Journalism

In more than two decades of journalism, Kylie has written hundreds of stories. This is a small selection of her work.

National Geographic, May 2022

Fighting fire with fire

How Indigenous Australians have revived the ancient practice of planned burning to renew and preserve their homelands, and help support their communities.

ABC News, September 4, 2021

NT set for rise in retirees

The Northern Territory is now Australia's fastest ageing population, with a projected 222 per cent increase in Territorians over the age of 65 by 2046.

ABC News, April 18, 2022

The death of a town

Once the busy end of the railway line from Darwin, where Russian peanut farmers, buffalo hunters, criminals, soldiers and First Australians all converged, now Birdum is a ghost town.

WINNER OF 2021 NT MEDIA AWARD FOR FEATURE WRITING

Weekend Australian Magazine, December 11, 2020

Australia’s secret war in Borneo

Australia’s secret role in a forgotten border conflict in Borneo was kept hidden for decades. Now veterans and their families want recognition.

Weekend Australian Magazine, March 23, 2024

Profile of Yingiya Guyula

Yingiya Mark Guyula points to a day – and an encounter with federal police – on a bush road on his grandmother’s country near Ramingining as a watershed moment.

Weekend Australian Magazine, Nov 5 2022

A whale of a tale in croc country

The massive skeleton of a pygmy blue whale washes up on a remote Northern Territory beach. Four decades on, ‘Melville’ is back – with an extraordinary story.

Escape, October 21, 2020

Top End Top 10

Darwin’s food scene is brimming with loads of vibrant new eateries and bars that will give you a true taste of the tropics.

The Saturday Paper, October 26, 2019

Interpreters signing off

The Northern Territory will soon be without a single full-time Auslan interpreter, stranding the deaf community without support to navigate the health and legal systems.

The Guardian Australia, June 5, 2019

Mass shooting hurts us all

The residents of Garden Hills Crescent thought the shots they heard were people setting off fireworks – until they heard yelling.

The Guardian Australia, April 26, 2016

RU486 not ‘abortion on demand’

In the NT’s remote communities, the issue around legalising RU486 is not only about choice – it’s also about access to services.

Escape, May 16, 2014

Eat, pray, love, read, write

Forget beaches and booze, Bali’s all about the books for the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival.

NT Independent, April 11, 2020

The new outlaws

Social behaviour is the new anti-social behaviour – and other big COVID questions from Darwin in the beginning of the pandemic.

Escape, August 13, 2019

Dripping with appeal

Brimming billabongs, the birdlife, the fishing, the storms, and the quiet outside the fever-pitch of the main tourist season are all part of why Territorians love the wet season – and you will too.

The Guardian Australia, May 12, 2019

The coins that could change history

Experts believe they may have found a Kilwa coin that could change what we know about the history of global trade.

Escape, December 14, 2015

Refresh your body and soul

Bali’s newest wellness retreat combines surfing and yoga to create the perfect place to escape your busy brain.

Escape, June 12, 2011

Tradition meets modern in Togo

We kneel on the cool cement floor before a wall of framed pictures of voodoo priestesses, past and present, waiting for the latter to enter the temple.

WINNER OF 2020 NT MEDIA AWARDS FOR FEATURE WRITING & INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS REPORTING

The Guardian Australia, November 5, 2019

The land the NDIS forgot

More than half NT participants in the disability scheme are Indigenous – and those who live on country are facing bureaucratic hurdles.

The Saturday Paper, June 8, 2019

Man charged over Darwin shootings

After four people died and another was injured in a shooting spree in the northern city of Darwin, the close-knit population is now reckoning with the tragedy.

The Guardian Australia, February 8, 2018

Outback mystery

Paddy Moriarty vanished in December 2017 from Larrimah. Now the tiny town’s sharp divisions are in the nation’s spotlight.

NT News, April 21, 2015

Australian troops remember massacre

It’s been 20 years since Terry Pickard witnessed the Kibeho massacre in Rwanda. It is, to this day, something that affects his life.