Test cricket is returning to Darwin next year as part of busy period. Photo: PDPics/pixabay.com The men’s cricket Test team is likely to return to the Top End in mid-2026 for the start of a 14-month stretch involving up to 21 Tests in the lead-up to an ODI World Cup. This follows two T20 Tests…
Darwin Port … at the heart of big commercial and military plans for the Top End. Photo: Landbridge Group The NT Government has been left with nothing to show after meeting with federal government officials in Canberra last week to discuss Darwin Port. The Country Liberal Party government is pushing for federal government help to…
FLASHBACK …. Six foreign warships berthed at HMAS Coonawarra, Darwin, as part of Exercise Kakadu 2024. Photo: Department of Defence The Northern Territory Government will send a team to Canberra later this week to discuss returning Darwin Port to full Australian ownership. NT Infrastructure Minister Bill Yan says his government had taken heart from the…
Photo: stock Private hospital operator Healthscope will extend maternity services in Darwin to June 6 while Canberra gave Tasmania $6m to cope with the company’s Hobart service closure in August. Health Minister Steve Edgington said 45 of 114 expectant families affected by the original closing date of April 17 can now have their birth at…
A gun salute is performed by the 8/12 Regiment of the Royal Australian Artillery during the recent Darwin bombing commemoration. Photo: Department of Defence Hard on the heels of celebrating the 83rd anniversary of the Darwin bombing, the NT Government wants to pitch the Territory as the ‘must-do’ military tourism destination in the country. As…
Photo: stock Private hospital operator Healthscope is to close maternity services at its Darwin and Hobart hospitals. Darwin Private Hospital is to lose its services from April 17 while Hobart Private is expected to lose its services on August 20. NORTHERN TERRITORY NT Health Minister Steve Edgington says the decision is “deeply disappointing”. “All expectant…
One of the cannons recovered from the USS Peary at Darwin Harbour. Photo: Peter F Williams/Twitter (X) Darwin has marked the 83rd anniversary of Japan’s wartime air raids which killed 252 people and sank eight ships. On February 19, 1942, more than 260 Japanese aircraft attacked the port and shipping in Darwin Harbour in two…
Jetstar will use the Airbus A320 on its new Darwin-Gold Coast service, the airline says. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Jetstar’s news today that it is launching a direct seasonal service between Darwin and the Gold Coast marks a busy month for Northern Territory aviation. In the last four weeks, new services that were added include Alice…
RAAF Bristol Beauforts on patrol in 1945. Picture: Department of Defence An Australian WW2 bomber found on the seabed off Darwin is to remain where it lies undisturbed for the time being. The twin-engine Beaufort light bomber was a surprise discovery during a routine survey by a team from the defence force’s Australian Hydrographic Office.…
Airline and NT government officials celebrate the announcement of the service. Photo: AirAsia AirAsia will be returning to the Northern Territory this year with the resumption of Darwin-Bali services in March. The airline is to operate three-weekly direct flights from March 22 and is expected to deliver over 1000 visitors weekly, the NT government says.…