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Topics: infant-health, genetic-disorders, babies---newborns, parenting, darwin-0800
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Topics: infant-health, genetic-disorders, babies---newborns, parenting, darwin-0800
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Topics: infant-health, genetic-disorders, babies---newborns, parenting, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedFor many years, Australian parents of infants diagnosed with an extremely rare and devastating genetic disease have been left with little hope, however that could change with a new treatment dubbed "ground-breaking".
Topics: genetic-disorders, infant-health, babies---newborns, parenting, medical-research, motor-neurone-disease, neuroscience, family, darwin-0800, sydney-2000
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Topics: police, death, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThese birds are on the brink of extinction, but Australian researchers are heading up an international group including Japan, China, Russia and South Korea working together to save the special shorebirds.
Topics: birds, endangered-and-protected-species, darwin-0800
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Australia's winemakers rely on free trade, so as export values surge, they are taking nothing for granted.
Topics: agribusiness, viticulture, trade, agreements-and-treaties, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, adelaide-5000, perth-6000, brisbane-4000, darwin-0800, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedA crocodile was captured on film by Danielle Andreoli on Australia Day at Casuarina Beach.
Topics: human-interest, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedNot wearing scarves or long jewellery during a violent argument, staying away from the kitchen where knives might be accessible, and ditching smartphones is some of the advice women in abusive relationships are being given in a new handbook.
Topics: domestic-violence, women, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThe Northern Territory hosts events involving a ute convoy, protests and citizenship ceremonies, as people commemorate Australia's national day.
Topics: australia-day, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, darwin-0800, alice-springs-0870
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The Northern Territory Cattleman's Association has welcomed the appointment of former chief minister Adam Giles to a senior role within Gina Rinehart's family business Hancock Prospecting.
Topics: rural, business-economics-and-finance, beef-cattle, darwin-0800, perth-6000, fitzroy-crossing-6765
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Ashley James from Frontier International and Tom Stockwell from the Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association speak about the demand for Australian cattle.
Topics: trade, markets, agricultural-marketing, beef-cattle, darwin-0800, indonesia
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| UpdatedAbout 300 workers lose their job at Darwin's Inpex LNG plant after a stoush between contractors following construction delays and cost blowouts.
Topics: oil-and-gas, darwin-0800
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Topics: agribusiness, trade, cattle-feedlots, beef-cattle, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedA shortage of productive heifers might signal a difficult year ahead for those operating in the live cattle export sector.
Topics: trade, markets, agricultural-marketing, beef-cattle, darwin-0800, indonesia
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Many Australians have no idea how to deal with attacks from venomous creatures and young people are most at risk, new research suggests.
Topics: animal-attacks, emergency-planning, brisbane-4000, adelaide-5000, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, perth-6000, darwin-0800, hobart-7000, australia
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| UpdatedThe Top End is in for more wild weather as the Katherine River reaches flood levels, and a crocodile is spotted attacking a suburban bin and escaping into a street drain.
Topics: weather, floods, storm-event, nt, darwin-0800, palmerston-0830
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A man's hands eating breakfast and cup of tea
Topics: homelessness, poverty, charities, domestic-violence, darwin-0800
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Topics: homelessness, poverty, charities, domestic-violence, health, darwin-0800
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Topics: homelessness, poverty, charities, domestic-violence, darwin-0800
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There are calls to expand free meal services across Darwin, after a charity's ad-hoc breakfast program evolves into a first aid and welfare initiative for the homeless, sick and abused.
Topics: health, charities, poverty, domestic-violence, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, food-and-beverage, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThe United States will send its largest aircraft deployment to Australia as part of the next rotation of Marines to Darwin in coming months, as part of a "more diversified" and "more capable force".
Topics: defence-and-national-security, world-politics, darwin-0800, australia
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| UpdatedThe Northern Territory's economy is losing momentum and slipping in rankings against other Australian jurisdictions according to the latest State of the States report.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThere are lessons to be learned from across the ditch as Australia struggles with farm labour woes.
Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, agricultural-policy, farm-labour, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedMichael Grant makes a rare public statement in defence of the NT judiciary following news reports linking low numbers of youths in detention to a recent spike in property crime.
Topics: youth, prisons-and-punishment, judges-and-legal-profession, child-abuse, crime, royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, darwin-0800, nt