Roadkill of the week: Jayco poptop caravan“Rust In Peace” is scrawled on the side of the sorry remains of this poor little Jayco pop-top caravan abandoned about 50 metres off the Central Arnhem Road, writes Bob Gosford.
Northern Territory 
Garrett stops croc hunts
Environment Minister Peter Garrett has blocked a proposal from the NT Government that would have allowed tourists to hunt 25 large crocs under a saltwater crocodile management plan.
NT Govt under pressure over “insane” laws harming teenagers
The NT Government is under growing pressure to rethink laws requiring health professionals to report all under-age teenage patients they suspect of being s-xually active, writes Melissa Sweet.
Wedgetail plucked: defence planning project fail?
A crucial two week war games trial of one of the troubled Wedgetail airborne early warning and command aircraft in the Northern Territory has been “inconclusive”.
Marion Scrymgour: it’s time I said something
There is too much ongoing misinformation from whitefellas like Bob Gosford who can just walk away from the plight that faces our people, writes Marion Scrymgour.
Northern Territory leads the way in taking the coroner seriously
At last — a little light shines on the nether world of the coronial inquest, writes Bob Gosford.
YouTube captures the NT’s most toxic culture
There’s a very special class of Australian who also happens to belong to the worst culture on earth: police culture, writes ,b>Chris Graham.
Classroom English will be the death of Aboriginal languages
Retention of Aboriginal languages should matter to all of us, says longtime NT teacher Wendy Baarda.
Safe houses in the NT – a $21 million “massive stuff-up”
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has labelled the NT intervention safe house initiative a “massive stuff-up,” reports Bob Gosford.
Charge up! It’s court day in Yuendumu
Defendants and family gather under the meagre shade of straggly trees, Aboriginal legal aid lawyers sit with piles of files at two card tables in the sun … welcome to court day in Yuendumu, writes Crikey blogger Bob Gosford.
NT Intervention a lemon: 28 medical specialists give their diagnosis
We are not aware of any evidence that supports the health related components of the NTER, writes Dr Hilary Tyler.
NT most politically correct ministry in Oz
No other Australian jurisdiction has come close to such strong indigenous, female and even regional/rural representation in ministerial government, writes Bernard Keane.
Even psephologists make mistakes
Bernard Keane was quite right to include me yesterday among pundits who got the Northern Territory embarrassingly wrong, writes Charles Richardson.
The NT: the election we didn’t have to have
This weekend Northern Territorians get to go to an early election. But how about some responsible governing to go with that? NT correspondent Anthony Fraser reports.
NT poll II: this is no time to mention nuclear waste
A new uranium mine is proposed, nuclear waste will come back to haunt us, but don’t expect either to rate a mention in the leadup to the NT election, writes Jenny Walker.
Unopposed returns make a comeback in the Territory
‘I came to the conclusion that the idea of an unopposed return had gone entirely out of fashion in this country.’ Malcolm Mackerras was wrong.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government, Richard Farmer writes.
Territorians head for the polls
In the Coalition’s search for the road back out of the wilderness, the Northern Territory is probably not the place to start, writes Charles Richrdson.
Local government makes more chaos for NT communities
Just when you thought things could not get any more shambolic, Aboriginal people are having to cope with yet more bureaucracy-inspired chaos, writes Jenny Walker.
Why the NT is a role model in health service delivery
When frustration at the NSW health system got to GP Glynis Johns, what did he do? Moved to the Northern Territory.
National emergency? Send in the bean counters!
If there’s a lesson for blackfellas in the Northern Territory during the Intervention it’s that if you want a share of Federal funding, get a job with a major accountancy firm, writes Henri Ivrey.
Revealed: NT intervention checks only 10% of children
Documents obtained by Crikey indicate that the Child Health Check component of the National Emergency Response is largely incompetent, probably unethical, definitely underfunded and absolutely ignores the long term.
Workforce participation minister pushes 6000 on to the dole
Dr Sharman Stone is being nothing if not creative in trying to justify her colleagues’ approach to axing the Community Development Employment Program. And that starts with her title.
