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Constitutional recognition, a treaty, statehood, and land rights are some of the main topics covered at a historical meeting of traditional owners in the Top End.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, reconciliation, constitution, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThe Indonesian Government has signed off on changes to increase the average weight limit of cattle imported from Australia.
Topics: rural, trade, beef-cattle, kununurra-6743, darwin-0800, indonesia
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Topics: hospitality, secondary-schools, youth, darwin-0800
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Topics: beef-cattle, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800, katherine-0850
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Jill Bottral from NMN Co and Carina James from Cow Creek Station speak about the difficulties of connecting remote users to the Sky Muster satellite.
Topics: media, rural-media, beef-cattle, internet-technology, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800, katherine-0850
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| UpdatedA cattle producer says a NBN satellite internet installer struggled to find her property using a helicopter, despite having GPS coordinates.
Topics: media, rural-media, beef-cattle, internet-technology, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800, katherine-0850
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Parents are being reminded to pre-vet every app their young children download amid renewed concerns that virtual reality gaming is exposing minors to sexual advances.
Topics: internet-culture, games, child-abuse, family-and-children, sexual-offences, australia, darwin-0800
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Quarantine staff feared three years ago staff cuts would threaten the biosecurity of Australia's multi-million-dollar agricultural industries.
Topics: quarantine, fishing-aquaculture, sydney-2000, port-melbourne-3207, darwin-0800, brisbane-4000, brisbane-airport-4007, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedGlenice Grieve says she sent her son, Zak, news stories of a report criticising Darwin prison's facilities but the Corrections Department blocked their delivery.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, crime, human, government-and-politics, darwin-0800
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Some homes in the community of Borroloola on the Gulf of Carpentaria have been evacuated with 74 residents sheltering elsewhere, as they wait for Cyclone Alfred to make landfall about sunrise on Tuesday.
Topics: cyclone, weather, borroloola-0854, burketown-4830, doomadgee-4830, darwin-0800, nt, qld
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| UpdatedTropical Cyclone Alfred weakens to a tropical low as it begins to make landfall on the Gulf of Carpentaria's southern coast.
Topics: cyclones, rainfall, borroloola-0854, burketown-4830, doomadgee-4830, darwin-0800, nt, qld
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World War II veterans and descendants of those who perished during Japanese air raids over Northern Australia gather to honour and remember those who lost their lives.
Topics: world-war-2, history, adelaide-river-0846, nt, darwin-0800
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Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory are not in agreement on whether section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act should be changed, a federal inquiry hears.
Topics: race-relations, community-and-society, darwin-0800, nt
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| UpdatedOne of three mates who emerged unharmed after their boat overturned in crocodile-inhabited waters says he won't be buying a lottery ticket after the experience.
Topics: crocodile, animal-attacks, human-interest, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedHomes in the community of Borroloola on the Gulf of Carpentaria are evacuated, with 74 residents sheltering elsewhere while waiting for Cyclone Alfred to make landfall.
Topics: weather, cyclone, cyclones, disasters-and-accidents, borroloola-0854, burketown-4830, doomadgee-4830, darwin-0800, cairns-4870, townsville-4810, qld, nt
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An Australian businessman remains the largest individual owner of pastoral land in the Northern Territory.
Topics: agribusiness, beef-cattle, katherine-0850, darwin-0800, tennant-creek-0860
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Topics: agribusiness, beef-cattle, katherine-0850, darwin-0800, tennant-creek-0860
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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