Charmayne Allison

After months of turmoil that have sparked concerns for its funding, the board of NAAJA has defended itself amid suggestions the organisation is unable to do its job.

With access to precious cultural and linguistic knowledge on country for the first time, the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies has expanded its reach outside Canberra.

The Northern Territory Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge over whether the NT government acted lawfully when it awarded one of the largest groundwater licences in Australia's history.

As youth crime continues to dominate Alice Springs headlines, young people say rap classes are giving them a positive outlet.

The Northern Territory government says the quiet appointment of Central Australia's regional controller to a second position will not hinder her search for solutions to the crime crisis. 

Three people have been arrested after a violent brawl in the Alice Springs town centre, which police suspect began as a clash between two feuding family groups.

NT Police have upgraded charges against two of the people charged over the death of 19-year-old Yiel Gatluak, as fresh claims are heard in court about an alleged attack against him

Koang Wuordol was arrested in Melbourne on the weekend and extradited to Alice Springs, where he has been charged with the murder of 19-year-old Yiel Gatluak whose body was found on a dirt road on January 1. 

The 22-year-old was arrested in Melbourne on the weekend, with NT Police confirming they had been tracking his movements since New Year's Day.

In Alice Springs, addiction has a stranglehold. But a group of local Aboriginal men are hoping to break cycles, one conversation at a time.

Yiel Gatluak, 19, was found dead on a remote road east of Alice Springs on New Year's Day, prompting a homicide investigation. His mother says his last words to her were "I love you".

Corrections Commissioner Matthew Varley says an immediate review will be held into the riot, which is the second incident at the prison in a fortnight.

Raelene McEllister, 82, says she is afraid to return to her Alice Springs home after it was plundered on Boxing Day while she was in emergency surgery. She is among residents calling for further action on crime.

When Meredith Campbell was diagnosed with acute depression with psychosis, she received electroconvulsive therapy. A clinical psychiatrist says there's still a widespread stigma around the treatment, despite it being deemed "safe and effective".

Indigenous rangers manage to record the song of the "extremely secretive" night parrot in a remote part of Western Australia.

An unusual weather phenomenon is taking place in the Red Centre. Central Australia has been in the grips of a severe heatwave this week, baking in temperatures hot enough to warrant warnings from the Bureau of Meteorology. But there's about to be a significant cool reprieve.

The remains of a Warlpiri ancestor have been returned to country near Yuendumu in the Northern Territory this week. It comes 60 years after the body was exhumed by station owners.

No charges have been laid after eight boys aged 11 to 13 allegedly drove a stolen vehicle dangerously through the Alice Springs CBD, at one point allegedly throwing rocks at police.

With a team of four lawyers managing a caseload of almost 500 files, Legal Aid NT says crime teams in Alice Springs are struggling under the strain of a lawyer shortage, after NAAJA's decision to stop taking on new criminal matters.

Prominent Aboriginal legal aid service NAAJA has announced it will not take on new criminal matters in Alice Springs for the rest of the year, raising concerns some Aboriginal defendants will need to represent themselves.

A group of tourists say they'll never return to Alice Springs after a trip to Uluru ended in a brawl between their driver and a pedestrian, and an hours-long wait on the side of the road.

Businesses say cost-of-living pressures, expensive airfares and concerns around crime are contributing to a slump in tourism in Central Australia, where the drive market in particular is lagging.

The "globally significant" project will store up to 400,000 tonnes per annum of toxic waste, including low-level radioactive material from Australia and overseas.

Alice Springs leaders are calling for the outback town to be properly resourced ahead of the summer, when crime traditionally surges in the region.

People in the remote community of Ltyentye Apurte are pleading with governments to not forget their struggles, following the result of the Voice referendum.