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NT government to consider independent air monitoring on Groote Eylandt amid manganese mine dust concerns

After years of community concern about dust levels from the world's biggest manganese mine on Groote Eylandt, the NT Environment Department says it is now willing to install a monitoring station.

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Fishing industry warns snap lockout of key Northern Territory waters could affect restaurant plates around Australia

The fishing industry says restaurants and fish markets around the country are scrambling to secure orders of barramundi, mud crab and threadfin salmon after a snap decision by traditional owners closed key Northern Territory waters.

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Residents living in defective Palmerston houses that wouldn't withstand a cyclone accuse NT government of putting lives at risk

The occupants of a group of issue-plagued Palmerston homes are accusing the NT government of putting their lives and those of people in the surrounding area in danger by not acting on identified risks.

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Tiwi Islanders accuse Santos of leaving out Barossa gas project environmental risks from community consultations

Tiwi elder Therese Bourke says she felt like Santos was "sweetening up" community members at consultation meetings last month.

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Remote Top End community of Peppimenarti lodges discrimination complaint over violence, under-policing

Residents in Peppimenarti lodge a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission, alleging that they are being denied adequate policing based on their race, after years of worsening violence including a recent death and shootings.

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Indigenous rangers warn sea level and temperature rises caused by climate change are killing remote Northern Territory turtles

Ranger groups from across the Northern Territory say turtle numbers are declining, as rising sea levels are drowning nests and eggs are being cooked in higher temperatures.

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This Australian island is constantly covered in a fine layer of dust. Now locals want answers

On Groote Eylandt, off the NT's Arnhem Land coast, a fine dust coats the houses and cars. Community members say it could be putting their health at risk.

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Industry says gas from the Beetaloo Basin could solve Australia's energy crisis. Some energy analysts question that claim

The gas industry has its eyes set on developing the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin to secure Australia's electricity supply. Some analysts doubt the economics stack up.

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Northern Australia's fire management and mapping: How the integration of 'old and new' has led to success

For nearly two decades, researchers have been mapping fires in Northern Australia's tropical savannas and rangelands. This is what they found.

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Northern Territory alcohol services struggling to retain staff as costs rise

Alcohol treatment services in the Northern Territory are facing having to cut staff looking after vulnerable Indigenous clients because they're being squeezed between rising costs and stagnant government funding, their peak body is warning.

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Self-harm incidents inside Don Dale spark intervention of NT Children's Commissioner

The NT Children's Commissioner points to "continual and systematic use of extended lockdowns" inside Don Dale, which she says have increased since the NT government introduced tougher youth bail laws last year.

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Tiwi traditional owners launch Federal Court action to try to stop Santos Barossa gas field

Traditional owner Dennis Tipakalippa says he was not consulted about Santos's multi-billion-dollar Barossa project, which will run a gas pipeline through his family's sea country.

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NT farmers worried about the race to renewables and lithium exploration in the Top End

Pastoralists facing the prospect of a new Northern Territory mining push to get the metals needed for renewable energy batteries fear their environmental concerns will be ignored.

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Prominent Aboriginal elder joins Northern Territory's dismal homeless statistics

A prominent Aboriginal elder and an Aboriginal health worker are among the latest cases of people who have been added to the Northern Territory's dismal homeless statistics, as the housing shortage continues to bite.

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Feeling again forgotten at a federal election, remote voters lament empty promises to close the gap

With scant hope of getting jobs and crammed into crowded housing, remote Indigenous voters say they are cynical of promises to close the gap.

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McArthur River Mine representatives sat on government tender panel that chose new independent monitor

Confidential documents show representatives from the McArthur River Mine in the Northern Territory had a hand in the appointment of its own key oversight body, as environmentalists question the integrity of the latest glowing report card on the mine's environmental performance.

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Katherine voters say action on housing, labour shortages needed from Lingiari candidates

Struggling to find workers and worried about rising costs, asparagus farmer Andrew Dalglish is among the Katherine voters yet to hear election candidates address their key concerns.

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Voters in Solomon, one of Australia's youngest electorates, want action on climate, cost of living and crime

New mum Tia hasn't yet decided how she'll cast her ballot, and she's part of a big group of voters that could sway the result in the marginal Top End seat of Solomon.

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NT Government allows McArthur River Mine to keep expanding while it negotiates sacred site agreement

The future of resources giant Glencore's McArthur River lead zinc mine depends on whether it can negotiate a new agreement with traditional owners to allow future expansions — potentially interfering with several sacred sites.

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Former BRADAAG CEO denies allegations of misusing funds, bullying staff at Tennant Creek rehab service

Authorities are investigating the former chief executive of an important Northern Territory alcohol rehabilitation service for allegedly misusing its resources and bullying an employee. She denies the allegations.

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