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Albert Namatjira's work hitting new highs on the art market as demand surges

His art used to sell for just a few shillings on the streets of Alice Springs, but now world-renowned Indigenous watercolourist Albert Namatjira's works are reaching new heights at art auctions.

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A.K. and her baby were allegedly killed in a murder-suicide near Alice Springs. Her family wants answers

Speaking out for the first time, A.K.'s family has remembered her as a kind person and loving mother, and hopes she is remembered as more than a statistic.

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Blacken Open Air Festival brings metal to Central Australia with first-ever international act

Metal heads from around the country are travelling to one of the most unique locations for a metal concert around the world this weekend for the Blacken Open Air festival.

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Skyrocketing Qantas airfares, axed routes and slashed seats worrying for outback town

Tourism Central Australia is holding Qantas to account for its high cost of flights to and from Alice Springs, which could spell disaster for the livability of the tourism hub.

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Deaths of woman, baby and man on property north of Alice Springs investigated as murder-suicide

One week after three people — including a baby — were found dead at a property north of Alice Springs, more details have been released by the police minister.

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Vigil held in Alice Springs for mother and baby who died in alleged domestic violence incident

An emotional vigil has been held for a 30-year-old Indigenous woman and her infant child, who died in an alleged domestic violence incident a week ago

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Alice Springs stores rushed with customers as intervention-era alcohol ban expires in NT

Some liquor stores are being forced to intermittently shut their doors to manage high demand in Alice Springs after long-term alcohol bans ended for hundreds of remote Northern Territory communities.

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A penguin farm in the Australian desert: a thought experiment that reveals the flaws our in environment laws

Imagine this fictitious scenario. The federal environment minister announces government approval for a large-scale penguin farm near Alice Springs. It will produce 300,000 penguins each year for the high-end feather market in Europe.

The Conversation

More strike action for NT prisons

The United Workers Union says prison guards in Alice Springs will walk off the job on Saturday in further industrial action over the four-year pay freeze.

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NT Minister 'heartbroken' over lack of national attention of alleged Indigenous domestic violence deaths

A national silence on Indigenous deaths is contributing to a lack of funding to fight domestic violence in the Northern Territory, according to its domestic and family violence minister.

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Iris Capital facing backlash over plan to add up to 40 more gaming machines at Alice Springs pubs

Weeks after buying up many of the town's hotels and pubs, Iris Capital reveals plans to add dozens more pokies into a community already stricken with deep-running social problems.

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Spike in break-ins, alcohol-fueled violence in Alice Springs as alcohol bans end

As intervention-era alcohol bans end across much of the Northern Territory, police say there's been a spike in alcohol-fuelled violence in Alice Springs.

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NT Police Minister labels deaths near Alice Springs a 'horrific' domestic violence incident

The NT Police Minister says "once again our hearts are broken by horrific acts which keep happening to our women and kids" following the deaths of a man, woman and infant child at an outstation near Alice Springs.

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Two adults, baby found dead at NT property

Northern Territory Police say the deaths of three people, whose bodies were found at a remote property about 25km north of Alice Springs, is a tragedy.

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Gun located after NT Police find bodies of baby, two adults at outstation north of Alice Springs

An adult man, adult woman and baby have been found dead at an outstation north of Alice Springs, in what police have described as a domestic violence incident.

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Pickett bags six goals, Demons beat Power

Melbourne are a game clear inside the AFL top-two after beating Port Adelaide by 14 points in Alice Springs.

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'Desperate situations' of First Nations people with disability living in remote communities laid bare at royal commission

The "desperate situations" of First Nations people with disability living in remote communities have been laid bare at the disability royal commission.

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Port coach Hinkley to miss AFL game

Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley will miss Sunday's game against Melbourne in Alice Springs while isolating at home under the AFL's COVID-19 protocols.

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Alice Springs freezes through longest streak of sub-zero days on record

The temperature in Alice Springs has dropped below zero degrees Celsius for 12 consecutive mornings, beating the previous record set in July 1976.

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Demons star Oliver ruled out of AFL match

Brownlow Medal contender Clayton Oliver has been ruled out of Melbourne's crunch AFL clash with Port Adelaide in Alice Springs on Sunday.

ABC News

First women's football league competition kicks off in the Barkly

For the first time in the Barkly region's history, 15-year-old Nishanaye Thompson can represent her hometown by playing the game she loves.

ABC News

NT Health Department preparing to remove hospital heads in Darwin, Palmerston

Departments heads at two of the Northern Territory's largest hospitals will be removed and forced to reapply for their jobs, amid a rise in influenza and COVID-19 cases.

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Indigenous boy featured in NDIS promotional material placed in state care after funding cut

Disability royal commission begins hearings in Alice Springs focused on NDIS for First Nations people

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Demons bank on depth to replace Oliver

Jake Melksham and Luke Dunstan are among the options to replace star Melbourne midfielder Clayton Oliver for Sunday's clash with Port Adelaide in Alice Springs.

ABC News

Northern Territory police and health staff to undertake domestic and family violence training

Northern Territory police and health staff will soon undertake comprehensive domestic and family violence training in a bid to counter unnecessary trauma for both victims and responders.

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