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The Northern Territory, Queensland, and Tasmania announce that their borders with South Australia are indefinitely closed, as the state's second wave reaches 17 cases.
2020-11-16

The Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull announces that a Royal Commission will be held into the Northern Territory youth justice system after the Australian Broadcasting Commission's Four Corners program shows footage of juvenile Aboriginal Australians being tortured at the Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre. John Elferink has been sacked as the Northern Territory's Minister for Justice and Corrections following the report.
2016-07-26

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

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

Cyclone Marcia is expected to strengthen to category 5 before making landfall in Central Queensland.
2015-02-19

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

Adam Giles is elected as the new leader of the Country Liberal Party in Australia's Northern Territory replacing Terry Mills as Chief Minister. He will be the first indigenous head of government in Australian history.
2013-03-13

A coroner in Australia's Northern Territory rules that a dingo was responsible for the death of baby Azaria Chamberlain at Uluru in August 1980.
2012-06-12

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