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Children explore virtual reality as part of trial for new NT youth mental health project

Young people are stepping into a virtual world as part of a new trial aimed at overcoming the barriers to mental health care in the Northern Territory.

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Territory Labor, CLP announce Tiwi Islands candidates for NT's Arafura by-election after former member's sudden death

Labor is pushing to retain a seat in NT Parliament as the race for the huge remote electorate of Arafura gets underway ahead of the former member's funeral.

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Alice Springs alcohol rehabs call desperately for support as liquor bans reinstated

Alcohol rehab services in Alice Springs are desperate for more funding, with some facilities "falling to pieces" as liquor bans are reinstated.

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Invasive neem trees threaten Mataranka's environment so these Northern Territory locals are trying to stamp it out

Mataranka locals band together to tackle the rapidly spreading neem trees, which are choking native vegetation and putting the town's native environment at risk.

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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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Listening to voices on fracking 'difficult': council

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has grilled Aboriginal land council figures about fracking, suggesting traditional owners' opinions were being ignored.

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NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles pressures Country Liberals on Voice to Parliament before Arafura by-election

The Northern Territory's opposition will abstain from a motion expressing support for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, which the government has brought forward ahead of the upcoming Arafura by-election.

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Northern Territory communities revert to dry zones

Alcohol is now banned in Northern Territory communities and town camps under new laws while residents vote on alcohol plans for their local areas.

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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is tragic but not new. How should fresh funding tackle it in the NT?

In recent weeks, the Australian and Northern Territory governments announced new funding to address the longstanding, much-publicised challenges facing Central Australia.

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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.

ABC News

Alcohol bans are returning to the NT, and some Indigenous leaders see them as a 'second chance'

Last year Indigenous community leader Phillip Goodman made a troubling prediction about alcohol bans. It came true – but now he just wants to see things put right.

ABC News

$CSIRO under fire over 'nonsense' report on fracking offsets for Beetaloo Basin greenhouse gas emissions$

CSIRO under fire over 'nonsense' report on fracking offsets for Beetaloo Basin greenhouse gas emissions

An emissions integrity expert is calling for a review of a report on offsetting carbon pollution from fracking the Beetaloo Basin, declaring "something has gone wrong" at Australia's peak scientific agency.

ABC News

Australia to swelter through another heatwave as hot weather warnings issued around the country

BoM forecasts parts of the country will reach the high 30s and low 40s on Thursday

The Guardian - AU

Australian private school enrolments rise in 2022 as public education numbers drop

Number of students in independent sector grew 25% in last decade while overall rate of year 12 completion fell last year

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Katherine reports rise in transient visitors since return of Alice Springs alcohol restrictions

Katherine in the Northern Territory already has one of nation's highest homelessness rates. Officials say more people are now pouring into the town, putting a strain on services.

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Northern Territory workforce shortages force government, industries to seek employees across globe

Industry groups and the NT government are travelling as far as the UK and India in an effort to ease crippling worker shortages in hospitality, mining and construction.

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This Australian island is constantly covered in a fine layer of dust. Now locals want answers

On Groote Eylandt, off the NT's Arnhem Land coast, a fine dust coats the houses and cars. Community members say it could be putting their health at risk.

AAP

NT introduces new alcohol laws

The NT government is introducing new community alcohol bans, saying they are temporary and non-intervention-style.

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BetNation’s $13,770 fine over email ad branded ‘disgusting’ and ineffective by former gambling addict

Mark Kempster received advertisement despite being on a self-exclusion register and says NT commission’s sanction too weak

ABC News

Woman's death from rare heart condition was inevitable due to lack of surgery capability at Royal Darwin Hospital, NT coroner hears

The NT coroner heard that even if the Indigenous woman's rare heart condition had been detected earlier, she could not have been saved because the NT's main hospital lacked the surgical treatment she required.

ABC News

Tivan Limited announces deal to process minerals at $1.5 billion Middle Arm precinct near Darwin

Tivan appears to be the first company to publicly state its intention to be a tenant of the controversial Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct.

The Conversation

'Just ask us, come and see us'. Aboriginal young people in the Northern Territory must be listened to, not punished

The media frenzy about the “crime wave” in Mparntwe (Alice Springs), and the way the Northern Territory and federal governments are responding, are cause for serious concern.

Bangkok Post

Thaicom allots B15bn for satellite budget

SET-listed satellite service provider Thaicom has unveiled its 15-billion-baht satellite investment plan, including the construction of three new satellites for the 119.5° East slot.

ABC News

NT Health issue Murray Valley encephalitis alert after person's death

Authorities are urging people to apply insect repellent and wear long-sleeved shirts if venturing near mosquito-prone areas, after a fatal case of the brain infection was diagnosed in the Top End.

ABC News

New Northern Territory alcohol laws to be introduced this week, as Alice Springs politician calls for parliament liquor ban

Northern Territory's parliament looks set for testy first sittings of 2023, as political opponents and crossbenchers criticise the Labor government over its liquor ban backflip.

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