Homes without power and buildings damaged across Top End after Tropical Cyclone Fina brings gales and torrential rain

Category 3 system the strongest cyclone to approach Darwin since Tracy in 1974, but no serious injuries reported by Sunday morning Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Top End residents are preparing to launch into cleanup mode after a night of … Read more

Footage of guards holding down and putting spit hood on disabled NT prisoner shown at inquest

Wayne Hunt didn’t receive full medical assessment after seizure in cell and died days later, coroner hears Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Confronting footage of a disabled inmate being roughly handled and placed in a spit hood by prison guards after an epileptic seizure has been played at an … Read more

Death of three-year-old boy in social housing fire could have been caused by faulty electrical wiring, inquest hears

Inquest is hearing evidence about the 2023 death of Mitchell Thomas at Larapinta in Alice Springs Warning: This article contains an image and reference to an Indigenous Australian who has died Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast An inquest in the … Read more