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Worker shortage ends in NT pubs as backpacker visa changes see travellers flock to hospitality

Pubs in Australia's Top End are filling all bar positions this tourist season following a years-long, COVID-induced workforce shortage. It comes as changes to working holiday visas take effect in northern Australia.

ABC News · May 22, 2023

Darwin art exhibition tells the story of the Wave Hill Walk-Off from the perspective of Gurindji artists

Leah Leaman's grandmother is featured on one of the 10 textile banners created by about 35 Gurindji people, now on display in a new exhibition.

ABC News · Apr 22, 2023

Darwin small business owner considers selling takeaway alcohol licence in NT government buy-back scheme

The Northern Territory government is offering to buy back takeaway alcohol licences in an effort to reduce alcohol-related violence. With takeaway alcohol an integral part of some small businesses, one owner says he's considering the government's offer.

ABC News · Apr 17, 2023

Karlie James is among the growing number of First Nations doctors working to tackle the health care gap

After growing up as an Aboriginal woman in the Northern Territory, Karlie James decided to become a doctor. Now, she hopes to show others they can do the same.

ABC News · Mar 10, 2023

Evacuees wait to return to flood-hit NT remote communities as transport links severed by rising rivers

Residents of several remote communities say they still do not know when they will be allowed to return home, as flooded transport links cause empty supermarket shelves across the border in Western Australia.

ABC News · Mar 5, 2023

Tropical cyclone watch issued as low intensifies over waters in the Gulf of Carpentaria

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a tropical cyclone warning for communities along the Top End's east from Groote Eylandt to the Queensland border.

ABC News · Feb 12, 2023

Darwin cops the biggest fuel, vegetable increases of any capital city, squeezing Top End household budgets

Households across the nation are being hit by soaring fuel and fresh food prices, but residents in one capital city are bearing the brunt more than anywhere else.

ABC News · Jul 27, 2022

Prisoner advocates say a lack of programs at Darwin Correctional Centre is contributing to the NT's high reoffending rates

Legal advocates and former prisoners claim a lack of effective rehabilitation programs at Darwin's only adult prison is contributing to the Northern Territory's staggering reoffending rates.

ABC News · Jul 10, 2022

Northern Territory AFL taskforce pushes ahead with ambitious bid to establish locally-based team

The Northern Territory government is encouraging the AFL's administration to consider the positive social impacts of a local club over financial viability, in its bid for the next team license.

ABC News · Apr 15, 2022