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There was lots of colour and lots of people taking part in Katherine's NAIDOC march today. Pictures: Tom Robinson.

Strong turnout for NAIDOC march today

Chris McLennan

Rubbish bins are being thrown into the river, Alderman Clark said.

Vandalism worries raised at council

Chris McLennan

The man came back from overseas and was given special permission to quarantine at home.

Darwin man just back from overseas breached quarantine to go shopping

Chris McLennan

Cotton crops have been successfully grown in the NT using wet season rains alone but conservationists fear a growth in irrigated broadacre crops.

More cotton industry warnings after meeting in Katherine this week

Chris McLennan

Two other occupants of the vehicle were airlifted to Royal Darwin Hospital.

Male dies in crash, two others airlifted to Darwin

Chris McLennan

Chief Minister said both the Saturday, the actual Boxing Day, plus the following Monday will both be public holidays.

Two for one - NT Govt to make Boxing Day a public holiday - both Saturday and Monday

Chris McLennan

There have been three more coronavirus cases among returning Aussies.

More coronavirus cases in the NT as the Federal Govt looks to ramp up flights

Chris McLennan

There was lots of colour and lots of people taking part in Katherine's NAIDOC march today. Pictures: Tom Robinson.

Strong turnout for NAIDOC march today

Chris McLennan

Rubbish bins are being thrown into the river, Alderman Clark said.

Vandalism worries raised at council

Chris McLennan

There was lots of colour and lots of people taking part in Katherine's NAIDOC march today. Pictures: Tom Robinson.

Strong turnout for NAIDOC march today

AstraZeneca's vaccine is already being manufactured in Melbourne.

EXPLAINERWhen will we get our COVID-19 jabs?

The man came back from overseas and was given special permission to quarantine at home.

Darwin man just back from overseas breached quarantine to go shopping

There have been three more coronavirus cases among returning Aussies.

More coronavirus cases in the NT as the Federal Govt looks to ramp up flights

Of the 1001 international arrivals since repatriation flights began on October 23 a total of 16 positive cases have been reported.

Two more coronavirus cases, 16 now since Aussies started their return

A pizzeria worker sparked Australia's strictest - and briefest - COVID-19 lockdown. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONHating on the SA pizza guy won't fix an entirely foreseeable problem

Gemma Beale

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce indicated international passengers could be required to prove they have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Picture: Getty Images

EXPLAINERNo jab, no fly: who decides on mandate?

Harley Dennett

Since repatriation flights to the Territory began a month ago a total of 829 international arrivals have undertaken quarantine at Howard Springs.

Fourteenth case of coronavirus in NT among returning Aussies

Chris McLennan

Children may transmit coronavirus at the same rate as adults: what we now know about schools and COVID-19

ANALYSISChildren may transmit coronavirus at the same rate as adults: what we now know about schools and COVID-19

Zoë Hyde

TOP TRIO: Caleb Serong, Hayden Young and Liam Henry made their AFL debuts for Fremantle in 2020. They were all top-10 draftees. Picture: Getty Images

A draft like no other after a season like no other

Justine McCullagh-Beasy

Local teen Matt Hill has been signed in a development squad for one of the most famous clubs in professional rugby league, the Brisbane Broncos.

Local teen signs for Broncos

Tom Robinson

VOCAL: AFLPA president Patrick Dangerfield has been vocal on rules surrounding the number of interchange rotations per game. Photo: Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images

AFL rule changes for next season should go further

Howard Kotton

TOP TRIO: Caleb Serong, Hayden Young and Liam Henry made their AFL debuts for Fremantle in 2020. They were all top-10 draftees. Picture: Getty Images

A draft like no other after a season like no other

EYE ON THE BALL: The 8-Ball tournament was tightly contested on the weekend.

Tight pool tussle

Tom Robinson

Former Roma captain and Italy attacker Francesco Totti struggled to recover from COVID-19.

Totti details 'long 15 days' COVID battle

"The brass in the piano actually started to melt. That's how hot it got", Torrington resident Richard Cork lost a property to fire on November 8, 2019. PHOTO: Andrew Messenger

LISTENWhen these wilderness escapes became death traps

"The brass in the piano actually started to melt. That's how hot it got", Torrington resident Richard Cork lost a property to fire on November 8, 2019. PHOTO: Andrew Messenger

LISTENWhen these wilderness escapes became death traps

Rick and Carolyn Lean lost their son to suicide two years ago after a long battle with addiction and mental health issues. Photo: Kellsey Galea

LISTENHow one city is trying to tackle its drug problem from within

Rick and Carolyn Lean lost their son to suicide two years ago after a long battle with addiction and mental health issues. Photo: Kellsey Galea

LISTENHow one city is trying to tackle its drug problem from within

The Drip Gorge, near Mudgee. PHOTO: Mudgee District Environment Group

LISTENMeet the women fighting for The Drip

The Drip Gorge, near Mudgee. PHOTO: Mudgee District Environment Group

LISTENMeet the women fighting for The Drip

Air wars as borders reopen: what it means for travellers

Air wars as borders reopen: what it means for travellers

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Just the ticket: Riding the rails on Australia's best train journeys

Just the ticket: Riding the rails on Australia's best train journeys

Craig Tansley

Insider's guide to getting away in Sydney

Insider's guide to getting away in Sydney

Bernadette Chua

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The fountain of youth, Rob Lowe. Picture: Getty Images

Still slaying it in the roaring 20s

Cris Kennedy

The cast of All My Life, directed by Marc Meyers. Picture: Universal pictures

REVIEWFrom weepie to outright charmer

Cris Kennedy

River Phoenix, an outstanding Gen-Xer. Picture: Getty

Seeing Generation X on the screen

Cris Kennedy

The fountain of youth, Rob Lowe. Picture: Getty Images

Still slaying it in the roaring 20s

Keira Knightley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in the film Misbehaviour. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWGirls being bad - and winning

Jane Freebury

Keira Knightley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in the film Misbehaviour. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWGirls misbehaving to change the world

Jane Freebury

PICTURESQUE: The Cathedral School of St Anne & St James is preparing to hold its first ever "Virtual Open Day" on May 16.

Townsville students host their school's first ever "Virtual Open Day"

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The mighty Murray cruise

The mighty Murray cruise

Emma Brown

Holiday season plans look-up as lockdowns are eased

Holiday season plans look-up as lockdowns are eased

Emma Brown

PICTURESQUE: The Cathedral School of St Anne & St James is preparing to hold its first ever "Virtual Open Day" on May 16.

Townsville students host their school's first ever "Virtual Open Day"

Garage Sale Trail kicks off

Garage Sale Trail kicks off

The joys of home shopping in 2020

The joys of home shopping in 2020

Emma Brown

Inalienable title to the 6km2 of land comprising the Gagaguwaja Aboriginal Land Trust was handed back to traditional owners and their families at an emotional ceremony at Lake Mary Ann, north of Tennant Creek, yesterday.

Almost four decades on: 'a bittersweet and long-overdue' handback of Barkly land

Inalienable title to the 6km2 of land comprising the Gagaguwaja Aboriginal Land Trust was handed back to traditional owners and their families at an emotional ceremony at Lake Mary Ann, north of Tennant Creek, yesterday.

Almost four decades on: 'a bittersweet and long-overdue' handback of Barkly land

The Northern Territory's Maryfield (pictured) and Limbunya aggregation is being offered through an expressions of interest process.

Maryfield, Limbunya offer scale

The Northern Territory's Maryfield (pictured) and Limbunya aggregation is being offered through an expressions of interest process.

Maryfield, Limbunya offer scale

The landscaping business would front Bicentennial Road.

Plans for new landscaping business in Katherine East

Chris McLennan

SELLING FAST: The average Victorian home is spending just 33 days on the market according to the latest figures from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria. Photo - Shutterstock.

Optimism returns to Victoria

Ruth Lewis

COMPROMISE: According to new research, almost half (45%) of Australians say they settled for something other than their perfect home, with the most common compromises including location, home size and price. Photo - Shutterstock.

The highs and lows for Australian house hunters

Graduate Marlee Bryce gives a demonstration of her new skills in Katherine today.

Hearing experts graduate, ready to work

Tom Robinson

Scamwatch: planning a holiday? Make sure it's the real deal

Scamwatch: planning a holiday? Make sure it's the real deal

Scamwatch: planning a holiday? Make sure it's the real deal

Scamwatch: planning a holiday? Make sure it's the real deal

Graduate Marlee Bryce gives a demonstration of her new skills in Katherine today.

Hearing experts graduate, ready to work

New member Jenny Hurse is EON's national operations manager.

Rotary membership at near two decade high

Tom Robinson

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Scamwatch: want to see who's viewed your social media profile? Think again.

AstraZeneca's vaccine is already being manufactured in Melbourne.

EXPLAINERWhen will we get our COVID-19 jabs?

Communications Minister Paul Fletcher. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Government's media reform plan rejected by key stakeholders

There was lots of colour and lots of people taking part in Katherine's NAIDOC march today. Pictures: Tom Robinson.

Strong turnout for NAIDOC march today

An aircraft may not land if a pilot was unable to make verbal contact with the airfield and was not confident about its safety after an independent aerial assessment.

Remote airstrips made safer with new landing rules

This flash mob is tackling a world first

This flash mob is tackling a world first

HONOURED: ARIA Hall of Fame inductee and nominated artist Archie Roach performing to a full house at the 2020 Port Fairy Folk Festival. Picture: Kyra Gillespie.

Archie Roach's life and music honoured by the ARIAs

Kimberley Price, Jessica Howard and Kyra Gillespie

POWERFUL: Sam Stubbs from Jervis Bay takes on a tough Crossfit event, featured in Sam I Am. Photo supplied.

Sam's living boldly with disability in Fearless season two

Sylvia Wolf and John Pfitzner.

Throwback Thursday | Back to 1981

Shoalhaven Mayor Amanda Findley comforts Adam and Chris Webb at Conjola Park on the South Coast of NSW, where 89 homes were lost on New Year's Eve, 2019.

REAL AUSTRALIASouth Coast one year on: spirits burnt and blackened but not broken

Kathy Sharpe

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OPINIONTry taking friends on a video tour of your favourite spots

Juanita Greville

Mind Matters | Doing the right thing creates a better world

Mind Matters | Doing the right thing creates a better world

John Malouff

LISTEN TO THIS: The winning project holds promise for those who have suffered hearing loss as a result of ageing, among other possible factors.

Hearing loss treatment crowned winner

ONLINE CHECK: There are many charities that deserve your donation this Christmas. But before giving, do a quick check on the ACNC website's Charity Register.

How to avoid charity scams this Christmas

Geraldine Cardozo

Ethicist calls for sexbots for elderly

Ethicist calls for sexbots for elderly

Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert has arrived back in Australia after two years in an Iranian prison.

Kylie Moore-Gilbert back on home soil

Race car driver John Harvey's iconic Holden LX Torana could fetch more than $1 million at auction.

Historic Holden race car could fetch $1m

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The recommended way to remove ticks is by freezing, or using tweezers, forceps or a tick remover.

Soap and cotton won't remove ticks safely

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Northern Beaches Clean Up Crew was founded by Manly woman Malin Frick as a way to make a difference to the environment. Picture: Simon Bennett

'Please behave like animals': dinosaur suit was just the beginning for clean-up crew

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Graham Ashton says a top bureaucrat led him to believe security would be used for hotel quarantine.

Hotel security guards discussed: Ashton

Andi Yu

Sydney is forecast to hit 39C on Sunday as a heatwave brings increased bushfire risk to NSW.

NSW braces for weekend heatwave, fire risk

SA's business community says COVID-19 restrictions will make life tough in the lead-up to Christmas.

Calls for more COVID cash for SA firms

Tim Dornin

Health Minister Greg Hunt says Australians can still expect a coronavirus vaccine by March.

Vaccine timetable on track, Hunt insists

Rebecca Gredley

Courtney Olive, Apis Creek Pastoral Company, Marlborough, with her cousins, Lucy and Ella Davison, Viva Brahmans.

Photos from the Wilangi Invitation Sale in Charters Towers

Ben Harden

Stewart and Kelly Wallace, with the top price Wallace Mr Stamford 31/19 (P/S), and Jim Geaney, Geaney's Livestock and Real Estate, Charters Towers, who bid for the bull on behalf of Peter and Joy Newman, Rathlyn Stud, Emerald. Photo: Ben Harden.

Wallace tops Wilangi at $92,000

Jessica Johnston

Buyers inspecting the bulls ahead of the Wilangi sale.

LIVEWilangi Brahman sale live updates

Jessica Johnston

That's herb with a hard H, mind you. Picture: Shutterstock

These are the herbs that will never say die

Jackie French

The climbing Pierre de Ronsard rose is one of the most popular roses in the world and it's easy to see why. Picture: Shutterstock

Pruning tips to get the most from a blooming rose season

John Gabriele

It's the innovators who are willing to take risks to help improve technologies. Photo: Shutterstock.

Thank an innovator for that handy new piece of tech