Police called to hostage situation on Darwin street and other top stories

Police called to hostage situation on Darwin street

Police have resolved a hostage incident in Darwin peacefully after a man armed with a handgun held several people hostage. Negotiations began with the man at around 7.30pm, with police calling in the heavily-armed Territory Response Group and dog ... >> view original

INPEX: What will happen to Darwin after the last of Australia's natural gas ...

For the last few years Darwin has repeated on a grand scale an experiment that is being conducted throughout Australia: what happens to a town when it becomes the site of a mega infrastructure project? In the next few years the outcome of this ... >> view original

Northern Territory cost of living: Dr Elephant band members move from Darwin ...

"I love Darwin. I'll always come back for work and holidays. But I but don't think I'll go back there to live. The Northern Territory has the least affordable housing market in Australia as a proportion of median income spent on rent. It takes 34.7 per ... >> view original

Australia 'not in total control' of US Marine rotation

An expert in US politics says Australia is not in total control of the rotation of US Marines through Darwin and warns tensions may arise in the future. Associate Professor at the US Study Centre at the University of Sydney, Brendan O'Connor, sounded a ... >> view original

Anzac Day 2015: Record crowds attend services in Darwin and Alice Springs

Record crowds have commemorated Anzac Day in the Northern Territory, with up to 10,000 attending the dawn service at Darwin's cenotaph and 5,500 people gathering at the top of Anzac Hill in Alice Springs. Veterans from World War II, the Vietnam and ... >> view original

Darwin marks Anzac centenary

NT Administrator John Hardy, Chief Minister Adam Giles, Opposition Leader Michael Gunner, NT Senator Nova Peris, Darwin Lord Mayor Katrina Fong Lim, Commodore Brenton Smyth, Commander Northern Command, Lieutenant General John Toolan, ... >> view original

Century-old Anzac wrong righted in Darwin

In a prelude to the dawn service, photos will be projected onto the cenotaph from other dawn services around Australia and New Zealand, and Member for Solomon Natasha Griggs will say a few words on behalf of Prime Minister Tony Abbott. NT Police ... >> view original

US Marines begin arriving in Darwin in fourth rotation as part of US 'pivot ...

The rotation follows speculation the growing US military presence in Darwin could cause tensions with China- an important trading partner for Australia. "When you are dealing with such a powerful ally and an ally that is so much more powerful than ... >> view original

Australian-born asylum children will face 'bleak fate' after deportation from ...

Three Australian-born children could be in danger of becoming stateless when they are deported to Malaysia from a Darwin detention centre, a human rights lawyer says. The children, aged five, four, and two, were born in Queensland while their Malaysian ... >> view original

Former Labor party president Matthew Gardiner arrested at Darwin airport

Mr Gardiner, 43, left his wife and two sons in Australia to leave for Syria in January, after making connections with others on social media who were sympathetic to the Kurdish cause. He was detained at the airport on Sunday morning as he arrived back ... >> view original