NT Independent

US Embassy won’t say if it strangely requested NT Govt hold July 4 celebrations

A senior NT public servant’s internal email to department heads claiming the US Embassy in Canberra asked the NT Government to come up with “creative ways” for the Territory to celebrate the US July 4 Independence Day holiday has been called into question, after the Embassy refused to confirm it made the unusual request.

Police hunting alleged sex offender in Palmerston

NT Police are searching for a man who allegedly entered a Woodroffe residence through the back door and sexually assaulted a woman in her home last night.

‘No child should ever be interrogated by police alone’: Backlash to proposed NT youth laws

The Finocchiaro CLP Government’s introduction of draft laws that would allow police to detain children for up to 48 hours and, in some cases, interrogate them without a legal guardian or parent present have been labelled as a deliberate expansion of state-inflicted trauma and harm against children, particularly Aboriginal children, critics say.

CLP to spruik NT as prime location for ‘AI-ready data centres’ on latest trip to Asia

The Finocchiaro CLP Government is sending a delegation to Taiwan this week as part of a “proactive investor engagement program” led by Asian Relations Minister Robyn Cahill that will involve “targeted meetings” with businesses interested in potentially developing “AI-ready data centres” in the Territory.

Core Lithium restarts mining at Finniss project

Core Lithium has announced it has restarted mining at its Finniss mine south of Darwin after operations were paused in January 2024, citing a 75 per cent fall in lithium prices.

Homemade gun, silencer and body armour seized in police raid

Police have allegedly seized a homemade gun, silencer and body armour, along with drugs, after a compliance inspection at a Herbert property uncovered unsecured firearms, ammunition and evidence of drug activity, NT Police said.

NT Criminal Court list – with charges – May 21

The 225 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Thursday May 21, 2026. This list includes all the charges.

Letter to the editor: Composition of NT Integrity and Ethics Commission typical in culture of deception

The government believes that by the time of the next election Territorians will have forgotten their record on probity and governing in the public interest, writes Charlie Phillips.

Knifepoint robbery at Malak Oval overnight

Two men sleeping inside a rooftop tent on their vehicle at Malak Oval were robbed at knifepoint overnight, NT Police said.

NT Govt wants Territorians to pay for US Independence Day celebrations: Internal email

A senior NT Government bureaucrat has claimed the US Embassy in Canberra requested Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro “consider creative ways” for the Northern Territory to celebrate the United States’ 250th birthday on July 4 this year, such as holding fireworks displays, but instructed all department heads that any celebration must be covered “from within existing resources”, a leaked internal email has revealed.