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Close-up of a Douglas DC-3, otherwise known as a Dakota or Gooney Bird. Photo courtesy of ANDREW KACIMAIWAI From a ride on a Gooney Bird to a walk through tunnels, the Northern Territory is turning to its military history books to create a new national tourism drawcard. The (CLP) NT Government is now financing new…
The beer can regatta turns 51 years old in 2025. Photo: supplied by NT Govt What started as a clean-up event that has since morphed into a Northern Territory tourism icon returns to the waters this weekend. The Darwin Beer Can Regatta will be held on Sunday (June 8). Major Events and Tourism Minister Marie-Clare…
Dolphins players and staff run a drills session for NT students. All photos: NT Major Events Company: Verity Griffin The Redcliffe-based Dolphins are to play a home NRL game in Darwin for three years starting from 2026. The NT Government announced the deal will run from 2026-28 at TIO Stadium; they played there last year…
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…