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Sheila Ballantine obituary

Actor with a long career that included Joe Orton’s Loot, an Alan Ayckbourn trilogy and seasons at the Old Vic and the National

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10

'Put on a show': Darwin-born Weatherald faces big Test

Jake Weatherald has made the most of a county cricket stint to find form and belief in his methods as he readies to play Test cricket in the city of his birth.

AAP · Aug 10

Fair marks 20 years as crowds show up for authentic art

The 20th year of the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair features an exhibition marking 40 years of Merrepen Arts, an NT arts centre recovering from record floods.

AAP · Aug 7

Native title holders hail landmark water decision

Native title holders have hailed a High Court ruling quashing a massive water allocation as a landmark moment for Indigenous water rights in Australia.

AAP · Aug 5

Morning Mail: Anti-weapons vandalism ‘far-left terrorism’; Aboriginal community police officers sue NT; Naplan scores a worrying read

Protesters could face life in prison; Aboriginal community police officers allege systemic abuse in NT

The Guardian - AU · Aug 4

Peter Gill obituary

Acclaimed playwright and director whose reputation was forged at the Royal Court theatre in London

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4

Aboriginal community police officers sue NT authorities over alleged racial abuse and discrimination

Class action claims Indigenous staff were called slurs, exposed to racist language and paid less for doing the same work

The Guardian - AU · Aug 4

Indigenous leaders look to the future at Garma: ‘People are feeling strong again’

Gumatj leaders announce plans for a new land council to be ‘part of the economic life of this nation’ at a cultural festival focused on hope

The Guardian - AU · Aug 3

Garma eyes life after mining and a new land rights era

At the NT's Garma Festival, Yolngu leaders have marked 50 years of land rights, confronted the end of a Rio Tinto mine and push for a future on their terms.

AAP · Aug 2

'Just a backbencher': minister defends charged MP role

A senior Labor minister has defended the government's decision not to stand down an MP accused of assault from his role as a special envoy.

AAP · Aug 2