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The race that hops the nation

While most people were watching the race that stops the nation, locals at a Northern Territory hotel gathered for a very different kind of race.
ABC - November 3, 2009, 6:23 pm
Phone services restored after Alice crash

Telstra says it has fully restored phone services that were cut by a car accident in Alice Springs on Sunday.
ABC - November 4, 2009, 10:11 am
Promising signs for Hendra virus treatment

An Australian scientist says he has achieved a breakthrough in treating people who contract Hendra virus.
ABC - November 3, 2009, 5:24 pm
Child protection inquiry by weeks end: Wood

Independent Northern Territory politician Gerry Wood expects the Government to announce a major inquiry into the child protection system by the end of the week.
ABC - November 3, 2009, 5:09 pm
Heavy storm causes power cuts in Darwin

Hundreds of homes were without power in Darwin's rural area this afternoon after a heavy storm brought down a tree.
ABC - November 3, 2009, 5:00 pm
Pregnant woman assaulted in Darwin's north

Northern Territory Police are looking for man who assaulted a pregnant woman in Darwin's northern suburbs last night.
ABC - November 3, 2009, 4:08 pm
Six lives lost in deadly booze bust evasion

A coronial inquest examining the deaths of six people who were in a car that crashed after avoiding a random breath test has begun in Alice Springs.
ABC - November 3, 2009, 3:35 pm
'Ridiculous' rule grounds aviary dream

A resident in Darwin's rural area says he had no idea that a permit was needed to build a bird aviary on his property.
ABC - November 3, 2009, 2:03 pm
Station hands battle it out in outback cup

Outback pilots and stockmen will go head-to-head to vie for the title of ironman and ironwoman as part of festivities to mark Melbourne Cup day in northern Australia.
ABC - November 3, 2009, 1:37 pm
Alice phones back on soon

Telstra says phone services should be completely restored in Alice Springs by Wednesday night.
ABC - November 3, 2009, 1:25 pm
Study reveals Indigenous spending 'paradox'

A Charles Darwin University professor says central Australia's economy is reliant on government spending on Aboriginal people.
ABC - November 3, 2009, 1:23 pm
Kids at risk: just 7 extra staff for 2500 cases

Northern Territory Government figures show there were an extra seven child protection workers last financial year, despite thousands of extra notifications of children at risk.
ABC - November 3, 2009, 12:05 pm
Full moon brings out bloodsuckers

Scientists say a plague of blood sucking insects is set to affect parts of Darwin and Top End coastal areas from tonight.
ABC - November 3, 2009, 11:05 am
Coroner probes six deaths in custody

The Northern Territory Coroner will today consider six deaths in custody at an inquest in Alice Springs.
ABC - November 3, 2009, 10:29 am
Police target Melbourne Cup drink-drivers

Northern Territory Police are warning Melbourne Cup revellers there will be extra random breath test stations and patrols on the streets today.
ABC - November 3, 2009, 10:13 am
Rising cannabis use linked to grog bans

Alcohol bans imposed by the Federal Government under its intervention in Northern Territory Indigenous communities are increasing cannabis use, drug-use prevention experts say.
ABC - November 3, 2009, 10:08 am
Emotional reunion for Stolen Generation members

More than 60 members of the Stolen Generation have travelled from around Australia for a reunion in Darwin.
ABC - November 2, 2009, 6:20 pm
Crossin rejects school attendance criticism

It is premature to suggest that welfare quarantining in remote communities is not working to lift school attendance, says the Labor senator for the Northern Territory.
ABC - November 2, 2009, 4:49 pm
Henderson gets Inpex update in Japan

The Chief Minister, Paul Henderson, has flown to Japan to meet with the heads of a company which plans to build a gas plant on Darwin Harbour.
ABC - November 2, 2009, 4:33 pm
Growth towns policy 'won't stop urban drift'

The Northern Territory Government's policy to turn remote communities into growth towns will not stop urban drift, a Charles Darwin University academic says.
ABC - November 2, 2009, 1:43 pm