James Elton

Residents in Timber Creek and Bulla say "the food wasn't coming" during their recent three-week isolation. Things got so bad, neighbours chartered their own helicopter for a food run, and a cattle station donated a freshly killed carcass.

A Katherine resident is concerned about the quality of information collected by government investigators after it took four days for them to get to the site of a Northern Territory fish kill.

Two ex-principals are among a group of education department fill-ins taking on an eleventh-hour deployment to a Northern Territory primary school.

Inside a community's attempts to steer its young people away from criminal choices.

The K-Town Express Christmas train was an impressive sight as it rumbled down the streets of the Northern Territory town as it took visitors and locals on tours to see Christmas light displays.

Chloe Familton is flying solo around Australia to change perceptions of young women in aviation. 

The NT government is trying to convince the Commonwealth to split funding on a new round of remote public housing, this time taking in communities on traditional Aboriginal homelands.

Transport Minister Catherine King has pledged airfares will soon come down, saying Qatar Airways is "not the only airline that adds to competition".

Federal, state and local governments should strike a new funding agreement to build “foundational supports” for people with disabilities in settings like schools and family centres to reduce the strain on the NDIS, according to the chair of an independent review of the scheme.

The foreign minister says there are some No campaigners who are saying things "designed to make people fearful" about the Voice to Parliament.

The prime minister has indicated he will take part on Friday in what is expected to be the most contentious debate on the floor of Labor's national conference — that surrounding the AUKUS security pact — as the government attempts to quell internal disquiet over the contentious deal with the US and UK.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says he has requested a meeting with the head of the Australian Federal Police for "further detail" about a briefing the AFP says it gave him in 2018, but which Mr Dutton does not recall.

The NSW Nationals asked for and received $20,000 from its youth wing to spend on negative campaign ads in target seats in the recent 2023 state election, according to internal party documents.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the naming of partners at consulting giant PwC involved in misusing confidential government information will happen "in time".

One of the most prominent Indigenous figures in recent Liberal politics says the Voice to Parliament will be hamstrung if it cannot directly advise ministers, saying his former colleagues should have "no reason to be afraid" of the proposal.

Indigenous advocate Noel Pearson says a rejection of the Voice to Parliament would represent a failure of a whole generation of Indigenous leadership, saying it would then be up to a new generation to chart a different way forward.

Australian Navy commanders will have full operational control over their nuclear submarines and their powerful reactors, but the boats may have foreign engineers onboard when they are deployed.

A parliamentary debate over the precise wording of the Voice referendum text looks set to kick off in March, with Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus promising there will be "ample time" for the discussion. 

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton wants assurances on the limits of the power of the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament, while remaining tight-lipped on how the Liberal Party will manage its position on the looming constitutional question.

The South Australian premier has comprehensively rejected the future use of nuclear power generators in Australia, saying the "completely uneconomic" technology had already been thoroughly investigated and dismissed.

The Albanese government will leave the "yes" and "no" camps to do their own fundraising in the upcoming Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum, rather than providing an even contribution from taxpayers.

China's ruling Communist Party Congress this weekend is the most important meeting in 40 years and appears set to concrete Xi Jinping's position as premier for life, former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd says.

The Albanese government's first federal budget will include a significant rewriting of official budget guidelines and will also see forecasts for unemployment revised as a "consequence" of a deteriorating global outlook, the treasurer has flagged. 

China's ambassador to Australia warns that Taiwanese people advocating full independence from the mainland will be "punished" according to Chinese law, speaking in an interview with the ABC's 7.30 program. 

Employment Minister Tony Burke has expressed strong interest in a proposal put forward by the Australian Council of Trade Unions for multi-employer bargaining, saying he wants to see the idea "fleshed out".