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Public housing eviction leaves mother and son homeless in 'heartless' trend in the NT

When Cherylene Campbell and her sons finally got a home with disability access, they thought it was a dream come true — until they were evicted.

ABC News · May 13, 2022

Larrimah couple Ondra and Lucie welcome outback town's first new baby in decades

Not a single baby had been born in the tiny town of Larrimah for two decades. Then Ondra and Lucie fell in love with life in the outback — and feeding crocodiles — and decided to stay and start a family.

ABC News · May 11, 2022

Beetaloo Basin's 'absolutely immense' potential spruiked at oil and gas conference, but big fracking tests loom

Buried deep in the Beetaloo Basin, it's estimated there is enough shale gas to power Australia for 300 years if the industry can work out how to frack it safely. Now, the industry is considering re-injecting wastewater into deep saline aquifers.

ABC News · May 6, 2022

Larrimah could become Australia's next resources boom town but residents are on the fence

An oil and gas company planning to expand the NT's on-shore shale gas industry could bring an influx of workers to the tiny highway town, where locals fear for their quality of life, water, and Indigenous sacred sites.

ABC News · Mar 29, 2022

Katherine women commit their heroes to canvas for International Women's Day

In the week of International Women's Day, 36 women were given blank canvases and challenged to paint a heroic and inspirational woman in their lives to be included in an exhibition. These are some of their stories.

ABC News · Mar 7, 2022

Calls for COVID quarantine centre closer to Aboriginal communities as Omicron spreads 'like a bushfire'

Justina Blacksmith and her daughter Nyeisha fell sick with COVID-19 early this month.Then her uncle and the other five adults in their small three-bedroom house tested positive. By day six of their isolation, all four children had symptoms and a week of quarantine turned into two.

ABC News · Feb 18, 2022

Katherine gets $7.2m for recycling facility but kerbside sorting still years away

Every month, a semi-trailer worth of crushed beer cans and glass bottles is picked up from the town's sorting centre and driven south — as far as recycling goes there, that's about it. But that could soon change.

ABC News · Feb 13, 2022

Housing boom hits Katherine in Northern Territory as new jobs bring transient workers

A swift and sharp turnaround is leading to an unusual phenomenon in a highly transient town where it's almost impossible to secure a rental.

ABC News · Feb 12, 2022

Remote Laundries pilot in Barunga reduced scabies 'rapidly', now there are plans to expand

The skin infection scabies, which can lead to heart and kidney problems, has almost been eradicated due to a shipping container full of washing machines, and now the project is rolling out elsewhere.

ABC News · Jan 28, 2022

With the global supply chain on its knees amid ongoing COVID outbreaks, the world is running low on some unexpected items

Coffee. Crocs. Instruments. Bikes. Computer chips. The world is running low on some unexpected items and countless industries are struggling, with some businesses even forced to close despite increased demand.

ABC News · Jan 23, 2022