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A storm is brewing in the Northern Territory between small-scale miners and cattle producers, prompting the NT Cattlemen's Association to call for a system of mandatory access agreements to avoid conflict between the two industries.
Topics: mining-industry, mining-rural, mining-environmental-issues, oil-and-gas, katherine-0850, darwin-0800
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Born between two cyclones, three-week-old Jasmine is a picture of serenity amongst the preparations in Nhulunbuy for Tropical Cyclone Nathan, which is predicted to hit the small town on Sunday morning
Topics: cyclones, cyclone, nhulunbuy-0880
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| UpdatedThree men will serve at least 10 years in jail, and another one at least eight years, as they are sentenced for manslaughter for beating a man to death at a town camp near Alice Springs.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, alice-springs-0870
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The Northern Territory is remembering the former prime minister Malcolm Fraser for his impact on the land rights movement and signing over self-government.
Topics: government-and-politics, indigenous-policy, nt
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| UpdatedThere is a push to broaden the market for Northern Territory clams as a shipment of clams grown at the Darwin Aquaculture Centre is prepared for sale to the United States.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, agricultural-marketing, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThe temporary tent community set up for displaced Galiwinku residents after Cyclone Lam will be dismantled by emergency services on Saturday, as Arnhem Land prepares for Cyclone Nathan.
Topics: cyclones, weather, cyclone, emergency-planning, nt
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| UpdatedCommercial prawn farmers are hopeful a parliamentary inquiry into northern aquaculture will help drive investment and expansion across the industry.
Topics: rural, business-economics-and-finance, fishing-aquaculture, townsville-4810, darwin-0800
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Jamie Clee only took up boxing in 2013 and after winning three of his last four fights, is preparing for his next mixed martial arts fight in his hometown.
Topics: boxing, martial-arts, darwin-0800
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A woman is taken to hospital by helicopter after almost drowning at a popular Northern Territory swimming hole.
Topics: accidents, batchelor-0845
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| UpdatedOne hundred and fifty juvenile oysters will be flown to the Tiwi Islands today as part of ongoing work to try and create a viable oyster business for the region's Indigenous communities.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, indigenous-policy, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedA small but dedicated group of protesters brave searing heat in Alice Springs to rally against the closure of Indigenous communities in WA and federal funding cuts to Indigenous services.
Topics: indigenous-policy, aboriginal, federal-government, alice-springs-0870
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| UpdatedHaving weathered Cyclone Lam one month ago, residents on Elcho Island are praying they will not be hit by Tropical Cyclone Nathan, which is forecast to make landfall in Arnhem Land within days.
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| UpdatedA man allegedly connected to a plan to steal drugs from the CareFlight charity is denied bail at a court hearing in Darwin.
Topics: courts-and-trials, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedLitchfield National Park in the Northern Territory has received funding for a Green Army project to eradicate and control gamba grass.
Topics: environmental-management, environmental-policy, rural-youth, batchelor-0845
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| UpdatedThe Northern Territory's live buffalo trade is underway for the year, with a small shipment of 182 head leaving Darwin this morning bound for Vietnam.
Topics: rural, indigenous-policy, trade, livestock, darwin-0800, vietnam
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Darwin Harbour's dolphin numbers are "stable" after seabed dredging by gas giant Inpex, government marine biologists say.
Topics: biology, marine-biology, environment, conservation, research, darwin-0800
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With the nearest beach 1,500 kilometres away, Alice Springs is not known for its surf breaks, but a bunch of daredevils are trying to change that.
Topics: surfing, extreme-sports, alice-springs-0870
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| UpdatedThe Northern Territory's shale oil and gas potential has geologists excited.
Topics: mining-rural, mining-industry, oil-and-gas, alice-springs-0870
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Tropical Cyclone Nathan could cross the Cape York Peninsula, reform in the Gulf of Carpentaria and make landfall in east Arnhem Land as a category one or two system by Sunday or Monday, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
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The Top End's celebrated coastal wetlands are grappling with some of the highest rates of climate change related sea level rises in the world.
Topics: environmental-impact, climate-change, research, environmental-management, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedPostings from Alice Springs residents on a social media forum about safety on the town's streets has prompted a local councillor to call for a youth curfew.
Topics: youth, activism-and-lobbying, programs-and-initiatives, local-government, tax, alice-springs-0870
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The man charged over a hit-and-run that killed nine-year-old Jack Sultan-Page in Palmerston, near Darwin, will plead guilty, his lawyer says.
Topics: crime, palmerston-0830
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| UpdatedDarwin socialite Alexandra "Xana" Kamitsis is facing 148 new charges of fraud relating to the alleged rorting of a Northern Territory Government travel scheme for pensioners.
Topics: courts-and-trials, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThe powerful Amateur Fishermen's Association for the first time publicly throws its support behind boat drink-driving laws, ending a long period of silence on a politically sensitive issue.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, law-crime-and-justice, nt
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| UpdatedA shipment of live cattle left Darwin last night bound for Indonesia, in what will be one of the last shipments to that market for the first quarter.
Topics: rural, trade, beef-cattle, darwin-0800, indonesia