Oliver Chaseling
Oliver Chaseling is a journalist in the ABC's Darwin bureau in the Northern Territory. He has previously worked in community services and public health research in various communities in Arnhem Land, NT. He can be reached at chaseling.oliver@abc.net.au, or on instagram @chassling.
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Decades after the bombing of Darwin, family secrets continue to be unearthed
It's been 82 years since Japanese fighters launched a deadly air raid on the Northern Territory in World War II. Yvonne's Odegaard's father was among the survivors.
Cyclone watch issued for Gulf of Carpentaria as communities warned to prepare
Communities from Port Roper to Burketown are being warned to prepare for severe weather as the Bureau of Meteorology forecasts a 40 per cent chance of a tropical low developing into a cyclone over the region.
Commercial fishing boats to continue use of gillnets in popular NT rivers
Commercial fishing boats can continue allowed to deploy thousands of metres of fishing nets in the Roper and Daly river systems under a short-term plan.
Reduced liquor trading hours in Darwin to be scrapped, with trial to end next week
A trial pushing back the weekday opening hours of Darwin bottle shops will end after six weeks, as the NT police minister says the change has had no "massive impact" and led to instances of alcohol abuse in licensed venues.
Darwin prisoner suffered heart attack effects for two days before hospitalisation, inquest hears
The NT coroner says the prisoner was "let down on a number of different occasions by a number of different practitioners" in the lead-up to his death.
Indigenous land rights champion Dr Bush-Blanasi farewelled in emotional state funeral in Darwin
The Yolŋu and Mayili man died last month at the age of 61, after a life spent advancing the rights and self-determination of Indigenous Australians.
Former administrator and solicitor-general remembered as a 'true NT legend' at state funeral
On what would have been his 77th birthday, hundreds of family and friends hear glowing tributes to Tom Pauling AO KC, at a state funeral in Darwin.
Man accused of Darwin bottle shop murder expected to argue self-defence, court hears
Lawyers for Keith Kerinauia, the man accused of murdering 20-year-old Declan Laverty in Darwin earlier this year, are expected to argue their client acted in self-defence before allegedly stabbing the bottle shop worker.
Santos lawyers accuse traditional owners of altering dreaming stories to block gas pipeline
A group of Tiwi Islands elders have faced off against Santos in the Federal Court, over the gas giant's plans to build a pipeline past the islands for its $5.6 billion Barossa project.
Traditional owners seek at least $225m in compensation over NT mine expansion
A group of traditional owners are seeking "no less than" $225 million in compensation over the effects of the Northern Territory's largest zinc and lead mine.
Armed militia, stolen yacht and drug business part of Sydney entrepreneur's plan to flee Australia, court hears
Andrew Spira pleads guilty to fraud and drugs charges in Darwin as a court hears details of his elaborate plans to "get a drug business up and running" and start an armed militia after he tried to flee Australia with a fake passport.
Public housing tenants challenge NT government's remote rent policy in Supreme Court
The Northern Territory government defends a change in remote rent policy that public housing tenants from Gunbalanya say is an "unreasonable" and "unfair" system.
People over 65 die of dementia more than anything else. Should it be included in NT euthanasia laws?
Nowhere else in Australia can a person living with dementia access Voluntary Assisted Dying. The territory was the first to legalise VAD in 1995, could it again break new ground?
Santos ordered to pause construction on $5.6b Barossa project, hours before works due to start
An emergency injunction granted to a Tiwi Islands traditional owner by the Federal Court has halted construction of the project's underwater gas export pipeline for several weeks.
Jermaine Austral charged with aggravated burglary, firearms offences
The 27-year-old Darwin man, who was arrested on Friday following a police search in bushland, has been charged with numerous offences.
Tiwi Land Council dismisses Santos report into cultural heritage following pipeline approval
A major assessment of cultural heritage values by Santos, which is planning to build an underwater pipeline through Tiwi sea country, has ignored the concerns of traditional owners, the land council says.
John Howard's criticism of the NT government dismissed as political 'point-scoring'
Former prime minister John Howard says the Northern Territory government has failed to provide adequate police, health and education services in the 15 years since the Intervention. But a political expert has labelled those comments a "partisan swipe".
Land councils say this NT education funding policy is widening the gap for Indigenous kids
The Northern and Central Land Councils are calling on both levels of government to urgently address "the inequities in the current system".
Child and multiple others dead at 'terrible scene' of crash on major NT highway
NT Police say they are still attempting to identify bodies at the site where a four-wheel drive collided with a road train on Friday afternoon.
Top End rangers are funding fire mitigation with carbon credits. Why can't it be done in the desert?
As ranger groups in the NT's Top End use funding from carbon credits to prepare for a tough bushfire season, groups in the desert are calling for access to the same scheme.
Massive bushfire five times size of ACT fuelled by climate change, experts say
Experts say climate change is fuelling the massive bushfire sweeping across the Barkly region, with similar fires predicted to become more frequent in the Northern Territory.
Years-long investigation dropped into Aboriginal corporation representing Kakadu TOs
The Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation says a "great burden has been removed" after ORIC confirmed the end of its long-running investigation, with no findings made and no actions to be taken.
The Yes campaign arrives in the NT. But how much of a difference will it make?
Yes campaign leaders say significant investment has been made into campaigning in the NT, despite votes from the territories having less sway in the referendum result.
'We are warriors': Fort Dundas ruins symbolise the strength of the Tiwi people
In 1824, British soldiers and convicts landed on the shores of the Tiwi Islands with ambitions to build an international trade port to rival Singapore. Here's why their plan failed.
Aboriginal legal aid service locked in legal battle amid corruption, bullying and forgery allegations
The main legal agency responsible for representing Aboriginal clients in the Northern Territory is locked in a legal battle with its former chief executive.