TLDR
WIN Network announced a weekday 30-minute local news bulletin for Darwin on Nine, airing at 5.30pm later this year. Darwin has been without commercial local TV news since Nine axed its bulletin in January 2025. WIN took over Nine Darwin in June 2026 and is now hiring journalists and camera operators in Darwin.
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WIN Network will put a local 5.30pm news bulletin back on Nine in Darwin later this year, ending a gap of nearly two years without commercial local TV news in the Northern Territory.[1]
The 30-minute WIN News bulletin will run on weeknights and cover local news, sport and weather. WIN said the launch date and presenting team would be announced "in coming weeks". Tipping Point moves to 4.30pm to make room.[1]
"Darwin deserves a local television news service on a commercial channel," WIN chief executive Andrew Lancaster said.[1]
WIN is hiring journalists and camera operators who will live and work in Darwin. WIN Darwin manager Steven Shervill said the network wanted to give viewers "a local bulletin they can make part of their weekday routine".[1]
Nine pulled the old bulletin in January 2025
Nine axed 9News Darwin in January 2025, with the final bulletin airing on 21 January. Territory viewers got the Queensland edition of 9News instead, which left the ABC as the only local TV news service in the NT.[2]
Eleven full-time roles were affected at the time, with three redundancies, The Nightly reported.[2]
Nine then handed the station to WIN. On 2 June 2026 Nine said it had completed converting Nine Darwin from a wholly owned business to an affiliate owned and operated by WIN, for $0.5 million in cash, after approvals including the ACCC's.[3]
Darwin will join the 23 bulletins WIN already produces across regional Australia, including three capital cities.[1]
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