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Kyle Dowling

NT flood evacuees could face fines over criminal damage to Howard Springs facility, Natasha Fyles says

Howard Springs near Darwin has been dubbed the "gold standard" of quarantine facilities in Australia. (ABC News: Michael Franchi)

Flood evacuees who have been housed in the Howard Springs quarantine centre for almost two months could face fines if they're found to have committed criminal damage to the facility, according to the Northern Territory government.

Around seven hundred people were taken to the facility, just south of Darwin, after they were forced to flee their homes in the remote communities of Kalkarindji, Daguragu and Pigeon Hole on March 1. 

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