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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty |Lillian Rangiah |Victoria Ellis
Heavy rain across Central Australia has been welcomed by residents after a hot summer. Residents are enjoying rare scenes of water flowing down Uluru and the Todd River flowing through Alice Springs. The Bureau of Metereology says flooding is expected to ease from Wednesday across most of the southern part of the Northern Territory. Heavy rain over the past fortnight has brought relief to many Central Australian residents after a scorching summer.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty
Calls from a major Northern Territory land council for an independent review into systemic racism in the NT Police Force have been backed by the territory's anti-discrimination commissioner. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died, used with the permission of their family.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Michelle Rimmer |Hamish Harty |Anisha Pillarisetty |Basel Hindeleh |Riley Stuart
A German researcher arrived in Yuendumu in 1972, and was given rare access to Indigenous customs and culture. Now, an emotional reunion has seen the return of sacred objects. There's just one road that leads to Yuendumu. The community lies in the heart of Australia's Tanami Desert, an isolated and arid region of the Northern Territory, around 300 kilometres north of Alice Springs. The Warlpiri people are the traditional owners of the land and have lived here for thousands of years.
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty
An inquest into the death of a toddler, who died after falling into a septic tank in Central Australia, has heard about a string of departmental failures to address safety issues in the remote community. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the last name of an Indigenous person who has died, used in accordance with the wishes of his family.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty |Charmayne Allison |Lara Stimpson
Shame. Sad. Scared. This is what a 15-year-old Alice Springs resident, who wishes to remain anonymous, says she feels when she sees racist content on local social media pages. The Warlpiri teenager saidthe harmful social media commentary had left her afraid to leave her house. "It makes me feel bad for my town, feel shame and want to stay away from everyone," she said.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Samantha Dick |Anisha Pillarisetty
A Northern Territory pastoralist has called for safety upgrades to an outback railway crossing where a truck carrying his cattle collided with The Ghan tourist train. Police and NT WorkSafe are investigating the crash, which occurred at about 10am on Sunday at the Arltunga crossing, 60 kilometres north of Alice Springs. According to the NT Police Force, The Ghan was travelling southbound through the intersection when a cattle truck collided with the train's second locomotive.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty
The life of former Northern Territory politician Elliot McAdam has been remembered at a state memorial in Alice Springs. Mr McAdam, who served as the member for Barkly, died in August aged 72. Family and friends are remembering him as a man who "genuinely cared" with an "unwavering passion for change". The legacy of highly respected former Northern Territory minister Elliot McAdam AM has been celebrated by his family and friends at a state memorial held in Alice Springs on Thursday.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty
Youth justice advocates are warning the new NT government's plans to reintroduce spit hoods in youth detention will put more children at risk of harm. It follows a growing national campaign to end the use of the controversial devices, which has led to other jurisdictions clamping down on the practice. NT chief minister Lia Finocchiaro says the Country Liberal Party will stand by its pre-election commitment and reverse the ban in both youth detention and police custody.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty |Charmayne Allison
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name and image of Indigenous person who has died, used with the permission of their family. Sitting on a table surrounded by yellow wattle flowers in the central desert heat is a framed photo of late Arrernte elder, artist and author Dr MK Turner.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Charmayne Allison |Anisha Pillarisetty
Police have issued a retraction clearing a popular Alice Springs pub of blame for a violent brawl that contributed to the declaration of the latest curfew. In the hours before a second snap curfew was called in early July, local venues Bojangles Saloon and The Rock Bar were issued 48-hour liquor licence suspensions. NT police alleged patrons from the venues took part in a "serious incident involving riotous conduct" on Todd Street in the early hours of the Sunday before the curfew.
