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Katherine reports rise in transient visitors since return of Alice Springs alcohol restrictions

Katherine in the Northern Territory already has one of nation's highest homelessness rates. Officials say more people are now pouring into the town, putting a strain on services.

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Northern Territory workforce shortages force government, industries to seek employees across globe

Industry groups and the NT government are travelling as far as the UK and India in an effort to ease crippling worker shortages in hospitality, mining and construction.

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This Australian island is constantly covered in a fine layer of dust. Now locals want answers

On Groote Eylandt, off the NT's Arnhem Land coast, a fine dust coats the houses and cars. Community members say it could be putting their health at risk.

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NT introduces new alcohol laws

The NT government is introducing new community alcohol bans, saying they are temporary and non-intervention-style.

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BetNation’s $13,770 fine over email ad branded ‘disgusting’ and ineffective by former gambling addict

Mark Kempster received advertisement despite being on a self-exclusion register and says NT commission’s sanction too weak

The Guardian - AU

Woman's death from rare heart condition was inevitable due to lack of surgery capability at Royal Darwin Hospital, NT coroner hears

The NT coroner heard that even if the Indigenous woman's rare heart condition had been detected earlier, she could not have been saved because the NT's main hospital lacked the surgical treatment she required.

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Tivan Limited announces deal to process minerals at $1.5 billion Middle Arm precinct near Darwin

Tivan appears to be the first company to publicly state its intention to be a tenant of the controversial Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct.

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'Just ask us, come and see us'. Aboriginal young people in the Northern Territory must be listened to, not punished

The media frenzy about the “crime wave” in Mparntwe (Alice Springs), and the way the Northern Territory and federal governments are responding, are cause for serious concern.

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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.

ABC News

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

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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.

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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.

ABC News

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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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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