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Damning report card for McArthur River Mine
An independent report into the McArthur River Mine has found it is not meeting its commitment to monitor the mine's environmental impact.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 4:36 pm -
Fatigued yachtsman rescued off Darwin
A Cairns-based solo yachtsman has been rescued off Darwin after spending six weeks in heavy weather on a journey from Malaysia.
November 13, 2009, 9:26 am -
Tiwi Islands want local detention centre
The Aboriginal Land Council representing people on the Tiwi Islands north of Darwin says Bathurst Island would be the ideal place for an immigration detention centre.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 9:36 pm -
Aboriginal media outlet 'in financial difficulty'
Central Australia's largest Aboriginal media organisation is reportedly in financial difficulty.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 5:50 pm -
Direct Darwin-Canberra flights announced
Qantas has announced it will begin direct flights between Darwin and Canberra in February.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 4:12 pm -
Bashed Aborigines 'like squashed tomato'
A Northern Territory magistrate has told a court that bashed Aboriginal women in Katherine have faces "like a squashed tomato".
ABC - November 12, 2009, 2:45 pm -
Lead guitarist banned from drinking alcohol
The lead guitarist of an emerging Northern Territory rock band has been banned from drinking alcohol for two years after pleading guilty to assaulting his wife.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 2:14 pm -
'Bit players': magistrate's remark condemned
Comments by a Darwin magistrate about sexual abuse victims have damaged perceptions of the criminal justice system, an Alice Springs support service says.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 2:00 pm -
Petrol sniffing 'wiped out' in Tennant Creek
Tennant Creek police say a petrol sniffing problem in the town has been wiped out as a result of agencies working together.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 1:42 pm -
Developer wants Alice high-rise exemption
The Northern Territory Planning Department has received more than 80 submissions about a proposal to build the first five storey building in the Alice Springs CBD.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 1:35 pm -
Legal risk: container deposit laws redrafted
The Northern Territory government has been forced to redraft its container deposit legislation to avoid a legal challenge.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 1:33 pm -
Campaign launched for locally-caught seafood
The Northern Territory Seafood Council is rolling out a new logo for restaurants that serve locally-caught seafood to use on their menus.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 1:25 pm -
Indigenous groups sell tourism stake
A Commonwealth Indigenous investment authority and an Aboriginal investment corporation have sold their stake in a central Australian tourist venture.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 1:17 pm -
AMA now satisfied with whistleblower protection
The president of the Northern Territory branch of the Australian Medical Association says he is satisfied that government employees who contribute to an inquiry into the child protection system will be fully protected from prosecution.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 11:39 am -
Whistleblowers must get impunity in inquiry: AMA
The Australian Medical Association is concerned potential whistleblowers will be afraid to give evidence to a newly-announced inquiry into the child protection system.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 10:09 am -
Hayden wants Aborigines to play cricket
When Matthew Hayden arrived at an indigenous school on the Tiwi Islands to find a sea of T-shirts reading `we love hay dos' the cricket legend was embarrassed.
November 11, 2009, 10:06 pm -
Response to child abuse prompted inquiry
A report painting a mixed picture of the Northern Territory's response to child abuse was the catalyst for an independent inquiry, the NT government says.
November 11, 2009, 8:54 pm -
NT parents likely to be younger, unmarried
Parents in the Northern Territory are younger and more likely to be unmarried than other parents around the country, according to the annual Australian Bureau of Statistics report on birth rates.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 6:16 pm -
Failures found in child protection system
The Northern Territory Children's Commissioner says the Territory's child protection system is struggling to cope with increased reports of child abuse it is being asked to investigate.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 4:09 pm -
Hundreds mark Remembrance Day in NT
Australians who lost their lives in war have been honoured at a Remembrance Day service at the Darwin Cenotaph.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 4:09 pm
