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Thaicom allots B15bn for satellite budget

SET-listed satellite service provider Thaicom has unveiled its 15-billion-baht satellite investment plan, including the construction of three new satellites for the 119.5° East slot.

Bangkok Post

NT Health issue Murray Valley encephalitis alert after person's death

Authorities are urging people to apply insect repellent and wear long-sleeved shirts if venturing near mosquito-prone areas, after a fatal case of the brain infection was diagnosed in the Top End.

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New Northern Territory alcohol laws to be introduced this week, as Alice Springs politician calls for parliament liquor ban

Northern Territory's parliament looks set for testy first sittings of 2023, as political opponents and crossbenchers criticise the Labor government over its liquor ban backflip.

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Man sues Northern Territory alleging ‘sustained’ sexual abuse at Don Dale youth detention centre

Indigenous man claims he was repeatedly abused as a teenager by three staff members in case lawyer says reflects how centre ‘was operating at that time’

The Guardian - AU

Clothes moths in retreat at National Trust properties, survey shows

Trust surprised by 39% slump in silk and wool-loving insect after bumper year in 2021 and think hot weather may have contributed

The Guardian - UK

Babygrows are such sweet sorrow: Romeo and Juliet get a gritty romcom reboot

Romeo, an out-of-work single dad, falls for Julie, a top student who dreams of being an astrophysicist. We go behind the scenes at a Shakespeare update that swaps fair Verona for Splott in Cardiff

The Guardian - UK

Youth crime in Alice Springs goes beyond alcohol issues, community warns

Communities have been calling for governments to support Aboriginal-led solutions to tackle youth issues in Alice Springs. With alcohol restrictions back in place, will the heart of this complex issue get solved?

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Cyclone watch cancelled for Top End gulf region but severe weather still expected, as BOM monitors tropical low near Groote Eylandt

A cyclone watch has been cancelled for parts of the Northern Territory coast, but authorities say severe weather is still expected as a tropical low develops in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

ABC News

Northern Land Council, Environment Centre NT challenge cotton-growing land clearing permit on NT cattle station

An environmental group and the Top End's Aboriginal land council are bringing separate lawsuits over a clearing permit they say could damage important habitats and jeopardise sacred Indigenous sites.

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Northern Territory government sued over claims of sexual and physical abuse at Don Dale Youth Detention Centre

A former Don Dale detainee is suing the Northern Territory government alleging sexual abuse by staff as nine other ex-juvenile inmates come forward with similar complaints over a 23-year period.

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Legal fight to save tropical savanna in Top End

An environmental conservation body is taken legal action against the Northern Territory government over its plans to clear tropical savanna to plant cotton.

AAP

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

Offsetting Beetaloo Basin emissions would require unproven CCS technology, off-limits international credits, CSIRO finds

The researchers were tasked with determining how — and if — the Northern Territory government's promise to offset all greenhouse gas emissions from fracking the Beetaloo Basin could be achieved.

ABC News

Senators Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Malarndirri McCarthy share truths of alcohol abuse amid Alice Springs crisis

A political whirly-whirly has spun from Central Australia into Canberra's Parliament House – now Australia has to once again reckon with the hard reality of alcohol abuse in the nation's red centre.

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The Conversation

Here's some context missing from the Mparntwe Alice Springs 'crime wave' reporting

Content warning: this article contains mentions of racial discrimination against First Nations people, and themes of domestic violence.

AAP

More work needed before alcohol ban opt out: senator

Ahead of key meetings with community leaders, an NT senator says it would take time before Indigenous communities opt out of alcohol bans.

ABC News

Fortune Agribusiness' plans for massive water licence a risk to cultural sites, report finds

Opponents say the public deserves as much input possible into a nationally significant proposal drawing from Singleton Station's record-breaking 40,000 megalitre water licence, after a report found cultural and ceremonial sites will be diminished by its impact on groundwater.

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Aboriginal Central Australians meet in Alice Springs to discuss strategies for tackling crime and social unrest

More than 200 Aboriginal people across Central Australia have gathered at an Indigenous-only meeting in Alice Springs to discuss strategies to combat rising crime and community unrest.

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Aboriginal Affairs Minister Selena Uibo defends NT government decision to abolish independent Treaty Commission

Selena Uibo says the NT government remains committed to a treaty with Aboriginal territorians, after it was accused of deliberately delaying the process.

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NT opposition to bring no-confidence motion against Fyles Labor government

Tensions are rising in Northern Territory politics as the government prepares to bring new alcohol ban laws to parliament.

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Plans for Indian sandalwood trials on Groote Eylandt as remote NT community looks to future after mining

On a remote island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, plans are underway to start growing Indian sandalwood trees commercially.

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NT Attorney-General Chansey Paech referred to ICAC for alleged conflict of interest

An independent NT politician has referred the Attorney-General to the ICAC over his alleged dealings with an Alice Springs Aboriginal organisation.

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ICAC review of Batchelor Institute recommends 'critical' changes to corporate culture

The Northern Territory's anti-corruption body has recommended a raft of changes to the Batchelor Institute's governance, financial management and corporate culture.

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Road train and choppers deliver click-and-collect groceries 540km to NT station cut off by flooding

Some good old fashioned Aussie teamwork sees a grocery order trucked and flown more than 500 kilometres across two states after floodwaters isolate a family on an outback station.

Daily Mirror

Avid flyer reveals how to get row to yourself on plane - but she's urged to keep it secret

An avid traveller has shared her insightful advice on how she secures 'entire rows' to herself on an airplane - but claims it only works if your 'flight isn't fully booked'

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