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CHRISTMAS CHEER: 2019 Katherine School of the Air school captain Shae Ford and vice captain Sharlette Johnson enjoy the week-long swimming carnival held in Katherine in the lead up to Christmas.

Remote students travel hours for rare chance to swim

Roxanne Fitzgerald

Shale rocks like this one from the Beetaloo basin are vital to the NT Government's financial future.

NT budget fix banks on shale gas bonanza

Chris McLennan
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SPRINGVALE MYSTERY: Do you recognise this bride and groom, a wedding at Springvale in the 1990s. Picture: Nola Sweetman.

Springvale was the scene of many happy weddings, this one’s a mystery

Chris McLennan

STIMULUS: Mark Holt from Allstyle Sheetmetal built carports at four local housing complexes in Katherine, earlier this year.

Funding deal boosts public housing

HANDY MESSAGE: Lucky survivors of a caravan and car rollover on the Stuart Highway south of Adelaide River last week left a handy message for other worried travellers.

Send in your photos of the week

One of historic Springvale’s last mysteries, perhaps you can solve it

Chris McLennan

The cyclone is currenly off the coast of Port Roper in NT but expected to move east and land near Kowanyama.

Cyclone Owen hovers near NT coast but set to turn east

Derek Barry

CHRISTMAS CHEER: 2019 Katherine School of the Air school captain Shae Ford and vice captain Sharlette Johnson enjoy the week-long swimming carnival held in Katherine in the lead up to Christmas.

Remote students travel hours for rare chance to swim

Roxanne Fitzgerald

Shale rocks like this one from the Beetaloo basin are vital to the NT Government's financial future.

NT budget fix banks on shale gas bonanza

Chris McLennan
1hr ago

Australian opening batsman Marcus Harris (right) and Aaron Finch.

Aussies start well in Second Test

1hr ago

THEY'RE BACK: Nicole Simmonds (SSNT track & field coach), Nelly Thomas, Lucas Smith, (back) Glenn Hayles (team manager), Warren Draper, Boyd Fletcher. Picture: supplied.

School track and field athletes return

Chris McLennan

Katherine’s best secret fishing spot exposed

Chris McLennan

Big quarter gives Hawks reason to believe

Chris McLennan

THEY'RE BACK: Nicole Simmonds (SSNT track & field coach), Nelly Thomas, Lucas Smith, (back) Glenn Hayles (team manager), Warren Draper, Boyd Fletcher. Picture: supplied.

School track and field athletes return

Traditional Owners are frustrated by the lack of progress of negotiations after a High Court land rights decision on "sea country" was made a decade ago.

The NT’s fishy business

Chris McLennan

TOUGH SLOG: After seven successive trips to Darwin, the Katherine's region's best young AFL players will play at home.

Home game treat for Big River Hawks

Chris McLennan

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The latte, cappuccino and flat white still make up about three-in-four coffee orders.

Baristas predict oat coffees as 2019 craze

Luke Costin

Katherine's rural women's award finalist from this year, Linda Blackwood.

Follow in Linda’s footsteps – nominate for rural award

Chris McLennan

Police regularly make drug busts in Katherine. Picture: NT Police.

How to reduce harm from drugs, alcohol and gambling

Chris McLennan

The latte, cappuccino and flat white still make up about three-in-four coffee orders.

Baristas predict oat coffees as 2019 craze

BUDDING ACTOR: Angus Pickering with his biggest supporter, his mother Megan Pickering, on the set of the feature movie as an extra.

Katherine’s movie stars prepare for world premiere

Chris McLennan

Kate and Angus McTaggart.

2018 Toy Run raises record funds for charity

Roxanne Fitzgerald

A Cat 950 GC loader ready for work at Flamsteed Equipment's Toowoomba headquarters. The company says the machine is ideal for the bush.

This Cat loader is ideal for the bush

Sarah Mostyn, of Windella Farms

Five small businesses making their dreams come true

Emma Elsworthy

Is Air to Water technology the answer to drought?

A Cat 950 GC loader ready for work at Flamsteed Equipment's Toowoomba headquarters. The company says the machine is ideal for the bush.

This Cat loader is ideal for the bush

Rebecca Stern, of Mustard Made.

Savvy business mums are doin' it for themselves in regional Australia

Emma Elsworthy

Aloha Zen’s Byron Bay Pillow, $107.00

Unique gift ideas for the hard-to-buy-guy in your life

Emma Elsworthy

ON THE HORIZON: Realtair managing director Peter Matthews says the real estate cliche, ‘location, location, location’ is ever present when water is concerned. Hot spots such as cafe strips and transport services are areas that provide lifestyle to add further value to the water.

Bringing alive your coastal dream

Lydia Roberts

Allies Creek has been sold. A whole town for $550,000.

Couple buys whole town for $550,000

John Ellicott

The Katherine River Lodge, walk in walk out price of $2,750,000.

Katherine River Lodge for sale at just under $3m

Chris McLennan

SIGHTSEEING: 'Snags' the reindeer and Santa travelled to all the Katherine hot spots in the lead up to Christmas. Picture: Chloe Follett.

Katherine Times’ $1000 Christmas winner announced

Roxanne Fitzgerald

CHRISTMAS JOY: Katherine Homeschool Group baked more than 100 Christmas cookies for emergency service staff in Katherine. Picture: Jen Bauer.

‘A small way to say thank you’ – homeschoolers bake Christmas cookies

Roxanne Fitzgerald

Several Katherine-based growers flew all the way down to Sydney to showcase the fruits of their labour (literally!). These included Andrew and Sally Dalglish (who flew down with their five children Tilly, Charlie, Izzy, Jock and Ruby!) from The Foxhole Katherine, to showcase their brilliant Kensington Pride and R2E2 Mangoes.

Katherine family enjoys mango mania on Bondi

Chris McLennan

SIGHTSEEING: 'Snags' the reindeer and Santa travelled to all the Katherine hot spots in the lead up to Christmas. Picture: Chloe Follett.

Katherine Times’ $1000 Christmas winner announced

GLORY: Australia’s winning King’s Cup team, July 1919. Picture: AWM D00725

Road to Remembrance

Michael Grealy

NT Administrator Vicki O'Halloran visits the Doorways Hub during her visit to Katherine this week. Mrs O'Halloran, hub manager Harley Dannat, Captain Julie Howard and Amelia Harney. Pictures: Toni Tapp Coutts.

NT Administrator visits town

Australian opening batsman Marcus Harris (right) and Aaron Finch.

Aussies start well in Second Test

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HANDY MESSAGE: Lucky survivors of a caravan and car rollover on the Stuart Highway south of Adelaide River last week left a handy message for other worried travellers.

Send in your photos of the week

Throwback Thursday | Back to 1992

Throwback Thursday | Back to 1987

Throwback Thursday | Back to 1991

Roxanne Fitzgerald

Throwback Thursday | Back to 1997

Roxanne Fitzgerald

Sunday Roast | Back to 2008

Roxanne Fitzgerald

Sunday Roast | Back to 2008

Roxanne Fitzgerald

Value of feedback can’t be underestimated

Still leader: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May delivers a speech outside 10 Downing Street in London on Wednesday after surviving a no-confidence vote by Tory MPs. Photo: Matt Dunham

A world weighed down by political messes

John Hewson

Is there an elf on your shelf?

Rev Kristan Slack

PROSTATE: Research shows some men would prefer to sacrifice survival odds rather than suffer the side-effects of prostate cancer treatment.

Prostate cancer: men trade-off survival for quality of life

Eileen Wood

Labor accused of ‘milking’ self-funded retirees

HEALTH CONCERN: More older people are drinking to hazardous levels. Image Pixabay.

Boomers the new ‘risky’ drinkers

Eileen Wood

Roberta Williams has failed to halt the auction of the Melbourne gangland family's home

Gangland home to be sold for tax debts

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Mr Spence has been at the centre of tensions between the Qld LNP's party and parliamentary wings.

Qld LNP president steps down

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Chris Dawson is applying for bail after being charged over the murder of his wife decades ago.

Chris Dawson bail decision due next week

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Senthill Kumar Arumugam has been sentenced to life in jail for Meena Narayanan's stabbing murder.

Man stabbed girlfriend 32 times in Qld

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Opera singer David Edward Lewis will be eligible for parole in December 2020.

Opera singer jailed for child sex offences

Sarah McPhee
58m ago

The CEFC has been instructed to make sure renewable energy they fund can be delivered 24/7.

Government steams ahead with energy plan

Rebecca Gredley
1hr ago

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended his plan to set up a national anti-corruption commission.

PM digs in on integrity commission model

Matt Coughlan
1hr ago

South Australia is calling for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan to be delivered in full and on time.

Federal government commits $70m to Coorong

1hr ago

Live Music at Empire Control Room

Five unmissable things to do, see and taste in Texas

The Brahmaputra River … in the rarely visited Indian state of Assam.

River-cruising the mysterious kingdom of Bhutan

John Rozentals

Fraser Suites Sydney … ‘Summer Fun’ extras comprise buffet breakfast and onsite parking.

Six highlights in your travel week | 13 Dec

John Rozentals

SPRINGVALE MYSTERY: Do you recognise this bride and groom, a wedding at Springvale in the 1990s. Picture: Nola Sweetman.

Springvale was the scene of many happy weddings, this one’s a mystery

Chris McLennan

HMAS Dechaineux at sea. Photo: LEADING SEAMAN KAYE ADAMS 111618nmsub29

See what it’s like under the sea in a Collins class submarine

Nadine Morton

The people of the underworld: aboard a Collins class submarine

Nadine Morton