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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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| UpdatedA Darwin group that aims to help isolated men socialise and talk through their problems is facing an uncertain future after being told to leave its premises.
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, coconut-grove-0810, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedPolice lay dozens of new charges against a Northern Territory man who allegedly posed as a nurse at a clinic in Queensland's Cape York earlier this year.
Topics: courts-and-trials, doctors-and-medical-professionals, aurukun-4871, cairns-4870, coconut-grove-0810, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThree people are dead and a man is airlifted to Adelaide with burns to 40 per cent of his body after a house fire in Darwin.
Topics: fires, death, coconut-grove-0810, darwin-0800
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The Northern Territory Government says it will need to investigate new ways to accommodate public housing tenants.
Topics: government-and-politics, urban-development-and-planning, housing, coconut-grove-0810, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedA man who stabbed his parents to death in Darwin has been found by the Northern Territory Supreme Court to have had a mental impairment.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, mental-health, darwin-0800, coconut-grove-0810
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| UpdatedThe Northern Territory road toll stands at 40 after two people died and another was seriously injured in separate crashes over the weekend.
Topics: accidents, road, darwin-0800, coconut-grove-0810, timber-creek-0852
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A man is recovering at Royal Darwin Hospital after he was hit by a car while walking in Coconut Grove.
Topics: road, darwin-0800, coconut-grove-0810
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The Darwin Magistrates Court has heard a man charged with murdering his parents told police he had to do it, even though he didn't want to.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, darwin-0800, coconut-grove-0810
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A woman has pleaded guilty in the Northern Territory Supreme Court to stabbing her partner in the chest with a kitchen knife, causing him to lose five litres of blood.
Topics: courts-and-trials, crime, coconut-grove-0810, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedNorthern Territory Police have arrested the son of an elderly couple who were murdered in their Darwin home last night.
Topics: police, murder-and-manslaughter, coconut-grove-0810, darwin-0800
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A Darwin man charged with aggravated robbery for holding up a fast food outlet has faced court.
Topics: armed-robbery, courts-and-trials, darwin-0800, australia, nt, coconut-grove-0810
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Two men have been charged over the robbery of a fast food outlet at Coconut Grove in Darwin last week.
Topics: crime, courts-and-trials, coconut-grove-0810, australia, nt, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedPolice say two men in white masks with knives held up a Darwin takeaway chicken outlet overnight.
Topics: crime, armed-robbery, coconut-grove-0810, australia, nt, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedA 22-year-old man is in a serious condition in hospital after being stabbed in the chest with a pitchfork in Darwin overnight.
Topics: assault, crime, darwin-0800, australia, nt, coconut-grove-0810
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| UpdatedPolice have received a number of reports of fireworks being set off illegally overnight.
Topics: antisocial-behaviour, darwin-0800, australia, nt, anula-0812, coconut-grove-0810, rapid-creek-0810
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Police say a fire in Coconut Grove this afternoon could have been deliberately lit.
Topics: arson, bushfire, residential, coconut-grove-0810, australia, nt, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedTwo buildings, poor weather and a low-flying aircraft created the illusion that a light plane had crashed near Darwin Harbour.
Topics: emergency-incidents, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, coconut-grove-0810, australia, nt, darwin-0800, nightcliff-0810
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| UpdatedReports of a small plane crashing off Darwin Harbour overnight sparked a large-scale search, but nothing was found.
Topics: air-and-space, coconut-grove-0810, australia, nt, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedMore than 300 drivers a day were caught speeding or running red lights at four Darwin intersections.
Topics: traffic-offences, law-crime-and-justice, police, darwin-0800, australia, nt, coconut-grove-0810, rapid-creek-0810, woolner-0820
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| UpdatedTwo cars have been set on fire by arsonists in Darwin, including one with paper stuffed in its fuel tank.
Topics: arson, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, crime, darwin-0800, australia, nt, casuarina-0810, coconut-grove-0810
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| UpdatedThe organsiation that owns most of the land needed for a massive marina development in Darwin is dismayed the Northern Territory Government is opposing it.
Topics: community-and-society, urban-development-and-planning, environment, pollution, water-pollution, states-and-territories, nt, coconut-grove-0810, darwin-0800, fannie-bay-0820, nightcliff-0810
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| UpdatedNT Opposition says Government rejected Arafura Harbour mega marina to achieve short-term political gain.
Topics: states-and-territories, community-and-society, urban-development-and-planning, government-and-politics, local-government, darwin-0800, australia, nt, coconut-grove-0810, east-point-0820, fannie-bay-0820
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| UpdatedNorthern Territory Police have arrested four men for allegedly attempting to traffic more than 7000 "deal bags" of kava and cannabis into Arnhem Land.
Topics: drug-offences, law-crime-and-justice, crime, darwin-0800, australia, nt, coconut-grove-0810, katherine-0850
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An elderly couple in the Darwin suburb of Coconut Grove had a narrow escape when they woke to find their bedroom on fire about 2:00am ACST.
Topics: residential, fires, coconut-grove-0810, nt, darwin-0800