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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.

ABC News · Feb 13, 2023

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.

ABC News · Feb 12, 2023

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 · Feb 12, 2023

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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 · Feb 12, 2023

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 · Feb 10, 2023

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.

ABC News · Feb 10, 2023

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.

The Conversation · Feb 10, 2023

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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.

AAP · Feb 9, 2023

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.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2023

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.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2023

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.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2023

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.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2023

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.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2023

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.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2023

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ABC News · Feb 8, 2023

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.

ABC News · Feb 8, 2023

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 · Feb 8, 2023

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'

ABC News · Feb 8, 2023

NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles, Senator Jacinta Price in war of words over alcohol bans

Northern Territory senator Jacinta Price has introduced legislation to the federal Senate which would see alcohol bans reimposed on remote communities and town camps, prompting an angry reaction from the NT government.

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ABC News · Feb 8, 2023

NT coroner highlights alarming suicide statistics at inquest into death of Aboriginal man Bernard Hector at Darwin prison

The NT coroner gives sobering insight into the rates of suicide in the Northern Territory, telling an inquest into the death of Indigenous man Bernard Hector that the territory is in a "crisis".

AAP · Feb 8, 2023

NT drive to recruit more healthcare staff

The NT government has launched a campaign to recruit more doctors, nurses and allied health staff to remote and urban areas.

AAP · Feb 8, 2023

NT senators tell of family impacts of alcohol abuse

As debate continues on alcohol bans in the NT, both of the territory's senators have shared emotional stories of the impact of alcohol in communities.

The Guardian - AU · Feb 8, 2023

Betting company fined after emailing Melbourne Cup promotion to hundreds of people experiencing gambling harm

Watchdog calls emails sent to 772 self-excluded people a serious breach and issues financial penalty as a warning to other firms

The Guardian - AU · Feb 7, 2023

NT chief minister denounces Jacinta Price’s bill to reinstate intervention-era alcohol restrictions

Natasha Fyles accuses federal Country Liberal party senator of drafting bill without community consultation

ABC News · Feb 7, 2023

Anti-fracking group launches Supreme Court action against the NT government's approval of Beetaloo Basin exploration plan

The Central Australian Frack Free Alliance will argue the Northern Territory's Environment Minister failed to consider the full environmental impacts of new exploration works in the Beetaloo Basin.

The Guardian - AU · Feb 7, 2023

Hospitality giant Iris Capital’s Alice Springs alcohol licence under investigation by NT government

Action comes after police suspended trading twice in two weeks over ‘threats to public safety’ at two of its venues

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