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NT government to consider independent air monitoring on Groote Eylandt amid manganese mine dust concerns

After years of community concern about dust levels from the world's biggest manganese mine on Groote Eylandt, the NT Environment Department says it is now willing to install a monitoring station.

ABC News · Apr 17, 2023

Fishing industry warns snap lockout of key Northern Territory waters could affect restaurant plates around Australia

The fishing industry says restaurants and fish markets around the country are scrambling to secure orders of barramundi, mud crab and threadfin salmon after a snap decision by traditional owners closed key Northern Territory waters.

ABC News · Mar 14, 2023

Residents living in defective Palmerston houses that wouldn't withstand a cyclone accuse NT government of putting lives at risk

The occupants of a group of issue-plagued Palmerston homes are accusing the NT government of putting their lives and those of people in the surrounding area in danger by not acting on identified risks.

ABC News · Mar 12, 2023

Industry says gas from the Beetaloo Basin could solve Australia's energy crisis. Some energy analysts question that claim

The gas industry has its eyes set on developing the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin to secure Australia's electricity supply. Some analysts doubt the economics stack up.

ABC News · Jul 19, 2022

Northern Australia's fire management and mapping: How the integration of 'old and new' has led to success

For nearly two decades, researchers have been mapping fires in Northern Australia's tropical savannas and rangelands. This is what they found.

ABC News · Jul 7, 2022

Northern Territory alcohol services struggling to retain staff as costs rise

Alcohol treatment services in the Northern Territory are facing having to cut staff looking after vulnerable Indigenous clients because they're being squeezed between rising costs and stagnant government funding, their peak body is warning.

ABC News · Jun 17, 2022

Self-harm incidents inside Don Dale spark intervention of NT Children's Commissioner

The NT Children's Commissioner points to "continual and systematic use of extended lockdowns" inside Don Dale, which she says have increased since the NT government introduced tougher youth bail laws last year.

ABC News · Jun 9, 2022

Tiwi traditional owners launch Federal Court action to try to stop Santos Barossa gas field

Traditional owner Dennis Tipakalippa says he was not consulted about Santos's multi-billion-dollar Barossa project, which will run a gas pipeline through his family's sea country.

ABC News · Jun 6, 2022

NT farmers worried about the race to renewables and lithium exploration in the Top End

Pastoralists facing the prospect of a new Northern Territory mining push to get the metals needed for renewable energy batteries fear their environmental concerns will be ignored.

ABC News · May 23, 2022

Prominent Aboriginal elder joins Northern Territory's dismal homeless statistics

A prominent Aboriginal elder and an Aboriginal health worker are among the latest cases of people who have been added to the Northern Territory's dismal homeless statistics, as the housing shortage continues to bite.

ABC News · May 20, 2022