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2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Stewart Brash |Emma Haskin

Search and rescue teams have been deployed to section five of the Larapinta trail, 55 kilometres west of Alice Springs. A lone 46-year-old female hiker activated her personal locator beacon (PLB) at about 3pm on Wednesday near Hugh Gorge. Southern watch commander Senior Sergeant Andrew Dunne said emergency services and Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife rangers formulated a rescue plan.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Annabel Bowles |Stewart Brash

A 27-year-old man has been taken to hospital in a critical condition after he was stabbed multiple times during a brawl in the Alice Springs CBD on Thursday. Police have arrested a 22-year-old man believed to be known to the victim. Police are investigating the assault and wider brawl. A 27-year-old man is in a critical condition after being stabbed multiple times in the chest during a brawl in a main street in Alice Springs.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Emma Haskin |Stewart Brash

An Alice Springs roundabout renowned for its Sturt's desert pea display has been cleared by the local council. Horticulturalist Geoff Miers is furious after tending to the site for more than two decades. The Alice Springs Town Council has declined to comment. An Alice Springs roundabout renowned for its beautiful desert blooms has been destroyed by workers contracted by the local council.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Emma Haskin |Victoria Ellis |Stewart Brash

Ultra-marathoners from all over Australia will converge on the Northern Territory's Larapinta Trail in the west MacDonnell/Tjoritja National Park from Friday. Organisers of the West Macs Monster, which is held annually on the third weekend in May, say they are gearing up for the event's biggest field across four races. Event director and 231-kilometre race record holder, Simon Duke, said the race had been going from strength to strength since it was first held in 2019.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Victoria Ellis |Stewart Brash

The Local Government Association of the Northern Territory (LGANT) has criticised a proposal to change how council mayors are elected. Currently under the Local Government Act, councils decide prior to elections whether voters elect their mayor, or whether councillors appoint a mayor at their first meeting. But a potential amendment to the act proposes that all NT councils elect their mayor, removing the option for voters to elect their mayor directly.