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| UpdatedSurvivors and veterans of the bombing of Darwin 75 years ago have been honoured for their role in preserving freedom and rebuilding peace.
Topics: world-war-2, history, community-and-society, darwin-0800, australia, nt
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| UpdatedMembers of the Australian Defence Force re-enact the moment Japanese bombers attacked Darwin 75 years ago.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-war-2, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedSurvivors and veterans of the Japanese bombing of Darwin in 1942 have gathered to commemorate the exact moment World War II reached Australian soil.
Topics: world-war-2, unrest-conflict-and-war, darwin-0800
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The rise of FIFO workers in one of the Northern Territory's last surviving mining towns has led unionists to call for drastic measures, however some experts say a golden era is clearly over.
Topics: mining-industry, mining-rural, regional-development, people, community-and-society, nt, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedAn Aboriginal politician makes a passionate address to Northern Territory Parliament about a child protection system he says is failing Indigenous children, sharing the names of nine children who were recently "stolen" from their Yolngu families.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, family-and-children, government-and-politics, nhulunbuy-0880, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThe Bureau of Meteorology says Queensland may see its first cyclone of the season, to be named Alfred, form in the Gulf of Carpentaria on Sunday.
Topics: weather, cyclones, disasters-and-accidents, cairns-4870, kowanyama-4871, doomadgee-4830, qld, darwin-0800, burketown-4830, nt
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| UpdatedJackson Anni applies for bail so he can study law after being banned by the ACCC from entering Indigenous communities for "deceptive conduct".
Topics: courts-and-trials, fraud-and-corporate-crime, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, darwin-0800
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Proposed registration rules for dog owners in Darwin's rural area miss the bigger-picture issue of out-of-control feral dogs, residents say.
Topics: dog, local-government, pest-management, human-interest, darwin-0800, humpty-doo-0836
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Despite the Indonesian Government suspending the importation of Indian buffalo meat, many still believe the ban will not last.
Topics: beef-cattle, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, cattle-feedlots, trade, agricultural-policy, darwin-0800, indonesia
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| UpdatedWhile Darwin bore the brunt of World War II attacks in northern Australia, historians are calling for more recognition for places outside of Darwin that were bombed by the Japanese.
Topics: world-war-2, katherine-0850, milingimbi-0822, exmouth-6707, townsville-4810, darwin-0800
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Topics: hospitality, secondary-schools, youth, darwin-0800
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Topics: hospitality, secondary-schools, youth, darwin-0800
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Topics: hospitality, secondary-schools, youth, darwin-0800
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Topics: hospitality, secondary-schools, youth, darwin-0800
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Darwin Middle School marks 10 years of hands-on learning with its school canteen program that sees year nine students run the show.
Topics: secondary-schools, hospitality, youth, human-interest, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedTwo men and a woman are charged over an alleged drug syndicate operating out of mail distribution centres, as well as supplying cocaine to Darwin.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThe largest class action in the Northern Territory's history is settled in favour of 71 former residents of the Retta Dixon Home, who alleged years of abuse by staff, in what is the first compensation win as a result of evidence heard by the royal commission into child abuse.
Topics: child-abuse, child-care, indigenous-policy, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, youth, royal-commissions, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedAustralian engineering students building the next generation of faster, lighter and more efficient solar cars for this year's Darwin to Adelaide race are excited about a new IMAX movie that will showcase the event to an American audience.
Topics: solar-energy, engineering, adelaide-5000, darwin-0800
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Seventy-five years after the Japanese bombed the Top End, a new play examines the stories of female and immigrant civilians and survivors.
Topics: theatre, world-war-2, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedDuring WWII, a small town in Victoria's Mallee was on the front line in the defence of Australia.
Topics: world-war-2, air-force, history, regional, regional-development, community-development, lake-boga-3584, singapore, broome-6725, darwin-0800, ballarat-3350, mildura-3500
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| UpdatedJust how many raids were there on Darwin during World War II? Seventy-five years on, one author sets out to establish the truth and correct some potential exaggeration from both sides.
Topics: world-war-2, darwin-0800