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Karlie James is among the growing number of First Nations doctors working to tackle the health care gap

After growing up as an Aboriginal woman in the Northern Territory, Karlie James decided to become a doctor. Now, she hopes to show others they can do the same.

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Dog food flown in for animals left behind in flood-hit NT communities

Volunteers are doing their best to care for dogs stranded in remote Northern Territory communities hit by flooding, most of whom had to stay behind while their owners were evacuated to Darwin.

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School bus swept into river near Batchelor, south of Darwin, three students rescued

Northern Territory Police are investigating the circumstances that led to a school bus being swept off a flooded causeway in the Top End yesterday.

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Man's body found in Rapid Creek market car park, NT Police investigating reports of altercation

Police are treating the 40-year-old man's death as suspicious, after his body was found in a car park at Milner in Darwin's northern suburbs.

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Sanderson Middle School, Casuarina High School banned from Casuarina shopping centre following fights, vandalism

Unless accompanied by an adult, students from Sanderson Middle and Casuarina Senior College will be barred from entering for the next four weeks.

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Flooding in remote NT cuts off rail line and roads, limiting food supplies in WA's Kimberley and sparking freight concerns

Severe flooding is threatening fresh food supplies for people living in Australia's north, with rising floodwaters cutting key road and rail links over the weekend.

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ATG Downunder pulls tour and coach business out of Alice Springs

The company, which offers a range of travel services to destinations including Uluru, Kings Canyon and the MacDonnell Ranges, will relocate its assets to Darwin.

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Federal government approves ADF assistance to evacuation of flooded NT remote communities

The federal government has approved a request for ADF assistance to evacuate about 700 people from a handful of remote communities south of Darwin that have been inundated by major flooding.

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Woman dies after being hit by car on Bagot Road in Darwin suburb of Ludmilla, NT Police investigating

Police say the woman was hit on Bagot Road in Ludmilla shortly after 9pm last night, and was declared dead at the scene after she was unable to be revived.

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Late NT Parliament politician Lawrence Costa farewelled at state funeral service in Darwin

Former Arafura MLA Lawrence Costa, who died suddenly late last year at the age of 52, has been remembered as a “big man with a big heart” who tirelessly served his people for years.

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Contractor Craig Williams charged by NT Worksafe with industrial manslaughter over Bayview incident

It is the second time the Northern Territory's worker safety watchdog has charged an entity with industrial manslaughter, and follows the death of a 60-year-old worker at a Darwin construction site.

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Tiger Brennan Drive-Berrimah Road overpass project cost balloons to $165 million

The cost to grade-separate two of Darwin's key arterials has blown out by at least $100 million, with the NT government blaming a broad increase in the cost to build infrastructure.

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Air conditioning tips to boost energy efficiency and cut your power bill

What's your magic air conditioner number? Should you switch off the aircon when you pop to the shops? And does "dry mode" actually work?

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Multi-wagon derailment blocks Aurizon's Adelaide-Darwin rail line, with freight being rerouted

A single-track section of the Adelaide to Darwin rail line has been out of action for over 24 hours after a single carriage of a freight train derailed.

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The media’s favourite ‘outback nurse’ guilty of harassing rival and false declaration

Rachel Hale spoke to Sky News, Daily Mail, Nine and 2GB about the Alice Springs crime wave — despite living in Darwin.

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Court shown timeline of cocaine divers' journey from Darwin to Newcastle

The documents allege that Bruno Borges-Martins, along with another specialist diver from Brazil, were smuggled into Darwin by James Blake Blee, who is also facing a manslaughter charge in relation to Borges-Martins's death.

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Woman in critical condition, two dogs dead after pedestrian strike at Bees Creek in Darwin rural area

Police say the driver tested negative for alcohol after the incident, which happened early this morning while the couple were walking their dogs in Bees Creek.

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Taminmin College locked-toilet policy 'at odds' with human rights, researcher says

Students at a Darwin school are choosing to go thirsty to limit the need to use the toilet after the introduction of a locked-bathroom policy to deter anti-social behaviour.

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Northern Territory police investigating slaughter of beloved chickens at Jingili Primary School in Darwin

Police say they are investigating the apparent slaughtering of 10 chickens owned by a primary school in Darwin's northern suburbs, in an attack described as a senseless act of violence.

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Woman's body found in car park near shopping centre in Darwin suburb of Casuarina

Police say the 37-year-old woman was found unresponsive yesterday afternoon, and was declared dead at the scene.

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Thousands turn out to commemorate 81st anniversary of the bombing of Darwin

More than 230 people were killed during the first Japanese raids on the city during World War II, in which hundreds of bombs were dropped.

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Darwin commemorates WWII bombing anniversary

Dignitaries and locals have gathered in Darwin to remember the day WWII air raids killed more than 250 people in the largest attack ever on Australian soil.

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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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Man found clinging to esky off West Australian coast, before cocaine-filled boat washed ashore, extradited from Darwin to Perth

Aristides Avlonitis, 36, was arrested in Darwin yesterday, days after Australian Federal Police launched a manhunt for him and two others rescued off the West Australian coast earlier this month.

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Northern Territory Country Liberal Party introduces bill to allow police to arrest and fine people for drinking in public

Public drinking was decriminalised in the NT in 2019 in accordance with recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Now the CLP wants to change that.

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