Dr Gondarra has been remembered as a pioneering risk taker who has left a significant legacy, at his state memorial funeral in Darwin.
In Yolŋu cuture, fire brings renewal — and seeds are sprouting at Garma Festival after defeat of the Voice
After fire, a new life cycle begins — and in the 10 months since the defeat of the Voice to Parliament referendum, the conditions are right for new ideas to germinate.
Photo shows A young child participates in the opening ceremony of the 2017 Garma Festival.Trailblazing church minister, NT cultural leader and political fighter Dr Gondarra dies aged 79
A trailblazer from the remote Northern Territory, Dr Gondarra was known as a straight-talking spiritual and cultural leader who never lost sight of his quest for equality.
Photo shows an aboriginal man wearing traditional dressConcerns over gillnets in restricted intertidal waters in Arnhem Bay coastline
Traditional owners and recreational anglers in North-East Arnhem Land have raised the alarm over the laying of gillnets in restricted intertidal waters.
Photo shows Gillnet Concerns, Protected Waters: Aerial vision of a coastline with red-brown dirt and verdant bush.Has Video Duration: 1 minute 47 seconds.The sudden and tragic deaths of three young Yolŋu men has left a remote football team shattered ahead of its upcoming season.
The sudden and tragic deaths of three young Yolŋu men has left a remote football team shattered ahead of its upcoming season.
Has Video Duration: 4 minutes 5 seconds.In a quest to play footy, these Arnhem Land women want their brothers' support
Cultural "shame" can hold Yolŋu women back from playing footy in north-east Arnhem Land. Now women and girls want their brothers' backing in the momentum to restart a local league.
Photo shows Whitney and Danielle Yunupiŋu hold a yelllow football and look across the camera while smiling against a backdrop of trees.From Arnhem Land to Disneyland: Remote kids pull out all stops for the performance of a lifetime
For children living in the remote north-east Arnhem Land mining town of Nhulunbuy, 650 kilometres east of Darwin, dance is a passion but also a dream that's long felt out of reach.
Photo shows xxxShaun bought this Arnhem Land house in November, but is still paying rent to live there
Nhulunbuy residents say mining giant Rio Tinto is responsible for housing sale delays in north-east Arnhem Land.
Photo shows A photo of Shaun Canobie standing next to sold house sign with two cars in the background and the houseEx-Tropical Cyclone Megan to bring heavy rain, possible flooding to central NT communities
Central Australian communities are being warned to prepare for heavy rainfall and possible flooding as the former cyclone moves west across the NT in coming days.
Photo shows A tree is down on a fence. It had a huge root system.Meet the women weaving plastic rubbish into art
By weaving baskets out of the abandoned fishing nets that wash up on Waṉuwuy's once pristine beaches, the Yolgnu people are turning something discarded into a thing of beauty.
Photo shows Aly de Groot holds a basket made with ghost netNT Labor's revived pledge to deliver a treaty sets up an election battleground in the bush
Seven months out from an NT election, Labor's promise to persevere with a treaty sets up a definitive alternative to the CLP. But can either party deliver on their pledges?
Photo shows An aerial view of the Stuart Highway, south of the township of Elliott.Families celebrate new remote houses, as the NT government turns its focus to Aboriginal homelands
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.
Photo shows A person in a yellow top and wearing hold up a set of keys while a boy to her left smiles.Man charged over hit-and-run that killed a 25yo cyclist in Nhulunbuy
Northern Territory Police charge a 46-year-old man over a hit-and-run that killed a cyclist in the remote town of Nhulunbuy in north-east Arnhem Land last month.
Photo shows The bike of a 25-year-old cyclist killed in Nhulunbuy in a hit-and-run on November 26, 2023.How one moment of the 2000 Sydney Paralympics Games changed Tom's life
Now a professional wheelchair basketballer, Tom O'Neill-Thorne can draw a direct link between his rise through the game and the night he watched the opening ceremony of the Sydney Paralympics more than 20 years ago.
Police investigating fatal hit-and-run of cyclist in Arnhem Land community
Northern Territory Police say a man is dead after a fatal hit-and-run crash in Nhulunbuy this morning.
Photo shows A drone shot of houses and a small town right near a beachGove refinery demolition well on its way to recycle 142,000 tonnes of scrap metal
Mining company Rio Tinto is undertaking the largest demolition project in Australia's history, taking apart an old alumina refinery in north-east Arnhem Land with the first scrap metal from the site shipped to Asia.
Photo shows a pile of scrap metal on red dirt with tanks and a harbour in the background.Gove refinery demolition
Rio Tinto is demolishing the Gove refinery and sending its scrap metal to Asia for recycling.
Has Video Duration: 46 seconds.This mother feared she would end up in jail over huge phone bills, a problem experts say is greater than first thought
In 2021, Telstra faced court for its treatment of First Nations customers. New figures obtained by the ABC show the scale of the problem is much worse than first thought.
Photo shows Pat Riley stands in front of red dirt cliffs in the Kimberley and looks into the camera.Indigenous rangers team up with scientists for project SpaceCows, the next frontier in feral pest control
First Nations rangers and the CSIRO embark on a groundbreaking, space-based surveillance project to track and manage 1,000 wild bovine in remote northern Australia.
Photo shows An aerial view of a herd of buffalo walking through a small body of water, between long scrubby grass and trees.High Court heads to Darwin as Commonwealth challenges $700m native title compensation claim
The High Court will hold a special hearing in Darwin next year in a challenge over a $700 million compensation claim over land acquired for aluminium mining in north-east Arnhem Land in the 1960s.
Photo shows A photo which shows Gove refinery from the air. Gove Operations is located on the Gove Peninsula in North East Arnhem land.One launch a week, 14 launch pads: Massive expansion pegged for remote Australian rocket base
The fledgling Arnhem Space Centre in the remote Northern Territory is looking to substantially expand its facilities and launch capacity if it's given the tick of approval.
Photo shows Sign in red dirt reading Arnhem Space Centre.