Darwin

• The NT royal commission so far

  By Stephanie Zillman

  Posted March 31, 2017 16:54:51 | Updated March 31, 2017 17:34:15

  The royal commission has handed over its interim report into the youth detention system to the Government. Take a look at what's happened so far.

  Topics: royal-commissions, government-and-politics, youth, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, nt, darwin-0800

• Fishing village to Australian jail: New play looks at young Indonesian 'people smugglers'

  By Jacqueline Breen

  Posted March 31, 2017 15:04:11

  Projections and shadow puppets create a "fantastical" underwater world for a new play by Sandra Thibodeaux, tackling the difficult issue of people smuggling.

  Topics: theatre, refugees, darwin-0800

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  Posted March 31, 2017 14:07:56

  Topics: beef-cattle, cattle-feedlots, agribusiness, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800, katherine-0850

• NT Cattlemen's Association president calls on beef industry to protect competitive advantage

  ABC Rural

  By Carl Curtain

  Posted March 31, 2017 14:07:56

  The president of the NT Cattlemen's Association says the top six inches of soil remains the cornerstone to prosperity for the northern beef industry.

  Topics: beef-cattle, cattle-feedlots, agribusiness, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800, katherine-0850

• Youth detention system has 'failed the Northern Territory'

  By Lucy Marks

  Posted March 31, 2017 13:00:59 | Updated March 31, 2017 16:57:10

  The youth detention system in the Northern Territory is one that likely leaves young people more damaged than when they went in, the royal commission's interim report says.

  Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, youth, royal-commissions, darwin-0800

• Lightning strikes during Darwin storm (Supplied: Pooyan Khorasani) Video

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  Posted March 30, 2017 18:10:43

  More storms are expected following a severe thunderstorm that caused power outages on Darwin's outskirts as well as parts of Palmerston overnight.

  Topics: storm-event, weather, darwin-0800, nt

• Darwin patient 'shouldn't have died,' says coroner in damning findings

  By Xavier La Canna

  Posted March 30, 2017 13:45:48 | Updated March 30, 2017 14:54:39

  The death of Irene Magriplis at the Darwin Private Hospital should never have happened, NT coroner Greg Cavanagh says in findings that criticised a surgeon.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, death, doctors-and-medical-professionals, darwin-0800

• Power restored in Top End after storm sweeps through

  By Xavier La Canna

  Posted March 30, 2017 09:55:53 | Updated March 30, 2017 18:10:43

  More storms are expected after a thunderstorm caused power outages on Darwin's outskirts as well as parts of Palmerston, and dumped heavy rain in the northern suburbs.

  Topics: weather, storm-event, darwin-0800, palmerston-0830, woodroffe-0830, gray-0830, mitchell-0832, bellamack-0832, rosebery-0832

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  Posted March 30, 2017 06:03:25

  Topics: darwin-0800

• Marjorie Winphil image

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  Posted March 30, 2017 06:03:25

  Topics: darwin-0800

• Margaret Shields image

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  Posted March 30, 2017 06:03:25

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• Survivors welcome compensation over Retta Dixon abuse

  By national Indigenous affairs reporter Bridget Brennan and Avani Dias

  Posted March 30, 2017 06:03:25 | Updated March 30, 2017 14:39:12

  Compensation for years of physical and sexual abuse at a notorious home for Aboriginal children will provide relief but will never erase the trauma of what happened, former residents say.

  Topics: royal-commissions, sexual-offences, child-abuse, aboriginal, law-crime-and-justice, stolen-generations, darwin-0800

• Who to believe on the NT Government's '$2b GST shortfall'

  By Lucy Marks

  Posted March 29, 2017 18:42:20 | Updated March 29, 2017 18:56:19

  With the NT Government contradicting Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison on the latest GST carve-up, the ABC asks respected economist Saul Eslake to give his views on who is right and who is wrong.

  Topics: tax, darwin-0800, nt

• Spanish beef no threat to Aussie beef in Indonesia says MLA

  ABC Rural

  By Lydia Burton

  Posted March 29, 2017 12:50:38

  Spanish beef no threat to Australia's market in Indonesia, but still need to be wary according to MLA.

  Topics: beef-cattle, cattle-feedlots, livestock-welfare, trade, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-policy, darwin-0800, katherine-0850, alice-springs-0870, indonesia, spain

• Indonesian butcher image

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  Posted March 29, 2017 12:50:38

  Topics: agribusiness, trade, cattle-feedlots, beef-cattle, darwin-0800, indonesia

• Quintis founder resigns as managing director

  ABC Rural

  By Matt Brann

  Posted March 28, 2017 15:58:01 | Updated March 28, 2017 16:09:48

  The managing director of the world's biggest sandalwood company resigns following a week of controversy.

  Topics: rural, forestry, stockmarket, kununurra-6743, perth-6000, darwin-0800

• Job attrition, program cuts flagged in wake of NT's $2 billion GST revenue hit

  ABC Radio Darwin

  By Xavier La Canna

  Posted March 27, 2017 14:05:54 | Updated March 27, 2017 15:11:17

  The Northern Territory government indicates there will be fewer public servants and government programs that will not be renewed, after a $2 billion hit to GST funding.

  Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, darwin-0800, nt

• Early morning earthquake rattles Darwin

  ABC Radio Darwin

  By Xavier La Canna

  Posted March 27, 2017 09:44:27 | Updated March 27, 2017 10:16:18

  An earthquake that struck this morning in the Banda Sea has rattled parts of Darwin but is unlikely to have caused any damage.

  Topics: earthquake, darwin-0800

• NT youth justice officer recruits undergo revamped training course

  By Georgia Hitch

  Posted March 26, 2017 15:47:38

  A new six-week training program is underway for youth justice officers in the Northern Territory which aims to better educate those on the frontline of youth detention.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, child-abuse, crime, youth, royal-commissions, darwin-0800, alice-springs-0870, nt

• NT Government to become responsible for asbestos management

  By Stephanie Zillman

  Posted March 26, 2017 14:02:39 | Updated March 26, 2017 15:09:36

  Asbestos control is set to become the responsibility of the Northern Territory Government after a motion passes the 2017 NT ALP conference to include the issue in the Public and Environmental Health Act.

  Topics: asbestos, law-crime-and-justice, darwin-0800, tennant-creek-0860

• NT Government abandons commitment to return to surplus by 2019-20

  By Sara Everingham

  Posted March 25, 2017 17:38:44

  NT Treasurer Nicole Manison confirms the Northern Territory Government will abandon its election commitment to return the budget to surplus by 2019-20.

  Topics: budget, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, darwin-0800

• Darwin's Balinese community attend annual beach-side ceremony

  By Avani Dias

  Posted March 25, 2017 16:48:59

  On the edge of Darwin's Casuarina beach, Balinese people dress in traditional costumes wash their feet and send flowers off into the ocean for the Melasti cleansing ceremony.

  Topics: rites-and-ritual, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, darwin-0800, nt

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  Posted March 24, 2017 17:33:25

  Topics: environmental-management, environmental-impact, fishing-aquaculture, katherine-0850, darwin-0800, kununurra-6743

• Proposed prawn farm in Top End receives green light from Environmental Protection Authority

  ABC Rural

  By Lydia Burton and Matt Brann

  Posted March 24, 2017 17:33:25 | Updated March 24, 2017 18:58:13

  A proposed prawn farm in the Northern Territory has been given the environmental tick from the NT Environment Protection Authority.

  Topics: environmental-management, environmental-impact, fishing-aquaculture, katherine-0850, darwin-0800, kununurra-6743

• Don Dale detainees labelled 'little black camp dogs' by officers

  By Neda Vanovac

  Posted March 24, 2017 15:45:40

  Four former officers at the youth detention centre give evidence at the royal commission about a "boy's club" mentality focused on punishment.

  Topics: royal-commissions, youth, crime, prisons-and-punishment, child-abuse, darwin-0800

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