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McArthur River at community of Borroloola predicted to peak at 18 metres, three metres higher than previous 2001 recordFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMore than 100 people have been evacuated from the remote Northern Territory community of Borroloola as it faces dangerous record flooding just days after it was...

Severe tropical cyclone crosses coast southeast of Port McArthur and will move inland before weakening Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTrack the path of the cyclone with the BoM radar mapTropical Cyclone Megan has made landfall in the Northern Territory and will move inland towards the Kimberley region before...

Wind gusts of up to 220km/h expected to bring heavy rain and flooding to coastal communitiesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTop End communities are bracing for the crossing of severe Tropical Cyclone Megan, with destructive wind gusts of up to 220km/h expected to bring widespread damage, heavy rainfall and...

Bureau of Meteorology expects the cyclone to strengthen to a category-two system overnight and into category three by Sunday eveningGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA tropical cyclone has formed over the Top End, with Territorians warned to prepare for destructive wind gusts, heavy rainfall and potential flooding over coming days.Tropical Cyclone Megan formed over the Gulf of...

Brent Potter said he shared the Facebook posts as a ‘way to connect’ and the humour would ‘not be understood by those who haven’t served’ in the militaryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Northern Territory police minister has claimed that racist and antisemitic posts he shared on social media...

The recording forms part of the territory’s appeal of over $1m in compensation awarded to four teenage inmatesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastDisturbing footage of teenagers being handcuffed and hosed down after being teargassed at the notorious Don Dale Detention Centre has been seen as evidence in an Northern...

Zachary Rolfe evidence calls into question the testimony of several senior officers to the court earlier this weekFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAward certificates allegedly given out to members of an elite Northern Territory police unit were “clearly racist”, calling into question the evidence of several senior officers, a...

Kristin Shorten from The Australian told former police officer to ‘ignore the leftist reporting’, inquest into Indigenous man’s death hears Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA journalist at The Australian told Zachary Rolfe only two days after he shot and killed Kumanjayi Walker that she could “write an article...

Inquest hears Rolfe told former soldier he wanted to leave police force to find ‘wild work’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBen Roberts-Smith agreed to provide overseas private security contacts to Zachary Rolfe after the then Northern Territory police officer said he wanted to leave the force to find “wild...

Inquest hears elite tactical unit held annual racist mock award but former police officer who shot Warlpiri man says he does not believe Aboriginal people were treated differentlyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA former police officer who shot and killed a Warlpiri man during an attempted arrest has told...

NT WorkSafe has charged the celebrity croc-wrangler and his aviation company Helibrook with ‘reckless conduct for operating unsafe aircraft’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastOutback Wrangler star Matt Wright and his aviation company have been hit with a slew of new charges over a fatal chopper crash that killed his co-star.Chris Wilson plunged to his death in a...

Car carrying two people crashed into water at Six Pack Creek Boat Ramp in Dundee Downs last Thursday but only one occupant survivedGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastEmergency services have been forced to kill several crocodiles in order to recover the body of a young driver who crashed his car into the water at a popular Northern...

Heavy rainfall that could lead to flash flooding forecast across Kimberley, Northern Territory and much of Cape York peninsulaGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNorthern Australia is battening down the hatches as the Bureau of Meteorology warns intensifying activity in the Coral Sea is likely to result in the formation of Cyclone Kirrily.While the low-pressure system won’t be...

Bom says it’s still ‘too early to say’ how strong a potential cyclone may be and when it could reach land Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFar north Queensland is bracing for a second natural disaster in about a month while flooding has forced people to flee their homes in the Northern Territory.Meanwhile, a swathe of Western...

Court ruling is challenging for the Tiwi Islanders who fought the case and likely to prompt a rethink about how Indigenous cultural heritage matters are runGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s environment movement and fossil fuel interests are weighing the significance of a sharp judicial slapdown delivered in the federal court.In a judgment on Monday, Justice Natalie...

Boat occupants on a surfing trip found clinging to the hull as more than 110mm of rain falls over the outskirts of Cairns in 24 hours Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSeven seafarers are lucky to be alive after their boat capsized in rough seas as monsoonal weather brought flooding to rivers across Queensland.Heavy rain persisted across...

BoM forecasts heavy rain for south-east Queensland and northern NSW, while across the far north temperatures will remain in the 40sParts of south-east Queensland are being battered by heavy rain in a soggy start to the new year, with dangerous flooding predicted.Intense falls in some areas could lead to life-threatening flash flooding, the Bureau of Meteorology warned on Monday afternoon. Continue reading...

Conditions 8C to 12C above average across large parts of Australia’s north, with little reprieve for storm-ravaged areasA severe heatwave is expected to affect parts of Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia heading into the new year.Large swathes have been put on alert, with conditions 8C to 12C above average. Continue reading...

Fyles quite after it was uncovered she owned undisclosed shares in a mining company with interests in the territoryGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastCurrent treasurer Eva Lawler will be the new Northern Territory chief minister.Lawler will replace the outgoing chief minister Natasha Fyles, who resigned after it was uncovered she owned undisclosed shares in a mining company...