Northern Territory
Latest news and comment on the Australian state of the Northern Territory
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ABC cuts: state 7.30 programs broadcast emotional final episodesA final exposé, a last in-depth interview, an 18-year retrospective. Each axed state 7.30 program signed off in a different way on Friday -
Adam Giles: 'emotional' mine protesters need to have its benefits explainedNT chief minister also tells mining summit political activism in NSW was an opportunity for the state to build up its resources industry -
Cyclone Tracy: hundreds commemorate 40th anniversary of Darwin disasterIndigenous elder warns memorial gathering that disrespect for Mother Earth could rouse ancient spirit who may bring another storm soon
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Government 'dodging obligations' over jailed Indigenous men with disabilitiesIndigenous advocates accuse Coalition of hiding behind technicalities in its dismissal of HRC report that says jailing the not-guilty men indefinitely breaches human rights
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Heavily pregnant refugees 'fainted after bus air-conditioner turned off'Refugee Action coalition says standoff outside Darwin detention centre ended when women were dragged off the vehicle
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Jailing four not-guilty Indigenous men with disabilities 'breached human rights'Government dismisses Human Rights Commission findings that it breached human rights by allowing the men to be incarcerated in the Northern Territory
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NDIS: people with disabilities fear axing of services before rollout completeOnline forum organised in lead-up to citizens’ jury on progress of National Disability Insurance Scheme received complaints about cuts prior to launch
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Indigenous leaders form new national body to reclaim rights and voiceDelegates at ‘freedom summit’ establish 20-person representative committee similar to the former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander commission
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NT refugee standoff ends with pregnant women taken into detention centre‘Neither Nauru or the Australian government will assist them to get to any third country so … they are completely in limbo,’ refugee advocate says
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Pregnant refugees refuse to get off bus in NT immigration protestIranian women would rather go back to Nauru than go to detention centre near Darwin. They say they were told they would be released into the community
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Tony Abbott's visit to NT changed nothing, says community leaderThe prime minister fulfilled an election promise to spend a week in Indigenous communities every year to focus attention on them but Denise Fincham says the trips are worthless without meaningful follow-up
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Indigenous leaders to meet at First Nations Summit for FreedomSummit aims to reclaim Indigenous rights agenda and representation from a few high-profile voices
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FFA Cup will include Northern Territory team next yearNT club will be joined by National Premier Leagues champion which is South Australia’s MetroStars
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Crocodile attack database ‘will aid conservation efforts and save lives’Australian-founded database CrocBITE, with records of 2,700 worldwide crocodile attacks, an attempt to understand ‘human-crocodile conflict’
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Northern Territory government sells insurance company for $424mChief minister Adam Giles denies proceeds from Territory Insurance Office sale will be used as a pork-barrelling fund for the NT election
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Empty homes in Nhulunbuy reserved for business despite housing crisisAccommodation left by Arnhem Land’s departing workers goes to development corporation despite 12-year wait for housing
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Nigel Scullion criticised for not setting goal to cut Indigenous incarcerationMinister for Indigenous affairs shirking his responsibilities by refusing to consider justice targets, legal aid representatives say
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Indigenous affairs minister taking little comfort in report card on disadvantageNigel Scullion says government policies are focused in right areas, as report shows self-harm, suicide and prison rates soaring
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Renewable energy v fossil fuel: how the states stack upClimate Council report ranks Australian states by their emissions, renewable energy production, and investment
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Philip Nitschke tribunal: a clinical, jarring discussion on rational suicideThe impact on family or friends was rarely mentioned in a three-day hearing on whether the euthanasia campaigner can keep his licence. So what has been learned about the right to die?
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Indigenous suicide: 'prevention should focus on cultural reconnection'Elders and outreach workers say disconnection with culture is compounding intergenerational trauma
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Legal system blamed for letting down Retta Dixon alleged abuse victimsAustralian Indigenous Ministries’ lawyer says Donald Henderson should have been tried for alleged abuses in 1976
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NT woman dies at unit for mandatory alcoholism treatmentAboriginal woman died in October after being held under controversial policy of detaining problem drinkers
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Muckaty landowners say nuclear dump fight is 'back to square one'The owners feel the only way to protect the station is for it to be within the borders of the neighbouring Central Land Council
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Philip Nitschke says he is approached as euthanasia advocate, not doctorAsked if he makes a medical judgement of people who want to end their life, Nitschke says, ‘no, I wouldn’t accept that at all’
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Baby Ferouz, born in Brisbane, marks his first birthday in immigration facilityAustralian-born child who is deemed an unauthorised arrival by immigration officials is given the only gift his father could offer in detention: a smile
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Philip Nitschke: suspension boosted book sales and interest in euthanasiaIncreasing profile as a result of medical board’s action creates a paradox for tribunal, euthanasia advocate says
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Nitschke had no duty to intervene to stop man’s suicide, tribunal toldEuthanasia campaigner denies misconduct in appeal against the suspension of his medical licence
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Philip Nitschke referred to tribunal over 12 alleged cases of misconductMedical tribunal hears euthanasia advocate had been referred over the Nigel Brayley case as well as 11 other matters
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Philip Nitschke hearing is told doctors' letters may have been procuredEuthanasia advocate’s lawyers question medical board role in ‘procuring doctors to write letters’ of complaint about Nitschke
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Nationwide gas grid starts to emerge as NSW and NT sign $1bn pipeline dealThe plan to link north and east criticised by experts who said NSW buckled to pressure from anti-coal seam gas lobby
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NT insurance privatisation worries residents in flood-prone areasMoves to sell off TIO, Australia’s last state-owned insurance organisation, spark a wave of opposition
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Muckaty Station owners propose new site for nuclear waste dumpPlan comes months after bitter seven-year dispute about Australia’s first such facility appeared to have ended
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Quarantine threats 'pose greater danger to Australia than drug smugglers'Barnaby Joyce’s comments come amid fears from farmers that biosecurity could be transferred from the agriculture ministry to Scott Morrison’s department
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Kevin Andrews slammed by NT politician for comments on de factosFederal families minister called a ‘pooncy, pasty faced person from some piss ant place’ for claiming married couples stay together longer than unmarried couples
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