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Canine trained to sniff out cane toads
A dog has been trained to prevent cane toads entering Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpenteria.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 4:23 pm -
Exotic animals sold to NT hunting safari
Exotic and endangered animals from an abandoned wildlife sanctuary were sold to a hunting safari in the Northern Territory, it has been revealed.
November 22, 2009, 10:15 am -
Racial Discrimination Act will change intervention: Dodson
Indigenous leader Mick Dodson says a plan to re-instate the racial discrimination act in the Northern Territory is at odds with the intervention in Indigenous communities.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 5:17 am -
Firm sets trend for cheap remote housing
A company that has been able to build a house in a remote Indigenous community in Queensland, at a third of the usual cost, says it has been inundated with calls - including from the Northern Territory Government.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 12:01 pm -
Exempt NT from emissions scheme, demands CLP
Local industries should be exempt from the Federal Government's proposed emissions trading scheme, the Northern Territory Opposition's spokesman on business affairs says.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 4:00 pm -
Cattle producers to maintain meat levy
Despite the long term effect of drought, fires and flooding the nations cattle producers have decided to continue paying a levy worth $60 million annually.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 3:12 pm -
Doctors threaten to leave over uranium mine
A group of Alice Springs doctors say they will leave the town if a uranium mine goes ahead in the area.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 2:00 pm -
Child's death blamed on policy failures
The death of a young boy at a remote community highlights the failure of the Northern Territory Emergency Response to protect children, the president of the Barkly Shire Council says.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 1:43 pm -
Multiple child abuse arrests in NT community
Five men in the same remote Northern Territory community have been charged with child abuse, Northern Territory Police say.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 12:41 pm -
Super shire software stuff-up sparks apology
The Local Government Minister, Rob Knight, has apologised to the super shires for forcing on them a financial system riddled with problems.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 11:30 am -
Council wants 280 homes to ease overcrowding
The Northern Territory Housing Minister says he will push for Tennant Creek to receive new homes under future Federal Government housing programs.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 11:09 am -
Cooperation council fails to impress Anderson
Independent politician Alison Anderson says she still thinks the Council of Territory Cooperation is a "silly little committee" after attending a hearing in Tennant Creek yesterday.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 11:00 am -
Hay truck blaze closes highway
It took three hours to put out a raging fire on a hay truck and clear a highway in the Katherine region overnight, police say.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 10:38 am -
Health department at odds with senior doctor
The Northern Territory health department is at odds with one of its most senior doctors about how long Indigenous children are having to wait for important tests.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 10:13 am -
Lawyers blast 'absurd' drink-driving law
The Northern Territory Criminal Lawyers' Association has slammed a new drink-driving law as a ridiculous change that will see motorists unfairly convicted.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 10:00 am -
Driver struck by beer can before 'hit-and-run'
A man arrested over a suspected hit-and-run in Darwin overnight may have had a full can of beer thrown at his jaw before the incident, police say.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 9:01 am -
Crackdown on drink-driving begins tonight
Northern Territory Police are gearing up to launch a three week, national drink-driving blitz from midnight tonight.
ABC - November 19, 2009, 6:39 pm -
Size of Batchelor Institute bailout revealed
The Federal Government has revealed it has shelled out millions of dollars to bail out the Batchelor Institute in the Northern Territory.
ABC - November 19, 2009, 6:34 pm -
Special schools get a $30m boost
The Education Minister, Paul Henderson, has announced a $30 million boost for special schools in the Northern Territory.
ABC - November 19, 2009, 6:17 pm -
Police 'struggling' to deal with alcohol incidents
Acting Police Commissioner Bruce Wernham says 35,000 people were taken into protective custody in the Northern Territory last financial year because of alcohol.
ABC - November 19, 2009, 6:00 pm
