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Australia's Tiwi rangers spent two decades fighting invasive fire ants; the island is now declared free of them

In a remarkable conservation milestone, indigenous rangers have eradicated invasive tropical fire ants from Melville Island after 20 years of dedicated work on Australia's Tiwi Islands. Their meticulous strategies in locating nests and applying targeted poisons have bolstered the protection of at-risk wildlife and ecosystems. This achievement underscores the significance…

The Times of India

‘We will win’: Tiwi Islanders draw a line in the sand against Santos gas project and ‘white fella rule’

There is hope on the Tiwi Islands after a landmark court case forced company to consult traditional owners

The Guardian - AU

Australian woodchips and wastepaper exports to Indonesia on the rise

Australia has a long history of exporting cattle and wheat to Indonesia, but now looks set to increase shipments of woodchips and wastepaper.

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Tiwi Islanders accuse Santos of leaving out Barossa gas project environmental risks from community consultations

Tiwi elder Therese Bourke says she felt like Santos was "sweetening up" community members at consultation meetings last month.

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What the Santos Federal Court loss means for the Barossa gas project off the Tiwi Islands, and future projects like it

After losing an appeal to restart drilling on its Barossa gas project, Santos maintains it will go ahead as planned. But the ruling has cast uncertainty over the future of similar projects.

ABC News

Santos loses Federal Court appeal over Barossa gas project after challenge by Tiwi Island traditional owners

Gas company Santos has lost its appeal against the decision that overturned approvals for its $4.7 billion gas project underway in waters off the Tiwi Islands.

ABC News

Santos loses appeal for huge NT gas works

The full Federal Court has ruled a judge was correct in halting drilling at Santos' multibillion-dollar Barossa gas project off the Tiwi Islands.

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Santos appeals landmark drilling decision

Gas company Santos is in the Federal Court, fighting a ruling to stop offshore drilling at its massive gas field off the Tiwi Islands.

AAP

Mystery of a Northern Territory man’s disappearance solved, almost 25 years after he vanished from the Tiwi Islands

When Djarrwalkpuy Yunupingu, a teacher’s aide and much-loved father, failed to return home to the Tiwi Islands in 1996, his family were left with more questions than answers. Now, they finally know what happened to him.

ABC News

For the Tiwi Islands, the future of footy is female

The Tiwi Islands is home to the most Australian Rules players per capita. Yet only two Tiwi Islander women are playing professionally. Is the AFLW ready to support First Nations women?

ABC News

Australian Indigenous traditional owners halt gas drilling

Indigenous traditional owners have won a court challenge that prevents an energy company from drilling for gas off Australia’s north coast

The Independent UK

Tiwi Islands traditional owners win court challenge against gas company Santos' massive Barossa offshore project

A federal court judge has upheld a challenge brought by Munupi clan elders who said they were not properly consulted before the project was approved.

ABC News

Tiwi Islanders win landmark court case

A traditional owner has been successful in a legal bid over a regulator's decision to allow Santos to drill eight wells in a gas field off the Tiwi Islands.

AAP

Santos to pause drilling in Barossa gas field north of the Tiwi Islands pending federal court decision

Santos says it will temporarily pause its expansion of a multi-billion-dollar gas project in Northern Territory gas fields following a challenge by Tiwi traditional owners.

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Elders 'not consulted' on NT gas project

Legal action by traditional owners from the Tiwi Islands to stop Santos' offshore drilling for a massive gas project is winding up in the Federal Court.

ABC News

Legal challenge by Aboriginal traditional owners to Santos' Barossa gas project hears evidence on Tiwi Islands

Traditional owners on the remote Tiwi Islands have given evidence in a special beachside federal court hearing, in a bid to stop a major Santos gas project from going ahead.

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Tiwi Islands leader and AFL legend Willie Rioli Senior farewelled by hundreds at funeral in Darwin

Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this story contains the name and image of a person who has died.

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Tiwi traditional owners launch Federal Court action to try to stop Santos Barossa gas field

Traditional owner Dennis Tipakalippa says he was not consulted about Santos's multi-billion-dollar Barossa project, which will run a gas pipeline through his family's sea country.

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Tiwi Islands 2022 Grand Final attracts thousands of fans, as Muluwurri Magpies clinch win in final quarter

Emotions have run high at the Tiwi Islands grand final, where more than 3,000 spectators have watched the community's biggest tourism and sporting event of the year.

ABC News

Light finally shed on unknown WWII frontline war stories from the Tiwi Islands

Aboriginal islanders who went behind enemy lines by submarine, rescued stricken sailors and captured the enemy had to wait 20 years for recognition.

ABC News

Woman from Tiwi Islands dies with COVID-19 as NT records 757 new cases

COVID-19 deaths in the NT have doubled over the past week, with the government announcing 164 patients are in hospital with the virus across the Territory.

ABC News

Tiwi Land Council supports new biosecurity zone, but says it needs to last longer to combat COVID-19

Leaders on the Tiwi Islands welcome the Commonwealth's introduction of a biosecurity zone — but fear it won't be enough to stem growing outbreaks.

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