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New report claims 'jailing is failing' in the NT, as incarceration rates continue to rise

A new report from the Justice Reform Initiative is calling for money to be redirected from Northern Territory prisons into evidence-based alternatives as incarceration rates continue to rise.

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Northern Territory stroke survivors forced to travel interstate to access critical services

After a stroke in 2021, Richard Crookes travels to Adelaide every eight weeks for rehabilitation because he can’t get the treatment he needs in the Northern Territory.

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PM urges Territory senator to report child abuse claims

A Country Liberal senator who made allegations about child abuse in the Northern Territory has not provided details to police, the prime minister says.

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Dutton, Price challenged on reporting claims of NT child abuse

Mr Dutton has been calling for the urgent deployment of the federal police to the Northern Territory in response to child abuse claims.

The New Daily

Former Northern Territory MLA, Katherine mayor Fay Miller to be farewelled at state funeral

The prominent community leader will be remembered at a service in Darwin on May 26, the NT government announced.

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'Dire' homelessness situation in the Northern Territory worsening amid 10-year waits for public housing

Homelessness is a reality experienced by one in 20 people living in the Northern Territory, and experts say the situation is worsening.

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New 60-bed aged care facility in the NT will not meet growing demand, advocates say

The Northern Territory is set to get 60 new aged-care beds, but advocates say it will not meet the growing demand.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Hundreds in remote NT communities being told to evacuate over flood risk

Hundreds of people are being evacuated from remote communities in the Northern Territory where flood waters threaten to isolate residents.

The New Daily

Northern Territory government denies Beetaloo Basin gas plans in doubt despite no federal support for offsets

No federal support is on the table for Territory Labor's promise to ensure that all Beetaloo Basin emissions are offset, as the territory cabinet weighs its decision on whether to allow full-scale fracking to go ahead.

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Alice Springs to begin flood-mitigation designs, six years after report recommendations

The Northern Territory will begin design work for flood-mitigation action for Alice Springs that modelling suggests would help protect some residents from the effects of flooding.

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NT opposition leader urged to oppose Indigenous Voice by senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price

The CLP's leader in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, Lia Finocchiaro, has previously indicated her parliamentary team could vote in favour of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament even if the rank-and-file members oppose it.

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Northern Territory government establishes first Aboriginal Advisory Board on domestic, family and sexual violence

The board aims to address the disproportionate impact of domestic, family and sexual violence on First Nations women and girls.

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Northern Territory communities revert to dry zones

Alcohol is now banned in Northern Territory communities and town camps under new laws while residents vote on alcohol plans for their local areas.

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Laws reinstating alcohol bans in town camps, Aboriginal remote communities pass Northern Territory parliament

The legislation passed parliament on Tuesday night only hours after it was introduced and is expected to take effect by the end of the week.

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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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ACT to incentivise electric vehicles with registration fee based on emissions rather than weight

Territory expects 96% of owners to pay same or less under new model, 4% paying more to be owners of more-polluting vehicles

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No access to major NT fishing ground as barramundi season begins with permit system

The barramundi season begins in the Northern Territory but some fishing boats remain in Darwin with commercial and recreational fishers banned from the Mini Mini and Murgenella areas following a request from traditional owners.

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Alcohol bans and law and order responses to crime in Alice Springs haven't worked in the past, and won't work now

Since colonisation, “interventions” to curb Aboriginal “crime” and alcohol have been deployed to control and harm First Nations communities and people. Nowhere is this more true than in the Northern Territory.

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Union calls for urgent transition from failed funding model for Northern Territory schools

The union is calling for a controversial Northern Territory school funding model to be scrapped much sooner than planned in order to save struggling schools from collapse, as the government says it could take up to five years.

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Lorella Springs Wilderness Park shuts to self-drive travellers after 25 years, blaming NT bureaucracy and red tape

For years it has reeled in thousands of adventurous travellers to a remote section of the territory bush — but this year its owners have made the tough call to shut the gates.

ABC News

Federal environment department investigating allegations of unlawful Northern Territory land clearing

The federal environment department is investigating allegations of unlawful land clearing in the Northern Territory, where satellite images obtained by the ABC suggest swathes of unique savanna have been flattened to make way for a cotton industry.

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Federal senators call for inquiry into land clearing for cotton in Northern Territory

The Northern Territory government has failed to regulate a nascent cotton industry and is "turning a blind eye" to unpermitted land clearing, according to a federal senator who is calling for an urgent inquiry.

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