Olivana Lathouris is a reporter and presenter for ABC Darwin. Having worked in newsrooms across the country, she has experience reporting on crime, courts, breaking news, natural disasters and politics. Since 2022, her focus has primarily been on covering courts, crime and justice in the Northern Territory. Olivana also regularly presents ABC's flagship 7pm news program and the national regional news.
Amid the political furore and media scrutiny surrounding the Kumanjayi Little Baby child protection review, the most shocking and obvious issue laid bare in the report — family and domestic violence — has struggled to command the same attention.
The Northern Territory Coroner is examining the drowning death of a three-year-old boy found face down in the family's backyard pool by his father in 2025, putting the territory's pool safety laws under the microscope.
The Northern Territory is the only place in Australia where the identities of accused sexual offenders are protected until they are committed to stand trial. But that could change by the end of the year under reforms flagged by the NT government.
Top End tourism operators are calling for the creation of a dedicated fund to help struggling business survive the wet season, as they say looming cuts to holiday workers could push the sector past breaking point.
Topic: Tourism and Leisure Industry
The Northern Territory Supreme Court has heard a woman suffered life-threatening injuries, including facial fractures, brain bleeds and wounds to her body after being run over by her partner in rural Darwin.
Northern Territory Treasurer Bill Yan says the government is turning the tide on the Territory's $11 billion debt, supported by progress on major projects including Beetaloo Basin gas and a number of gold and lithium mines.
Search and rescue teams are continuing to look for Tasmanian pilot Bob Bramley's plane, after it crashed into remote waters off the NT coast on Tuesday.
Another charge has been laid against Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling, with NT Police alleging his conditions were breached just weeks after he was granted bail by a court.
The looping sound of the Woolworths jingle outside a Darwin store has irritated customers, but the supermarket giant says the music is a tactic to reduce anti-social behaviour against staff and customers.
Northern Territory Police Commissioner Martin Dole has told rank-and-file officers the investigation into the alleged murder of of Kumanjayi Little Baby in Alice Springs was a moment that will "stay with you forever".
Delays at the pointy end of the Northern Territory's justice system have hit record highs, with the average time for criminal cases to progress to trial now at 476 days.
A man who stabbed his wife to death outside a Darwin hotel in 2023 has had his four-year prison sentence doubled on appeal after prosecutor's argued it was "manifestly inadequate".
Northern Territory Police say they were subjected to "deliberate and potentially deadly attacks" in the remote community of Wadeye yesterday in the fifth instance of unrest in the town in less than a fortnight.
Topic: Rural and Remote Communities
Prominent former gallery owner Paul Arnold has been found guilty on more than a dozen domestic violence charges, including assault, stalking and breaching a domestic violence order.
A unique partnership between a remote Northern Territory women's centre and an art studio in India has been recognised at this year's prestigious National Indigenous Fashion Awards.
Current and former Aboriginal community police officers have launched a class action alleging they were racially vilified, abused and underpaid while working for the NT Police Force.
Held across two sold-out shows in a new location, this year's Country to Couture features 21 collections crafted by artists and designers from communities across the country.
A prominent doctor is fighting a decision to deny his release on bail after police allegedly found up to 1 million child abuse images and videos in a raid on his Darwin home last week.
An interaction at a Darwin Thai festival is at the centre of assault allegations leading to the arrest of a Federal Labor MP.
A 39-year-old Darwin woman is charged with using her position with the Department of Children and Families to defraud the NDIS of millions of dollars.
A Federal Court case against celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright could take another year before making it to trial. The lawsuit has been brought by Danielle Wilson, the widow of Mr Wright's TV co-star Chris "Willow" Wilson, who died in a 2022 chopper crash.
A proposed massive new data centre would require more than six times the total demand of the Darwin and Katherine electricity grids to operate and be powered by gas piped direct from the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin.
The Northern Territory parliament is debating controversial child protection laws that have been criticised for their potential impact on the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle.
An Alice Springs tour company is suing a vehicle manufacturer for negligence and breach of contract following a bus crash that killed a 69-year-old man in 2022.
A Darwin tobacconist has pleaded guilty to tax evasion after police busted him with more than 330 kilograms of tobacco labelled as Chinese tea and 110,000 illegally imported cigarettes.
