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A beloved Aboriginal elder who survived the Stolen Generation and Cyclone Tracy and met US president Barack Obama is farewelled in Darwin.
Topics: person, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, stolen-generations, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedPolice data suggests marijuana abuse is endemic in Northern Territory remote communities where unemployment is rife and opportunities are few.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, police, angurugu-0822, humpty-doo-0836
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| UpdatedThere are fresh calls for people not to eat aquatic food from two local creeks near a RAAF base, after toxic chemicals were found in some shellfish.
Topics: environmental-health, air-force, health, darwin-0800, ludmilla-0820, rapid-creek-0810
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Indigenous leaders were frustrated with inaction before the latest inquiry into Aboriginal incarceration was even announced, and even a quick glance at the history reveals why.
Topics: indigenous-policy, prisons-and-punishment, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, federal-government, australia, nt
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| UpdatedVital social services that assist some of Darwin's most disadvantaged people will be closed if Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation does not pay off debts by a December deadline.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, small-business, darwin-0800
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| Updated400 Australian and NZ troops will head to Iraq in the next few weeks to train local forces to battle Islamic State.
Topics: defence-forces, unrest-conflict-and-war, darwin-0800
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Chilli powder is being used to ward off bats and cockatoos from eating fruit at the Pine Creek mango farm in the Northern Territory.
Topics: rural, fruit, pest-management, agricultural-crops, pine-creek-0847
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| UpdatedThey've seen crocs, racism, cyclones and hippies. Could the Lameroo Baths be back a century after they were built?
Topics: historians, discrimination, aboriginal, urban-development-and-planning, human-interest, darwin-0800
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As developers eye a key piece of Darwin coastal land, Indigenous and other stakeholder groups call on the Northern Territory Government to make its intentions clear.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, environment, urban-development-and-planning, government-and-politics, ludmilla-0820, coconut-grove-0810
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| UpdatedNative dusky rats return to the Adelaide River floodplain after being wiped out by floods several years ago.
Topics: environment, animal-science, adelaide-river-0846
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| UpdatedThe Department of Defence says it will offer "alternate drinking water" to landholders in Katherine whose properties have been tested as part of an investigation into possible contamination on and around RAAF Base Tindal.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, water-pollution, katherine-0850
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| UpdatedEvery single Cavendish banana plant worldwide is genetically identical. This vast monoculture sets them up for disastrous disease outbreaks. But researchers have ideas on how to protect the crop.
Topics: bananas, pest-management, quarantine, genetically-modified-food, fruits, fruit, qld, nt, pacific
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| UpdatedFrom Kev Carmody to Archie Roach and Peter Garrett, the voices behind Australia's most iconic protest anthems reflect on their place in the Indigenous civil rights struggle, and whether there is still room for politics in the music scene.
Topics: indigenous-music, arts-and-entertainment, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, indigenous-culture, music, rock, activism-and-lobbying, history, human-interest, hip-hop, australia, nt
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| UpdatedIndigenous leader Andrea Mason, who leads an organisation giving a voice to 3000 women in a remote part of the Northern Territory, is named the NT's Australian of the Year.
Topics: nt, darwin-0800, katherine-0850, alice-springs-0870
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| UpdatedAndrew Robb brushes off attacks from political opponents after it emerged the former trade minister had taken up a job with a Chinese firm that controls the Port of Darwin.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, trade, australia, china, sydney-2000, darwin-0800
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The royal commission into child detention delays its public hearing schedule, citing the complexities of dealing with vulnerable children.
Topics: royal-commissions, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, nt, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedEnvironmental researchers will be funded to investigate a century of climate change in the Northern Territory's Gulf region, following the death of thousands of hectares of mangroves.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-management, darwin-0800, karumba-4891
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| UpdatedClose to half of NT public hospital admissions are for same-day dialysis, and demand is set to rise, with most patients being Indigenous Australians from remote Territory communities, a Health Department report says.
Topics: health, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, diseases-and-disorders, nt
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Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu's prized instrument is among a haul of stolen music equipment found by police in Darwin.
Topics: crime, indigenous-music, guitar, human-interest, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThe NT Livestock Exporters Association says the number of import permits released by Indonesia should match the amount of stock available.
Topics: trade, agricultural-prices, agricultural-policy, beef-cattle, cattle-feedlots, indonesia, darwin-0800
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The race that stops a country town — the Crocodile Cup — gets underway in Berry Springs in the NT.
Topics: weird-and-wonderful, animals, noonamah-0837, berry-springs-0837
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In Melbourne the horses run on Cup Day, but in the Northern Territory the day belongs to crocodiles, cane toads and tree frogs.
Topics: horse-racing, nt
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In the wake of a report revealing the territory has Australia's highest incarceration rate, former prisoners discuss reoffending, drug and alcohol programs and the challenges of finding work.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, government-and-politics, darwin-0800, nt
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An "inverse needs-based model" is draining struggling NT public schools of funding and students, the Australian Education Union warns.
Topics: education, government-and-politics, nt
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| UpdatedIn a surprise twist to an already unexpected result, Nhulunbuy's independent Yolngu politician Yingiya Mark Guyula might yet lose his seat in the Court of Disputed Returns. But how would that work, and how did it come to this?
Topics: elections, indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, nhulunbuy-0880, darwin-0800