Donald Trump has given a "warm reception" to the AUKUS defence pact during a meeting with Scott Morrison in New York, the former prime minister says.

A working mother-of-two who can't afford childcare, a cafe owner who says 'people are leaving' Darwin and a medical student struggling to balance work and study are among the Territorians who say there isn't much in the NT budget that helps them.

The Northern Territory government will today introduce legislation that aims to simplify the process for imposing curfews, following a three-week youth curfew in Alice Springs. 

Pro-Palestinian protesters have refused requests from the University of Melbourne to leave a building they occupied last night. Police say they have not been asked to intervene.

There's been an ongoing trend of people trading their city life for a charming country cottage, but farmers want you to make sure you know what you're signing up for.

Financially vulnerable Australians stand to miss out on the full value of the budget's $300 energy bill relief, because the policy will slash the indexation of their welfare payments.