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Senator's Indian constituents call for apology over 'offensive' comments

An Indian society in Darwin has written to Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, calling the NT senator's comments about Indian migration to Australia "racist" and "ill-founded".
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price standing and smiling.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Immigrationby Matt Garrick

The Nightlife History (of drinking) Quiz 

Are you into your trivia? Calling all connoisseurs of cryptic to the ONLY quiz played live, all around Australia...Join the host of Weekend Nightlife Suzanne Hill for The History Quiz! 
Duration: 52 minutes 13 seconds

Published: Source: Listen

The enormity of the ancient Silk Road

Let's travel along one of history's greatest networks of connection: the Silk Road.  From medieval caravan routes to monasteries and markets, this web of trade shaped religions, cultures, and empires across Eurasia. 
A desert landscape with the words "The Silk Road, Northwest China" superimposed.
Duration: 23 minutes 43 seconds

Published: Source: ListenTopic: Ancient Historywith Sirine Demachkie

Greens-endorsed candidate elected Alice Springs mayor for first time

Incoming mayor Asta Hill says she wants to "change the story" of Alice Springs, after years of negative national media coverage.
Woman with short dark hair and lip stick with striped shirt tucked into skirt smiles with mouth closed

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Local Governmentby Jack Hislop

Matt Wright's other legal matters we couldn't tell you about before

Now that Matt Wright has been found guilty on two counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice, we can shed light on other legal matters surrounding the celebrity crocodile wrangler.
A man in a tie leaves the courthouse as journalists and cameramen gather around.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Courtsby Gemma Ferguson

Iva Davies' Pub Rock Conversion

Loud, sweaty, and unapologetically Aussie...the 1980s pub rock scene was where legends were made.
Duration: 37 minutes 58 seconds

Published: Source: Listen

Child held in solitary cell for three days, denied food and medications

An Aboriginal child was held in a solitary cell for more than three days and denied food and medication as a coercion "strategy", an investigation into the NT's notorious Don Dale youth prison has found.
The exterior of the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre, with barbed wire in the foreground.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Justice Systemby Tilda Colling

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Sky-high cowboys exposed in Matt Wright trial

The trial of celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright unearthed a culture of helicopter maintenance and safety breaches by his company, which some say have been ongoing in Australia's north for decades.
A graphic shows Matt Wright walking alongside the words: Chopper Cowboys.
Duration: 3 minutes 33 seconds

Source: ABC News

Huge strata special levy at NT apartment complex

Property owners at a Darwin apartment complex have each had to find at least $50,000 to pay a body corporate special levy, leaving many in financial difficulty.
Man holds design of pool complex
Duration: 3 minutes

Source: ABC News

NT Corrections Minister Gerard Maley speaking about Youth Justice Act changes

NT Corrections Minister Gerard Maley says changes to the Youth Justice Act will include the reintroduction of spit hoods.
A man in an NT Corrections uniform, holding a mesh spit hood.
Duration: 34 seconds

Source: ABC News

The unlikely killers near Australia's most dangerous river crossing

First Nations people living in the remote Northern Territory are still not expected to reach their 70th birthday. A rare visit inside one of the territory's oldest bush clinics demonstrates why, as Samantha Dick reports for Stateline NT.
A graphic of a man sitting inside a waiting room, with the words: Bush health.
Duration: 3 minutes

Source: ABC News

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