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Extra emergency crews are beginning their exodus from Cooktown in far north Queensland as life returns to normal following the passing of Tropical Cyclone Nathan.
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| UpdatedSoldiers and others who served in Afghanistan as a part of Operation Slipper are officially welcomed home in parades across the country.
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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.
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Glenn Schipp, director of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Northern Territory Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries says shipments of NT clams will be sent to the USA in coming months
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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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A car crushed by a tree that fell in Galiwinku during category four Cyclone Lam.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, cyclones, cyclone, weather, automotive, darwin-0800
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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.
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Darwin Aquaculture Centre research officer Samantha Nowland and Primary Industry and Fisheries Minister Willem Westra van Holthe discuss Northern Territory oyster research.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, darwin-0800
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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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Carol Palmer has been studying Darwin Harbour's dolphins since 2008.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-health, animals, conservation, marine-parks, marine-biology, darwin-0800
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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.
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Matt Brann speaks to Ian Bradford from South East Asian Livestock Services about the first shipment of buffalo for 2015.
Topics: rural, darwin-0800
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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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Jade Murphy on an early morning exhibition to survey dolphin numbers in Darwin Harbour.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-health, animals, conservation, marine-parks, marine-biology, darwin-0800
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Carol Palmer (right) has been studying Darwin Harbour's dolphins since 2008.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-health, animals, conservation, marine-parks, marine-biology, darwin-0800
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There are three species of dolphin commonly found in Darwin Harbour.
Topics: conservation, marine-parks, marine-biology, biology, animals, darwin-0800
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Madeline Goddard is studying the impact of rising sea levels on Darwin's mangroves.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environment-education, environmental-health, darwin-0800