Northern Territory

Northern Territory

2021

09 July

Tasman travel bubble resumes between Northern Territory & New Zealand [Covid-19]

2020

22 August

Northern Territory general election: Michael Gunner's Labor government is returned for a second 4 year term

2020

24 March

The Northern Territory closed their borders, with all interstate arrivals being required to self-isolate for 14 days. [Covid-19]

2005

13 December

Bradley Murdoch is sentenced to life for the 2001 murder of British tourist Peter Falconio

2005

18 June

Labor returned in the Northern Territory, led by Chief Minister Clare Martin

1996

26 September

First death following euthanasia legislation in Australia

1974

25 December

Cyclone Tracy flattens Darwin (NT) leaving 49 dead & more than half the city's inhabitants evacuated.

1942

04 November

Japanese bomb Darwin but are halted on the Kokoda Trail
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