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virus snapshotCommentsVictoria shuts border with NSW as COVID cases surge

Victoria has effectively shut the border to the entirety of NSW and the ACT after 77 new coronavirus infections were recorded in Sydney overnight. SEE THE LATEST COVID NEWS FROM ACROSS AUSTRALIA

Miriam Fisher

Darwin Cup CarnivalPremiumStar jockey Jason Lyon wins feature race at Darwin Cup Carnival opener

Star Victorian jockey Jason Lyon was rapt to take out the $70,000 Ladbrokes Darwin Guineas (1600m) aboard Trident, securing himself the feature win, on the opening day of the 2021 Darwin Cup Carnival today.

NATHANIEL CHAMBERS

Darwin Cup CarnivalPremiumDarwin Cup Carnival back on track after lockdown lifted

The Darwin Cup Carnival is back on track, and ready to race this weekend, following a tumultuous week of Covid lockdown restrictions.

NATHANIEL CHAMBERS

On the roadPremiumAnger brewing amid toll of Super Netball hub life

Families have been split up for the sake of sport this week and it’s not just the football codes who are feeling the Covid pinch.

Emma Greenwood

Covid-19Premium‘DON’T LIE’: Mine worker breached isolation order, new exposure site declared

A mine worker, who tested positive for Covid-19, defied authorities and breached his stay-at-home order, prompting a new public exposure site to be declared.

Raphaella Saroukos

COVID-19PremiumCovid latest: Airport cafe alert but optimism for Top End lockdown

Alice Springs has plunged into a lockdown for 72 hours after a mine worker, who travelled from the region to Adelaide, developed symptoms of the virus and has since tested positive.

THOMAS MORGAN and RAPHAELLA SAROUKOS

Covid-19PremiumFULL LIST: All public exposure sites declared across the Territory

Several Covid-19 public exposure sites across the Territory have been declared, to allow authorities to trace any potential spread of the virus. Here is the FULL LIST.

Raphaella Saroukos

NT Covid-19 outbreakPremiumAFLNT community football programs cancelled due to Covid outbreak

FOOTY program across the Territory, including Central Australia, are on hold as AFL Northern Territory (AFLNT) reacts to extended Covid-19 restrictions

NATHANIEL CHAMBERS

TOP END LOCKDOWNPremium‘Critical period’: Contact tracers scramble to trace Darwin outbreak

About 180 patrons of a popular Darwin pub have been deemed close contacts, as an extension of the Top End’s lockdown buys contact tracers crucial time in the race to stop the Delta strain.

THOMAS MORGAN

HospitalPremiumJockey still critical after horror Turf Club fall

A jockey remains in a critical condition while two others are stable following a serious fall at the Darwin Turf Club on Saturday.

JASON WALLS

AFLNTPremiumAFLNT cancels community footy in Red Centre due to Covid risk

The AFLNT has cancelled all community football matches, training and Auskick in Central Australia until further notice due to the current threat of Covid-19.

NATHANIEL CHAMBERS

NT City2SurfPremiumToday’s NT Santos City2Surf the second largest ever

The 2021 edition of the NT Santos City2Surf will see the event’s second largest field ever with 1685 runners and walkers to race off from the start line today.

NATHANIEL CHAMBERS

ICAC reportPremiumIndustry backs $12m Darwin Turf Club grandstand despite ICAC report

The $12m Darwin Turf Club grandstand at the centre of a damning ICAC report has won the support of the Territory’s tourism, business, hospitality and construction sectors.

GARY SHIPWAY

HORSE RACINGPremiumJockeys ‘critical’ after fall at Darwin Turf Club track

Three jockeys are in hospital and a horse has died after a heavy fall at the Darwin Turf Club track on Saturday afternoon.

GREY MORRIS & KIERAN BANKS

Nervous waitCommentsPremiumHundreds of WA FIFO workers told to isolate, get tested

Two hundred and fifty-two off-swing WA FIFOs have been ordered into isolation after potentially coming into contact with a NT gold miner who has tested positive to coronavirus.

Briana Fiore

COVID-19 crisisCommentsContact tracers scramble to find WA FIFO cases

Contact tracers in Western Australia are rushing to identify people who may have come into contact with a COVID-positive miner in the Northern Territory before travelling to WA.

Briana Fiore

Tribes of the TerritoryPremiumBound for glory: The Nick Moody story

A champion power lifter and body builder, brave cancer survivor and dedicated husband and father, Alice Springs’ Nick Moody is a man who was always bound for glory, despite the adversity he has endured in his life.

LACHLAN WILLS

sportPremiumFirst football comp match set for new ‘MCG of the desert’

Santa Teresa is set to host the first community competition football match on the town’s newly re-grassed oval.

JASMINE BURKE

Coronavirus NTPremiumNT revokes Greater Melbourne as Covid-19 hot spot

The NT’s borders will slam shut to parts of NSW as Sydney’s Covid-19 outbreak of the highly-contagious Delta variant continues to grow.

Natasha Emeck

Superbikes CrashPremiumSuperbike rider Troy Herfoss to undergo surgery on broken arm and leg after Darwin crash

Superbikes champion Troy Herfoss having surgery to repair broken limbs after a major crash at Hidden Valley Raceway

GREY MORRIS

’Serious condition’PremiumSuperbikes rider hospitalised after horror crash at Hidden Valley

Superbikes champion Troy Herfoss has been hospitalised following a horror crash at Hidden Valley.

GREY MORRIS

Darwin SupercarsPremiumVan Gisbergen dominant in winning Race 2 of Darwin Supercars weekend

Holden Commodore driver Shane van Gisbergen has charged to a seventh win of 2021 in Race 2 of the Darwin Supercars weekend at Hidden Valley Raceway.

News Corp Australia

‘Serious condition’PremiumSuperbikes rider hospitalised after horror crash at Hidden Valley

Superbikes champion Troy Herfoss has been hospitalised following a horror crash at Hidden Valley.

GREY MORRIS

Darwin Triple CrownPremiumMostert wins drama-filled first Darwin Supercars race of the weekend

Holden Commodore driver Chaz Mostert has won a drama-filled first Supercars race of the Merlin Darwin Triple Crown weekend on Saturday afternoon.

News Corp Australia