Festive 'Friendsmas' celebrations combat loneliness, social isolation
Despite our screens being filled with images of happy families celebrating Christmas, some feel the festive season is lonelier than ever.
Gemma Ferguson is a digital producer and journalist with ABC Darwin, following a three-year stint in the organisation's Brisbane newsroom. Previously, she worked across a number of independent and commercial news outlets in New South Wales and Queensland, covering a range of topics in both print and digital. You can reach her via email or on LinkedIn.
Despite our screens being filled with images of happy families celebrating Christmas, some feel the festive season is lonelier than ever.
A licensed firearms holder has been charged with 47 offences after two NT police raids allegedly uncovered illegal explosives, unlawful weapons and illicit drugs.
NT Police has doubled its reward for information related to the disappearance of Angie Fuller, almost three years after her suspected murder in outback Australia.
The Northern Territory's largest hospital is "literally creaking at the seams" after Tropical Cyclone Fina, prompting NT Health to call for more federal funding.
The Bureau of Meteorology says Tropical Cyclone Fina is expected to reach category four strength while still in Northern Territory waters.
Tropical Cyclone Fina intensifies to a category three system as it moves away from Darwin.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Fina is approaching north of Darwin today, bringing with it some extreme weather conditions.
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Residents along the NT coast are preparing for a rare November cyclone to make landfall on Saturday by cutting down tree branches, stocking up on goods and making decisions about where to bunker down.
Some people refer to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder as "a superpower" while others describe their ADHD symptoms as debilitating. Can both be true?
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Crowds gather to celebrate the anniversary of a pivotal moment in the Aboriginal land rights movements, as the prime minister speaks from Uluṟu for the first time since the failed referendum.
Three decades after the landmark Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, the Northern Territory parliament rejects a motion proposing the federal government establish an independent oversight body.
The Northern Territory government has doubled down on its stance against detaining transgender women in female prisons, as a local LGBTQIA+ group says it is "horrified" by the comments.
Security guards at a Darwin nightclub have been confronted with pepper spray two weekends in a row, during the first month of a Northern Territory-wide trial of the weapons.
Access to language is essential for the Deaf community, but it isn't always guaranteed — especially in isolated parts of Australia. Locals are advocating for more awareness and support this International Week of Deaf People.
A man has been arrested over the alleged domestic violence-related death of his female partner overnight, after she was found unresponsive in the front yard of a Palmerston home.
Two out of five of the NT's enrolled voters failed to vote in the jurisdictions recent local government elections, with experts concerned voting fatigue has taken hold.
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Now that Matt Wright has been found guilty on two counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice, we can shed light on other legal matters surrounding the celebrity crocodile wrangler.
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Residents across the Northern Territory flocked to the polls to cast their vote in the NT local government elections over the weekend, with early results showing close contests in Darwin and Alice Springs.
The key players and evidence that's been aired in the first fortnight of celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright's trial.
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According to the Aussie experts gearing up for their first TED talk this weekend, storytelling is key — but breaking down a subject you understand so deeply, to share that knowledge with the world, comes with a whole lot of nerves.
A 26-year-old man who has been missing in the outback for a week has been found alive near Jay Creek outstation by residents of the Aboriginal homeland, close to where police discovered items of his clothing.
A falling object has crushed a worker's pelvis during an accident involving a crane at Darwin's industrial port area.
NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro was not in attendance at the 25th Garma festival after pushing tough-on-crime rhetoric as the prime minister claims "the cheap politics of division" would not lead to solutions.
Domestic Violence Prevention Minister Robyn Cahill criticised the coroner's recommendations as "uninspiring" when tabling the government's response.
The NT government is reinstating the use of spit hoods in youth detention, eight years after the practice was banned. Why are spit hoods controversial and what are the laws across Australia?
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