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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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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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A 30-year-old drink-driver is arrested in the drive-through lane of a Darwin fast-food restaurant after falling asleep behind the wheel while waiting for his order.
Topics: alcohol, ludmilla-0820
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| UpdatedA Darwin man accused of the hit-and-run killing of a 37-year-old man was "drinking and smoking" drugs before the incident, a court hears.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, ludmilla-0820
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Police express frustration at people who have "not eased up on the festivities", with a naked and intoxicated cyclist, hooning taxi driver and a man who allegedly terrorised passers-by with a chain keeping them busy in the NT.
Topics: police, ludmilla-0820, darwin-0800, nt, katherine-0850
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| UpdatedThe controversial $20 million redevelopment of a derelict sports stadium in Darwin is abandoned by the Northern Territory Government.
Topics: government-and-politics, clubs-and-associations, lifestyle-and-leisure, states-and-territories, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, ludmilla-0820, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedDarwin's $20 million Richardson Park development again causes controversy, after the Ludmilla Primary School council learns their playground will be almost halved as a result of the project.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, primary-schools, government-and-politics, ludmilla-0820
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| UpdatedThe Department of Environment approves flying operations for the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, a next-generation fighter due to start arriving in Australia in 2018.
Topics: air-force, nt, ludmilla-0820
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| UpdatedA man allegedly threatens a driver with a hose after being hit by a car at a fast food restaurant in Darwin.
Topics: crime, assault, ludmilla-0820
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The Northern Territory Rugby League has announced the mothballing of the sport's headquarters at Ludmilla in Darwin.
Topics: rugby-league, ludmilla-0820
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An Indigenous housing corporation says people from Darwin's Bagot Aboriginal Community could be able to own their own homes, as part of a development plan for the area.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, housing, ludmilla-0820, bagot-0820, darwin-0800
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The Northern Territory Environment Centre is calling on stakeholders to meet and develop an economic plan for a parcel of land under the control of an Aboriginal association in Darwin..
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, environmental-management, ludmilla-0820, darwin-0800
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The Larrakeyah outfall, which pumps macerated sewage into Darwin Harbour, will close at the end of this month.
Topics: recycling-and-waste-management, water-pollution, water-management, larrakeyah-0820, ludmilla-0820, darwin-0800
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The Northern Territory Rugby League says it will consider moving from its traditional home ground to a more sustainable stadium.
Topics: rugby-league, community-organisations, sports-organisations, ludmilla-0820, marrara-0812, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedPower and Water has acknowledged the closure of the Larrakeyah sewage outfall in Darwin is running six weeks late.
Topics: water-pollution, electricity-energy-and-utilities, environmental-management, darwin-0800, larrakeyah-0820, ludmilla-0820
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A consultant anthropologist for the Larrakia Nation group has slammed a Northern Territory Government decision to rezone Aboriginal-owned land in Darwin to allow for industrial development.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, ludmilla-0820, darwin-0800
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Police have charged two men with assaulting a French couple at a bus stop on Darwin's Bagot Road.
Topics: assault, darwin-0800, australia, alice-springs-0870, nt, ludmilla-0820
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| UpdatedPolice are looking for a group of men who assaulted two French tourists in Darwin last night.
Topics: assault, darwin-0800, australia, nt, ludmilla-0820
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A man is recovering in the Royal Darwin Hospital after he was stabbed with a steak knife in Darwin last night.
Topics: assault, ludmilla-0820, australia, nt, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThe Environment Centre says the Territory Government could be doing a lot more to protect bushland in the Darwin suburb of Ludmilla.
Topics: conservation, environment, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, ludmilla-0820, australia, nt, darwin-0800
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A man has faced the Darwin Magistrates Court charged with the murder of a man at a suburban Aboriginal community last Friday.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, darwin-0800, australia, nt, ludmilla-0820
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| UpdatedThere will be strong opposition to a proposed rezoning of a large chunk of bushland in Ludmilla, a resident has warned.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, ludmilla-0820, australia, nt, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedPolice will today speak to a driver whose car hit a 36-year-old woman in Ludmilla last night before leaving the area.
Topics: police, traffic-offences, darwin-0800, australia, nt, ludmilla-0820
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| UpdatedMelbourne Cup day celebrations turned sour for a Darwin bookmaker who had $6000 stolen from his home in Ludmilla.
Topics: burglary, crime, sport, darwin-0800, australia, nt, fannie-bay-0820, ludmilla-0820
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| UpdatedPolice have appealed to the public for help to find a man who stabbed a taxi driver last night.
Topics: assault, law-crime-and-justice, crime, darwin-0800, australia, nt, ludmilla-0820