Key Ranger leak recommendation ignored
A RECOMMENDATION that the regulation of the Ranger uranium mine at Kakadu be comprehensively reviewed will not be acted on by government.
THE Mirarr traditional owners of the Ranger uranium mine site are "bitterly disappointed" that the government released a report into an acidic slurry leak without notifying them, saying the investigation's taskforce process has "broken down".
THE federal and NT governments on Wednesday released a summary of the final findings of an investigation into the collapse of a leach tank at the site last December, which saw the spillage of about one million litres of radioactive and acidic slurry.
Rooftop solar output surges 20 per cent
The country’s rooftop solar output spiked by 20 per cent over the summer period, according to new data, now accounting for a record cut of the nation’s electricity grid.
Boat group located on northern coast
Five men have been reportedly rescued by Border Force after a commercial helicopter spotted the group at a remote Aussie beach.
Tributes after woman’s waterfall death
A woman who was killed after plunging 80m from a popular swimming spot has been remembered as a “beautiful soul”.