Dry conditions bite into Top End, with NT's 'prime beef country' selling off...
Large cattle properties in the NT's Barkly region, often thought of as the 'engine room' behind the Top End beef industry, de-stock as dry conditions take hold.
View ArticleHits and messes: The big moments that touched the Territory in 2018
The worst cyclone since Tracy, a troubled outback town, a disgraced ex-police commissioner jailed and the enduring mystery of a missing bushie 2018 had it all
View ArticleBOM declares 2018 Australia's third-hottest year on record
If you thought it was hot last year, you're not wrong. The Bureau of Meteorology is warning there is little relief on the cards, with 2018's high temperatures and severely dry conditions expected to...
View ArticleHeatwave, late wet makes for a tough start to 2019 for agricultural...
An unusually dry start to the year has left agricultural industries across northern WA praying for rain.
View Article'Like a mini cyclone': Trees, powerlines down as Top End lashed by storm cell
An intense storm cell batters parts of the Top End, with strong winds knocking down trees and powerlines from Katherine to Darwin.
View ArticleCyclone Trevor triggers memories of dark days for evacuees forced to leave town
As residents bid farewell to their houses and home towns, many are haunted by uncertainty as one of the worst storms in memory threatens to destroy everything they have built.
View ArticleCyclone Trevor's monster evacuation effort in Northern Territory 'almost...
The biggest evacuation effort since Cyclone Tracy has seen all Territorians safely through a category four cyclone. Brigadier Matt Pearse from the Australian Defence Force spoke to the ABC about its...
View ArticleCyclone Trevor's stranded pets survive as evacuees start to return home
Around 2,000 pets were left behind during the mass evacuation operation triggered by the severe tropical cyclone, and vets are now travelling through remote Territory areas to assess how the animals...
View ArticleFlood-hit Territory cattle station owner calls for government support
The deluge in the wake of Cyclone Trevor sees staff of an isolated Territory cattle station forced to flee at short notice "without even their toothbrushes" as floodwaters peak at the top of the...
View ArticleLack of Indigenous language translations intensified community panic during...
Emergency authorities in the Territory say they do not have a policy on translating informational messages into local Indigenous languages even when an emergency is impacting communities where English...
View ArticleY2K of GPS causes glitch grounding Bureau of Meteorology weather balloons
A GPS clock rollover, which experts predicted would have little impact because of years of advance notice, causes the grounding of the Bureau of Meteorology's weather balloons.
View ArticleRed centre stations go green in Trevor's wake, but 'heartbreak' for those who...
NT pastoralists are excited to see green grass shoot up after Cyclone Trevor, but for neighbouring stations that didnt get a drop of rain, the long dry continues.
View ArticleABARES crop report forecasts another poor harvest for Australia's grain growers
Australian grain growers will produce one of their smallest crops of the decade this year.
View ArticleBarramundi fail to breed in Daly River as researchers report 'lowest catch on...
Where have all the barra gone? Research concludes 2019 has had the lowest recording of juvenile barramundi in the Daly River in over a decade as the beloved fish "failed to breed".
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