Commonwealth to pay record-breaking fine for Kakadu sacred site breach
Gunlom Falls could reopen to the public next year as Kakadu traditional owners start the process of ‘healing’ after a five-year battle with the Commonwealth.
Closing The Gap
NT council election called off days before polls open
The first ever election for a remote island council has been cancelled just days before polls were due to open. See why the 11th hour delay will change the shape of the future local government.
Plans to move Alice Springs kids to Don Dale amid severe prison overcrowding
REVEALED: As the overcrowding crisis in NT prisons worsens, Central Australian kids may be separated from family and health and legal services and shipped 1500km away to Don Dale.
Remote maternity unit keeps doors open amid local staff ‘deficit’
Katherine mums will be able to give birth at their local hospital despite fears that critical staffing shortfalls would result in the maternity unit’s closure.
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Aussie rock legend calls out plans for Kakadu
An Australian rock legend has claimed “people will be ready to rally from every corner of the nation” if a uranium licence is extended in Kakadu National Park.
Report reveals some Top End voters disillusioned with pollies
A grassroots organisation has launched their report into political sentiments in some of the Territory’s safest seats.
Radioactive battle lines drawn over NT mine proposal
Territorians are fighting to expand Kakadu National Park to stop another radiactive scar from being carved into Country.
NT cops locking up victims of abuse
‘The world around her is slowly disappearing’: Domestic violence advocates describe how Territory women are being trapped in a world of abuse, with police often adding to the danger.
NT Treaty process not ‘mucking around’
The Attorney-General has recommitted NT to a Treaty pathway following last year’s Voice failure. ‘We don’t need the rest of the country’s permission to do what we need to do.’
No charges laid against alleged Don Dale rioters
Police are yet to charge anyone five days after 14 young people allegedly lit fires and climbed onto the roof of Don Dale.
$1M cash splash for Aboriginal tourism experiences
Only half of the visitors arriving in the Territory for an Indigenous cultural experience ever end up booking a tour. Here’s how a $1m grant program is hoping to boost our local tourism businesses.
Echoes of NT Intervention slammed as ‘draconian’ and ‘racist’
Territorians alarmed by the revival of Intervention-Era politics have slammed calls for military and federal police to be rolled out on the streets, punitive income management and leaders who said remote communities had a “culture of not working”.
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