Toddler's family call for 'Ebony's Law' after childcare centre death
By Jason Walls
The family of a 22-month-old girl who died at a Northern Territory child care centre last year are calling on the government to ban the type of fencing that caused her death under the banner of "Ebony's Law".
Alice Springs boy's tragic house fire death yields public housing audit
By Jason Walls
The death of a three-year-old boy in an Alice Springs house fire has led to an electrical audit of Northern Territory public housing, which uncovered widespread issues affecting hundreds of homes, an inquest has heard.
The death of a three-year-old boy in an Alice Springs house fire has led to an electrical audit of Northern Territory public housing, which uncovered widespread issues affecting hundreds of homes, an inquest has heard.
Calls to ban machetes as elderly Territorians terrorised in their own homes
By Jason Walls
There are growing calls for the NT government to ban machetes and crossbows as older residents share horror stories of being targeted in their own homes by armed youths.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-06/calls-for-nt-ban-on-machetes-and-crossbows/105747486
Investigation unearths name of alleged confessed killer police officer
By Jason Walls
The family of vanished Yolŋu leader Dhakiyarr Wirrpanda is calling on the Northern Territory coroner to pursue an ABC investigation's lead on his mysterious disappearance.
Police up reward for two of the NT's most confounding cold cases to $500k
By Jason Walls
Northern Territory police have increased the reward money for information related to two unsolved cold cases to $500,000 each.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-17/nt-police-missing-persons-reward-money-increased/105776164
Gina Rinehart helps fund Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's defamation defence
By Jason Walls
Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart, has helped fund Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's crowd-funded defence to a defamation action brought by the head of a Northern Territory land council.
#PoliticalDonations #Courts #DonationBasedCrowdFunding #JasonWalls
Could Matt Wright go to jail? What may happen next in the Netflix star's case
By Jason Walls
After a month-long trial, Matt Wright was last week found guilty on two counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice by a Supreme Court jury. So, what's next in the case of the celebrity crocodile wrangler?
After a month-long trial, Matt Wright was last week found guilty on two counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice by a Supreme Court jury. So, what's next in the case of the celebrity crocodile wrangler?
Aboriginal man died after carer put him in 'bear hug', family claims
By Jason Walls
The family of an Aboriginal man who died after being put in a "bear hug" is suing his Alice Springs disability care provider for negligence.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-01/aboriginal-man-dies-in-disability-care/105711672
What the jury in the Matt Wright trial did not hear
By Jason Walls
Now that the trial of celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright is over, the ABC can reveal what happened while the jury was out of the room.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-31/matt-wright-trial-what-the-jury-didnt-hear/105695156
Jury retires after defence says there are 'no winners' in Matt Wright case
By Jason Walls
After a trial that "captured the imagination" of the world's media and "must have cost millions", the case against Matt Wright boils down to nothing more than "guesswork and speculation", a court has heard.
After a trial that "captured the imagination" of the world's media and "must have cost millions", the case against Matt Wright boils down to nothing more than "guesswork and speculation", a court has heard.
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