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WINNING TEAM: Katherine South Crocs took back their winning title in the 2019 KDCA Champions. Picture: Matthew Jobson.

Katherine South Crocs reclaim cricket victory

Roxanne Fitzgerald

Katherine Karraks ALF team captain Dimitrius Redford and Mike Thompson played in the semi-finals against Alice Springs team Yirara this morning.

Katherine Karraks take on the Territory in the Top End Cup

Roxanne Fitzgerald

Mental Mates' Kate Jenkin has joined forces with the Katherine Speedway Club to raise funds and awareness for suicide prevention and mental health.

'Suicide is a massive issue' Speedway joins forces to break down stigma

Roxanne Fitzgerald

WINNING TEAM: Katherine South Crocs took back their winning title in the 2019 KDCA Champions. Picture: Matthew Jobson.

Katherine South Crocs reclaim cricket victory

Active Feet gymnasts have returned home elated after winning silver at the National Clubs Gymnastics Carnival. Picture: Supplied.

Young gymnasts from the bush win silver at nationals

Roxanne Fitzgerald

The Eastside Blues raised the premiership cup last year.

WHAT'S ON
Footy grand finals this Saturday

Chris McLennan

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Tom Curtain will be at the Big Fig Bistro this Sunday to celebrate the last night of a very busy season. Picture: Supplied.

Last drinks for the year at the Big Fig Bistro with Tom Curtain

Roxanne Fitzgerald

Scripture Union NT is bringing a sports and games program to Katherine these school holidays.

Sports and games from Scripture Union to come to Katherine

Parasite is a movie from Bong Joon Ho, screening in Katherine next week.

Film society to feature Parasite next week

Chris McLennan

Tom Curtain will be at the Big Fig Bistro this Sunday to celebrate the last night of a very busy season. Picture: Supplied.

Last drinks for the year at the Big Fig Bistro with Tom Curtain

Kate Berry and her youngest daughter Pepper hit the road. Picture: Maya

The adventure that is motherhood

Karen Hardy

This will be the first time the Federal Court has sat in Pine Creek.

Native title ceremony in Pine Creek tomorrow

Chris McLennan

Giving a voice: The Picture Exchange Communication System uses picture cards to assist students with expressing themselves.

Giving students a voice at Kintore

Got the power: Members of the Clyde Fenton Primary School girl's AFL treams who took part in the 2019 AFL Pink Power Gala Day.

Clyde Fenton plays off in Pink Power

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Giving a voice: The Picture Exchange Communication System uses picture cards to assist students with expressing themselves.

Giving students a voice at Kintore

Learning values: Teacher Prue Jordan conferencing with year 10 student Jessica Docherty.

Creating success within the school

Taking charge: Casuarina Street Primary School student Sophie Moore leads a learning conversation.

Students displaying strong leadership

NORTHERN TERRITORY: Very dry conditions have not dampened strong demand for grazing country.

NT property market red hot

Mark Phelps

Rates bills have arrived in mail boxes already, new property values are just weeks away.

Katherine property owners to learn their new (post-PFAS) value within weeks

Chris McLennan

The very remote Delamere bombing range has received a major upgrade. Pictures: Department of Defence.

Not quite The Block, but Delamere receives a reno

Chris McLennan

There was good support again for the Relay for Life in Katherine. Picture: Roxanne Fitzgerald.

Colourful support again for Relay for Life

Chris McLennan

AMAZING LANDSCAPE: Formed when rain that is naturally slightly acidic falls onto limestone, it looks as if a passing toddler has dragged their fingers down it, leaving ridges in the rock.

Amazing calcite walk is close by

Clare Pearce

Director Wash Westmoreland (Still Alice) - working from a script he wrote with his late husband Richard Glatzer and Rebecca Lenkiewicz - has rightly refused to fashion a stuffy biopic out of Colette's life.

WHAT'S ON
Famous French author this week's film highlight

Chris McLennan

There was good support again for the Relay for Life in Katherine. Picture: Roxanne Fitzgerald.

Colourful support again for Relay for Life

Like a scene from The Block, Lendlease volunteers lent a hand to the Katherine Women's Crisis Centre. Pictures; supplied.

Lendlease lends a hand to crisis centre

HISTORY BECKONS: Sometimes you can almost hear the echoes of voices and the crack of a whip if you stand quietly listening to the wind.

Make a beeline for Bullita

Clare Pearce

Barely on the right side of the road - with centimetres to spare. Photo: Scree grab from NT Police supplied dashcam video

Stolen ute v NT fuel road train: Watch the dashcam footage

Tom Curtain will be at the Big Fig Bistro this Sunday to celebrate the last night of a very busy season. Picture: Supplied.

Last drinks for the year at the Big Fig Bistro with Tom Curtain

Five people, five challenges. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIA
Challenges, we all have them. Here are five

The Sunday Roast | 1990

The Sunday Roast | 1990

WAGGA: Getting a bit passionate. Photo: Emma Hillier

14 fine photos from the climate strike

Lit up: Jenny Ashton of Ulverstone's dashcam caught the meteor as it lit up the sky near Hagley.

Meteorite reported over Tasmania's North-West

Luke Sayer

Pay for news? Shut up and take my money

REAL AUSTRALIA
Pay for news? Shut up and take my money

James Joyce

Senator Cormann: "I would encourage all of our outstanding public servants to conduct themselves appropriately consistent with the rules."

REAL AUSTRALIA
It won't end well. Senator tells kids to get to school.

Janine Graham

Nick Kyrgios plays tennis with young fans in Canberra. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

OPINION
Why Nick Kyrgios gets under our skin

Kim Huynh
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Reef in dire straits if we don't act urgently

OPINION
Reef in dire straits if we don't act urgently

Tanya Murphy

Solid future: Young Aussies with a VET qualification have some of the best chances in the world of a secure and well-paid job.

OPINION
Hey big spender, spend a little time on VET

Glenn Fahey

See over a million spring flowering bulbs at Tesselaar Tulip Festival in Victoria, including tulips, daffodils, ranunculus and anemones.

Hello petal! Australia's must-see flower festivals

Geraldine Cardozo

FRIEND IN NEED: Alma's recognition of Tom's stroke symptoms helped to get him to hospital for a treatment in a timely fashion

Quick thinking Alma a stroke of luck for Tom

ART FORM: "I've stuck with pen, paper and paint," says Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd, pictured here painting the cat Scarface Claw in her home studio in New Zealand.

Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd's chaos theory

Geraldine Cardozo

The Northern Beaches Hospital's stroke-treating capacity came under the spotlight at a NSW inquiry.

Hospital rejects NSW inquiry's stroke call

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The QLD Premier declined to detail police claims of protesters using dangerous locking devices .

Qld Premier won't detail activist claims

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Aran Mylvaganam says the Tamil refugee family were told they won't be going back to the mainland.

Tamil family told to get used to detention

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Laurie John Junior Dodd is on the run after escaping legal custody while at Royal Perth Hospital.

Inmate escape probe could lead to penalty

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Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says US China trade tensions are hurting the Australian economy.

Trade war delaying investments: treasurer

Angus Livingston
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Angus Taylor says the National Electricity Market will cut emissions by 26 % by 2022.

Energy ministers to meet as emissions ease

Paul Osborne
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Driver Shane Graham has pleaded not guilty to match fixing charges stemming from a race in 2017.

Brisbane harness driver denies fixing race

Warren Barnsley and Sonia Kohlbacher
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Australian scientists will drill 3k into Antarctica to extract ice that's a million years old.

High-tech drill to unlock Antarctic ice

Ethan James
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Millaa Millaa dairy farmer James Geraghty with grandson Charlie Daley are calling for fair milk prices.

How dairy: farmers call for fair milk prices

Jessica Johnston

Stewart Christie is taking up the reigns as CEO of Terrain NRM

Changing of the guard for Far North environment groups

Jessica Johnston

The 2019 Lexus Melbourne Cup placed beside the plaque commemorating the Longreach burial place of 1883 winner, Martini-Henry. Picture supplied by Longreach Regional Council.

Longreach link to Melbourne Cup

Sally Cripps

Local history: The Lady Denman comes back to where she was made.

NSW South Coast isn't just about the whitest sand

John Rozentals

Looking down onto Positano from Montepertuso.

Walking the Path of the Gods, and how to make Limoncello like a Nonna

Kathy Sharpe

Are long queues at American airports putting off potential tourists? Picture: Getty

Why are tourists deserting the US?

Michael Turtle

What can you see?: Google Earth has provided solutions to several crime puzzles.

What on earth is that?

Mathew Dickerson

Kate Berry and her youngest daughter Pepper hit the road. Picture: Maya

The adventure that is motherhood

Karen Hardy

If you are prone to having a mostly black array of clothing, opt for a light and bright internal colour such as Laminex's Just Rose

Does your wardrobe spark joy?