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Australian Federal Police scientists release a digitised image of 'The Woman in Yellow', thanks to advancements in DNA and facial reconstruction technology.

A new survey involving hundreds of Australian parents finds workplaces aren't communicating with staff while on parental leave, and are changing their jobs without consultation.

Independent senator David Pocock says the federal government should be given a duty of care to protect young people from climate change when assessing fossil fuel projects.

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There isn't a whole lot of consistency in Australia around what single-use plastics are being phased out and when. See what's happening in your state.

A rag-tag team of engineers, commercial divers and rev-heads have driven 7km under water across the Darwin Harbour, in a stunt they claim has broken two world records.

The men face fines after allegedly causing a flight from Brisbane to Indonesia to be diverted to Darwin due to disruptive behaviour.

Australia's unemployment rate is the lowest in almost 50 years. That's good news, but not if you're throwing a barbecue. Here's why. 

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Community leaders and industry analysts hope the arrival of Nexus Airlines on the Broome-Kununurra-Darwin route will help stimulate competition and drive down prices.

Environmental protests are growing increasingly heated in the Top End. How is the government handling the fallout? 

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Designs for a multi-million-dollar Aboriginal art gallery in Alice Springs have been released, following years of failed negotiations with Indigenous custodians over the project's location.

Darwin naturists revealed all on the city's coldest day since 1942 in a celebration of body positivity and amateur golf.

Yuendumu in Central Australia and Milingimbi in East Arnhem Land will receive total of $26.7 million in water infrastructure projects will be funded across both communities.

Education Minister Eva Lawler on Wednesday said the NT government would use an attendance-based method to distribute the $40 million. On Thursday, she said it would instead use enrolment figures. 

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Darwin

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Darwin

A research paper finds World Heritage sites, protected for their unique natural or cultural values, are under extreme threat from climate change and risk being de-listed if those values are eroded.

The United Nations secretary-general delivers a dramatic speech warning the heatwaves searing much of the northern hemisphere have been a "disaster" for the planet. An emerging El Niño means it may be just the start.

New laws in the Northern Territory will allow families and close friends to make healthcare decisions on behalf of individuals with impaired decision-making capacity.

A Northern Territory father who groomed and sexually assaulted his wife's younger sisters will spend at least four years in prison, after pleading guilty to four charges.

A robot designed to pick mangoes and hopefully ease worker shortage issues, expected to "create ripples through the supply chain", has landed $1 million in venture capital.

The Northern Territory becomes the last jurisdiction in the country to remove the word "relationship" from child sexual abuse legislation, a move praised by advocate Grace Tame.

Justice Bernard Murphy has travelled through the Northern Territory this week as part of an ongoing class action over allegedly stolen wages of Aboriginal people before 1971.