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The Northern Territory lockdown extends to the town of Alice Springs as cases of COVID-19 spread from the Darwin cluster.
2021-06-30

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

Australia's Northern Territory re-elects the incumbent Labor Party government.
2020-08-22

Hundreds of tourists flock to Uluru in Australia's Northern Territory to climb it for the last time before the park's ban on climbing goes into effect. The ban is being implemented to respect the wishes of the indigenous Aṉangu people, who find Uluru sacred.
2019-10-25

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

Tropical Cyclone Olwyn intensifies with the potential to reach Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale before making landfall in Western Australia's Pilbara region on March 13.
2015-03-12

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

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology is predicting that a low pressure system in the Coral Sea will develop into tropical cyclone Marcia within 24 hours and bring heavy rain to South East Queensland with the potential to cause flooding.
2015-02-18

A fourth inquest begins into the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain at Uluru in outback Australia in the Northern Territory.
2012-02-24