Sam Parry

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Olivana Smith Lathouris |Sam Parry

A teenager who allegedly robbed a bottle shop armed with a machete, after the rehabilitation program he was successfully completing was defunded, has been denied bail under strict new Northern Territory laws. The NT parliament passed the new bail laws last month in response to an unrelated case — the fatal stabbing of Darwin supermarket owner Linford Feick during a confrontation with an alleged thief.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Annabel Bowles |Sam Parry

The Northern Territory has just two lower house seats — and both have been held by Labor for years. Labor has won Solomon, which takes in the urban Top End, at the past three elections, and the party has retained the vast outback seat of Lingiari since its inception.