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PM grilled on Garma snub in first Tiwi trip
Anthony Albanese has faced questions over his decision not to attend a major Ind...
Duncan Murray (AAP) 20 Jul 2026
Purpose-built family hub opens to support Tiwi children and families
A new child and family centre has officially opened in the remote Tiwi Islands c...
Dechlan Brennan 16 Jul 2026
Tapalinga Football Club seeks investigation after Tiwi Islands football semi-final brawl
A Tiwi Islands football semi-final that descended into a mass brawl has prompted...
Jackson Clark 10 Jul 2026
Funding boost to help grow Tiwi Cultural Festival
The Federal Government will invest $250,000 to support the 2026 Tiwi Cultural Fe...
Dechlan Brennan 3 Jul 2026
New mobile clinic to bring lung cancer screening to Arnhem Land, Groote Eylandt, Tiwi Islands and Wadeye
Mobile specialist healthcare provider, Heart of Australia, has expanded their op...
Giovanni Torre 29 Jun 2026
New Forestry roadmap strengthens Tiwi jobs and leadership

For more than 60 years, forestry has been part of life on the Tiwi Islands. Now, a new workforce plan is laying the foundation for the next generation of Tiwi workers and leaders to step into long ter...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown May 22, 2026
From Country to Capability: The Tiwi prawn farm changing the future

What is unfolding on Wurankuwu is a powerful example of what self-determination can look like when Traditional Owners are not simply consulted, but leading from the front.

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown May 13, 2026
'More than a classroom': Award-winning educator strengthens culture in Milikapiti

Elise Thornthwaite, 25, is reshaping what education looks like in the remote Tiwi community of Milikapiti. Her impact was recently recognised across the Northern Territory after being named the NT Gov...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown May 4, 2026
Carbon credits seeding next chapter of Tiwi forestry

Forestry has long and complex past on the Tiwi Islands. Plantations on the islands 80 kilometres north of Darwin have not always worked in the interests of the Tiwi people in the decades it has been r...

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Poppy Johnston Feb 4, 2026
'For all the generations to come': Tiwi Islands recognised as Indigenous Protected Area

With signatures put to paper on Wednesday, more than 700,000 hectares of the Tiwi Islands have been registered as the newest Indigenous Protected Area after years of consultation, planning and develop...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Dec 11, 2025
How Bathurst Island Housing Aboriginal Corporation and Tiwi locals weathered the storm

Cyclone Fina, the first major storm of the season, swept across the Tiwi Islands with fierce winds that brought down trees, cut roads and disrupted everyday life.

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Dec 3, 2025
Indigenous disaster response knowledge and leadership recognised at Resilient Australia Awards

Darwin-based company Indigenous Connection was recognised at the 2025 Resilient Australia Awards National Ceremony in Naarm earlier this week.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 27, 2025
Fina upgraded to Category 4 but expected to ease Monday as it moves towards Kimberley, warnings in place for some areas

Tropical Cyclone Fina has intensified into a category 4 system, but will begin weakening Monday as it moves southwest towards the north Kimberely coast, the Bureau of Meterology says.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Nov 23, 2025
Residents warned to shelter at home as destructive winds hammer Top End

Destructive wind gusts are hammering remote communities in the Top End, with tropical cyclone Fina strengthening as it nears major population centres.

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Lloyd Jones Nov 22, 2025
Tiwi community to build new healing centre on Country

A new healing centre will be built on the Tiwi Islands through a $3.1 million investment from the federal government. The Djurrupuwu Healing Centre is an initiative of the Djurrupuwu family group and...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Nov 17, 2025
Exclusive: Non-Indigenous 'Tiwi Man' letters under scrutiny

In 2020, when Peter George Remfrey's Queensland-based workforce company Pandanus Group announced a new partnership, he was introduced as "a proud Tiwi man of non-Indigenous descent".

Reece Harley Reece Harley Oct 15, 2025
Communities mourn loss of Elder, educator and leader Mr E. Portaminni

Communities on the Tiwi Islands and beyond are mourning the loss of Elder, educator and leader Mr E. Portaminni. The Northern Territory's Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority, of which Mr Portaminni...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 6, 2025
Power station fire expected to leave Tiwi community without power for days

Hundreds of people on the Tiwi Islands are set to be without electricity for days after a fire broke out at the local power station at the weekend.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Sep 22, 2025
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