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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern finalise plans for a trans-Tasman "travel bubble". Australia will permit the entry of travellers from New Zealand into New South Wales and the Northern Territory if they have stayed in New Zealand for at least two weeks effective October 16. New Zealand, however, has not reciprocated any lifting of travel restrictions for Australian travellers.
2020-10-2

Cyclone Nathan makes landfall near Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory as a high end Category 2 cyclone.
2015-03-22

Residents living on the east coast of the Northern Territory prepare for the second tropical cyclone to hit the area in a month as Tropical Cyclone Nathan is likely to make landfall tomorrow morning.
2015-03-21

Severe Tropical Cyclone Nathan makes landfall on Cape York Peninsula in far North Queensland as a category 4 (Australian system).
2015-03-20

Cyclone Marcia makes landfall near Shoalwater Bay in central Queensland as a Category 5 tropical cyclone with wind gusts of up to 285 kilometres per hour.
2015-02-20

Tropical Cyclone Lam intensifies to Category 3 as it moves towards the Northern Territory's Arnhem Land.
2015-02-18

The first deployment of US Marines arrives in the Australian city of Darwin, Northern Territory.
2012-04-4

Floods caused by Tropical Cyclone Grant cause the derailment of a train near the town of Katherine in Australia's Northern Territory.
2011-12-27

A piece of stone axe found at the Gabarnmung rock art gallery on the lands of the Jawoyn people in Australia's Northern Territory is dated at 35,500 years old making the oldest of its type in the world.
2010-11-4

Indonesian detainees continue to riot at the Northern Immigration Detention Facility.
2010-08-30