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Euthanasia advocates blast Territory Labor government over inaction on a vote before next NT election

Once a world leader on voluntary assisted dying, advocates say the Northern Territory is now lagging behind the rest of Australia.

ABC News · Mar 15, 2023

Northern Territory government could be first buyer of Beetaloo gas, as Blacktip supply issues bite

A gas company looking to develop the Beetaloo Basin says the Northern Territory government could be one of its first customers for fracked gas.

ABC News · Mar 15, 2023

High Court to decide if Santa Teresa public housing tenants can sue Northern Territory government for disappointment and distress

Two Northern Territory public housing tenants will have their case heard in Australia's top court today, asking it to overturn a ruling that they are not entitled to compensation for the impact of a lack of property repairs.

ABC News · Mar 15, 2023

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Better data will help reduce domestic and sexual violence, inaugural commissioner says

Australia's first Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Commissioner visits Alice Springs to meet frontline workers, acknowledging that better data is needed to set successful targets for the reduction of domestic violence.

ABC News · Mar 15, 2023

CLP members back 'school farms' policy idea for troubled young people as 'last chance opportunity' to avoid youth detention

Rank-and-file members of the Northern Territory's Country Liberal Party have passed a motion that would see children sent to farms to operate machinery and assist in the operation of a slaughterhouse as an alternative to youth detention.

ABC News · Mar 14, 2023

Darwin council issues fines to rough sleepers, says it's under 'significant pressure' from backbenchers to increase fines

The Darwin council says it has issued a number of fines to people sleeping rough in public places amid "significant pressure" from a number of NT government Legislative Assembly members.

ABC News · Mar 14, 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

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Country Liberal Senator Jacinta Price denies party split over Indigenous Voice to Parliament after Lawson Broad's resignation

The Northern Territory senator has denied her party is fractured over the upcoming referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, despite conflicting positions held by the rank-and-file, parliamentary party and outgoing president.

ABC News · Mar 13, 2023

NT WorkSafe drop industrial manslaughter charge against Darwin construction company Kalidonis NT

The charge was laid by NT WorkSafe last year after the death of a worker in a remote town when a chain allegedly recoiled into him during a towing operation.

ABC News · Mar 13, 2023

Country Liberal Party president Lawson Broad quits over party's opposition to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament

The Northern Territory's Country Liberal Party president Lawson Broad says he was "strongly opposed" to the recent announcement that the party's rank-and-file members had voted to back the 'No' campaign in the upcoming referendum.

ABC News · Mar 13, 2023

Recreational fishing survey shows sector is worth $270 million to the NT economy, as government plans to boost industry

A survey by the federal government shows recreational fishing contributed $270 million to the Northern Territory economy in 2018-2019.

ABC News · Mar 12, 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

Weather warning as record-breaking floods continue

Historic flooding in northwest Queensland is likely to continue with more rain forecast, after almost 100 residents were evacuated from one town.

AAP · Mar 12, 2023

NT Police charge two men for allegedly lighting bushfire in Djukbinj National Park

Authorities say the blaze at Djukbinj National Park was lit during a fire danger period, and burned through more than 150 square kilometres of land over 11 days.

ABC News · Mar 12, 2023

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ABC News · Mar 12, 2023

Funding cut to Asthma Foundation Northern Territory threatening 'face-to-face' diagnoses

Nine-year-old Bill McKeown is among those benefiting from the work of Asthma Foundation Northern Territory. But with federal funding reduced the foundation's chairman says other children may not get the attention they deserve.

ABC News · Mar 11, 2023

The NT coronial inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker has adjourned after two weeks. Here's what happened this week

The inquest into the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker has adjourned until July after a further two weeks of evidence, with attitudes, culture and discipline within the NT Police force in the spotlight.

ABC News · Mar 10, 2023

Arafura by-election: What voters in the NT seat need to know ahead of polling day on March 18

A week out from polls closing, some voters may have already cast their ballots for the looming Arafura by-election. So who are the candidates, and what could the results mean for territory politics?

ABC News · Mar 10, 2023

Flooding leaves NT community of Lajamanu with dwindling food supplies

Food store operators in a flood-hit area of the Northern Territory say they are running low on supplies, despite some government assistance.

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ABC News · Mar 10, 2023

Housing and policing in remote NT communities under scrutiny, as coroner adjourns shooting inquest

The dilapidated state of remote housing in the Northern Territory was probed on the last day of hearings for several months in the coronial inquest into the death of the Indigenous teenager.

AAP · Mar 9, 2023

Community police panel wraps up Walker inquest hearings

A community policing panel and a senior government official will take the stand on the last day in the latest round of hearings at the Walker inquest.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2023

Lack of fresh food on Kimberley supply flight Coles' fault, government says, after days of empty shelves

Premier Mark McGowan has blamed a supermarket giant for a lack of promised fresh food sent on a military plane to the flood-isolated East Kimberley.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2023

Dog food flown in for animals left behind in flood-hit NT communities

Volunteers are doing their best to care for dogs stranded in remote Northern Territory communities hit by flooding, most of whom had to stay behind while their owners were evacuated to Darwin.

The Guardian - AU · Mar 9, 2023

Afternoon Update: Labor, Greens strike deal in ‘big win for the climate’; Oscar nominees get piece of Queensland; and is Twitter falling apart?

Government agrees to Greens’ amendments in what the minor party leader Adam Bandt called a ‘constructive approach’

ABC News · Mar 9, 2023

Crime has dropped in Alice Springs but experts divided on whether alcohol bans are effective

New internal figures from Northern Territory police show a significant drop in crime in Alice Springs since the re-introduction of alcohol restrictions but experts say they are not giving the full picture.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2023

Wet season delivers welcome rain for Barkly and Top End cattle stations, despite floods

Cattle stations across the Top End and Barkly regions are experiencing one of their best wet seasons in recent memory, but the rain has come too heavy and fast for some.

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