ... the price we are willing to pay for our pets

Lyndell Whyte

TAKING CARE: Animals, just like people, can be seriously affected by smoke haze.

Helping animals cope with those not-so-happy, hazy days

RSPCA

Logan Kariko attended his first school holiday workshop this week to fashion a small dog model out of recycled materials.

Sparking love for camp dogs and cleaning up the town

Roxanne Fitzgerald

HAPPY TIMES: Cobweb in his prime. He loved his garden ... it was his kingdom.

Love and loss ... the price we are willing to pay for our pets

Pop out and pay a visit to Cutta Cutta caves, it's not just underground you can explore.

When acid meets limestone

Clare Pearce

Katherine's first dedicated dog park is almost complete and located on Lockheed Road.

Katherine's first dog park almost complete

Roxanne Fitzgerald

Katherine Mayor Fay Miller, with alderman Peter Gazey (L) and curator Brendan Penzer (R) perusing the artwork.

Local artists showcased at Godinymayin's first exhibition of 2020

2hrs ago

Walking shark Hemiscyllium halmahera. Photo:Mark Erdmann

Fish called wander: New walking sharks discovered off Australia's coast

The Sunday Roast | Back to 1997

The Sunday Roast | Back to 1997

The Brown family on Corrigans Beach, Batehaven, New Year's Eve.

Heroes of the home front: your messages of thanks

NEAR MISS: Police have released dash cam footage of a Ford wagon narrowly avoiding a head-on crash with a highway patrol car at Naringal. Picture: Supplied.

99km/h, a wet deck, a police car and a head-on waiting to happen

Jessica Howard

Throwback Thursday | Back to 1991

Throwback Thursday | Back to 1991

Roxanne Fitzgerald

Think you might have "survivor guilt"? Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIAThink the Summer of the Not-So-Random Apocalypse didn't impact you? Think again

Janine Graham

HAY NOW: Cowell farmer Brenton Smith welcomes the donation as feed dries up in the district.

Hay arrives in Cowell following benefit concert

Rachel McDonald

Indifference over Australia Day

Indifference over Australia Day

Rev Kristan Slack

Gone, all gone: Wytaliba residents saw their village burn back in November.

REAL AUSTRALIANo, these aren't the worst of times

Andrew Messenger

What would you take if forced to flee a fire?

What would you take if forced to flee a fire?

John Malouff

REUNITED: Valda Dawson (left) with cousin, and neighbour, Dorothy Wallis.

Cousins reunited after six decades

Geraldine Cardozo

JUST LOVING IT: See Aussie singing legend John Paul Young. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

JPY shares the love

Cheryl Field

MULTI-LEVEL: The Smart Road vertical village will comprise 77 independent living apartments and community amenities, including a Montessori Early Learning Centre.

Vertical living: A smart idea for generations

Geraldine Cardozo

Newspaper reports unearthed further revelations into the so-called $100 million sports rorts scandal

Pressure builds on McKenzie over grants

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Australia's first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Melbourne.

Coronavirus case confirmed in Melbourne

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Ken Wyatt says instead moving Australia Day, we should engage in truth-telling about the past.

Keep Aust Day date, tell the truth: Wyatt

1hr ago

Australia has one confirmed case of coronavirus and 10 other people are awaiting test results.

Coronavirus in Australia: what we know

1hr ago

A man has been charged with murder over the death of his four-month-old son.

Qld father charged with baby son's murder

Cheryl Goodenough
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The recovery mission for the body of Tasmanian miner presumed dead, Cameron Goss, continues.

Missing Tasmanian gold miner identified

Prashant Mehra
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Walking shark Hemiscyllium halmahera. Photo:Mark Erdmann

Fish called wander: New walking sharks discovered off Australia's coast

THIS IS HOME: Colin and Jacob Brennan, father and son, at their Nerrigundah home which was destroyed by bush fire on New Year's Eve.

Cole's special skills saved the day as fire rages through village

Andrea Cantle

Wes Waugh pours the beer into the sausage mix.

Beer snags to toast Aussie Day

Sally Cripps

Hinchinbrook Mayor Ramon Jayo and Biodiversity Australia operations manager and senior ecologist Karl Robertson with Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto, inspecting a flying fox roost at the back of the Ingham Botanical Gardens.

Lives at risk in flying fox invasion

Jessica Johnston

Hail and high winds damaged crops in Innisfail.

Bananas smashed in freak storm

Jessica Johnston

How to clean the barbecue

How to clean the barbecue

2hrs ago

Owl Woods a new nest for tree-changers

Owl Woods a new nest for tree-changers

NO BEEF: McDonald's new veggie burger is a straight-up-and-down vegetable patty, not a beef look-a-like.

When's a veggie burger a real veggie burger?

Shan Goodwin