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The Latest Breaking News from Norrn Territory

NT Aboriginal groups call for moratorium on electricity disconnections in COVID-hit communities

Frontline Aboriginal organisations working in remote Northern Territory communities call for an immediate end to electricity disconnections and also rule out any debt accrual or recovery.

ABC News · Feb 16, 2022

Northern Territory MP Warren Snowdon retires after 35 years in parliament

Stalwart Northern Territory MP Warren Snowdon looks back on a "wonderful journey" with some regrets — just don't mention the Tennant Creek dog show.

ABC News · Feb 16, 2022

NT government rejects Glencore bid to build toxic dump near sacred site

Mining company’s proposed rock dump at McArthur River zinc and lead mine would have been largest built structure in the territory

The Guardian - AU · Feb 16, 2022

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Royal Darwin Hospital calls Code Yellow emergency as NT records three COVID-related deaths

The emergency declaration came as authorities reported three COVID-related deaths, a new daily record, and after unions called on the NT government to declare a Code Brown for the entire health system.

ABC News · Feb 16, 2022

NT Chief Minister denies government under-reporting COVID-19 deaths of Aboriginal people, reports 164 patients in hospital

Michael Gunner dismisses claims the NT is delaying or under-reporting Aboriginal deaths from the coronavirus, saying health services are taking longer so they do not make mistakes.

ABC News · Feb 14, 2022

COVID hospitalisations in the Northern Territory drop to 174, four people in ICU

COVID hospitalisations decrease slightly in the Northern Territory as 1,160 new coronavirus cases are announced on Wednesday.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2022

COVID hospitalisations in NT hit new peak of 178, five people in ICU

COVID hospitalisations in the NT jump 12.5 per cent on their previous high as Chief Minister Michael Gunner says the current stress on the health system is manageable.

ABC News · Feb 8, 2022

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COVID-19 cases detected in Don Dale youth detention facility, Health Minister Natasha Fyles tests positive

Thirteen cases are confirmed inside Don Dale as the Northern Territory government announces there are now 156 patients with COVID-19 in NT hospitals. The NT Health Minister has also tested positive to COVID-19.

ABC News · Feb 7, 2022

Remote Indigenous community of Warakurna near tri-state border braces for COVID to arrive

The people of Warakurna are doing everything to keep COVID out of their community, but they fear despite best efforts the virus will reach them via a back road.

ABC News · Feb 4, 2022

Eighty-four coronavirus deaths recorded; Morrison backs slow reopening for WA – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Feb 3, 2022

Omicron rips through remote Aboriginal communities, as leaders say governments' COVID response 'too late'

As much of the nation begins to look beyond a summer of rising COVID-19 infection rates and hospitalisations, the pandemic has just arrived at the doorstep of many remote Aboriginal communities.

ABC News · Feb 3, 2022

Mixed response to biosecurity zones, brought back as COVID-19 tears through the remote Northern Territory

Movement in and out of remote areas across the Northern Territory is off-limits to almost all travellers — but as COVID-19 spreads through many Indigenous communities, one leader questions if the travel restrictions are too little, too late.

ABC News · Feb 3, 2022

COVID updates: All the coronavirus news you need in the one place — as it happened

Look back at how today unfolded in our live blog.

ABC News · Feb 2, 2022

COVID updates: Get up to speed on all the coronavirus news from across Australia — as it happened

The latest information about the coronavirus pandemic from across Australia and the globe — as it happened.

ABC News · Jan 29, 2022

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The Guardian - AU · Jan 28, 2022

NSW has deadliest day of pandemic; widespread flooding causes damage – as it happened

NSW records 49 Covid deaths, Victoria 31, Queensland 12 and South Australia five. This blog is now closed

ABC News · Jan 28, 2022

COVID updates: Get up to speed on all the coronavirus news from across Australia — as it happened

Get up to speed with all the coronavirus news from across Australia — as it happened.

ABC News · Jan 28, 2022

NT Police Commissioner not ruling out emergency response to food shortages

Northern Territory Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker says that if the territory is cut off from Queensland, as well as SA, due to flooding, then an emergency response could bring in essentials.

ABC News · Jan 28, 2022

Coles introduces new purchase limits in NT supermarkets after flooding in South Australia

Thanks to deliveries being cut off by floodwaters, supermarket shelves in the Northern Territory are as bare as they have been during the pandemic. From today, new limits on certain lines will apply at Coles supermarkets in the Territory. Here's what you can and can't buy.

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The Guardian - AU · Jan 27, 2022

At least 98 deaths on nation’s deadliest day – as it happened

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ABC News · Jan 27, 2022

COVID updates: Police investigating alleged illegal importation of rapid antigen tests — as it happened

The Therapeutic Goods Administration says it has found false documentation that suggested a NSW company was not required to list its imported rapid antigen tests on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.

The Guardian - AU · Jan 27, 2022

Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Indigenous Australian advocate and actor, dies aged 85

The Arrernte Anmatjere woman was the first Aboriginal female lead actor in 1955 film Jedda, and dedicated her life to social and political activism

ABC News · Jan 26, 2022

Territory-bound road trains blocked by flooded Stuart Hwy make 3,000km detour

Northern Territory-bound road trains blocked by flooding on the Stuart Highway in South Australia take a massive detour through NSW and Queensland to deliver their cargo.

ABC News · Jan 24, 2022

NT hospital admissions for COVID-19 rise to 78, as the Territory records 286 new cases

The number of people with COVID-19 in Northern Territory hospitals and intensive care wards has risen again, as the Territory records another 286 coronavirus cases.

The Guardian - AU · Jan 21, 2022

NSW records 30 deaths, Victoria 20, Qld 10, SA three and Tasmania one – as it happened

Australia to scrap PCR test requirement for international arrivals; Triple J counts down Hottest 100. This blog is now closed

ABC News · Jan 21, 2022

NT COVID-19 hospital admissions jump to 62 as five cases are found on Tiwi Islands

Hospitalisations rise for the eighth straight day in the Northern Territory, as the NT records another 432 cases of coronavirus.

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