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Renewed calls to revoke Northern Territory's mandatory sentencing following power outages inside Darwin's prison

Ongoing power outages and concerns over conditions inside Darwin's only adult prison mean the "community is at greater risk of continued crime", according to the Criminal Lawyers Association of the Northern Territory.

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Nearly 25 years ago, the NT almost became a state. Now many believe it won't happen in our lifetime

Dreams of statehood were married to beliefs the Northern Territory would one day rival the southern states in population and economic might. So where did it all go wrong?

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NT government abandons plan to include mining industry in new environmental laws

Environmentalists and traditional owners have condemned the Northern Territory government’s decision to abandon plans to include all mining activities in proposed accountability laws.

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Northern Territory opposition calls for petrol price inquiry, with prices per litre 30 cents higher than in other states

Petrol prices in Darwin are still up towards the $2 mark, despite recent drops in other states, and the pain at the pump is even worse in Alice Springs.

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Future of income management unclear as the end of the cashless debit card draws near

As the federal government moves closer to scrapping the cashless debit card program, questions have been raised about the future of income management in Australia.

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WA biosecurity threats put Ord Valley agricultural region on edge

It's a nervous time for WA's easternmost farmers with myrtle rust officially in the Kimberley and other biosecurity threats creeping closer to the state border.

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Banana freckle outbreak grows in NT

A fungal infection affecting banana plants has been detected at 12 more sites in the Northern Territory where officials are gauging the extent of the outbreak.

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Territories' right to legislate around voluntary assisted dying only a step away from being restored

For more than two decades, both of Australia's territories have been barred from legislating around voluntary assisted dying. That could be about to change.

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Australia's Parliament considers lifting euthanasia ban in two territories

Australia's Northern Territory in 1995 became the first place in the world to legalize voluntary euthanasia, but the law was quickly overturned two years later. The new bill seeks to lift the ban.

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Australian Parliament considers lifting euthanasia ban

The Australian Parliament is considering a bill that would lift a 25-year-old ban on two territories legalizing voluntary euthanasia

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Plan Yr Summer Trip Stat Bc Virgin Australia Is Slicing 30% Off Flights To The Top End This Week

Virgin Australia is getting ready for summer with 30% off flights to the NT. Here are five things you can tick off while you're there.

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‘Kingdom of the ant’: northern Australia boasts more than 5,000 species

‘It’s the global centre of diversity,’ says insect scientist who found 27 species of ant in two days in Kakadu national park

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Land clearing proposal by NT EPA could increase greenhouse gas emissions, environmentalists warn

Destruction of Northern Australia's tropical savannas – considered one of the last untouched regions in the world – is increasing at a rapid rate and new draft guidelines aimed at minimising greenhouse gas emissions from land clearing are "taking us in the opposite direction", environmentalists say.

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New figures show problem of family and domestic violence growing in Northern Territory

The latest crime figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics paint a sobering picture for the Northern Territory, with the number of family and domestic violence victims growing for the third year in a row.

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NT federal politicians Jacinta Price, Marion Scrymgour highlight Indigenous policy failures in maiden speeches

Northern Territory senator Jacinta Price and Member for Lingiari Marion Scrymgour both address Aboriginal disadvantage, domestic violence and alcohol laws in their maiden speeches in federal politics.

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Northern Territory government facing calls to pause new post-intervention alcohol laws

Pressure is growing on the Northern Territory government to change its alcohol policy, as frontline services report spikes in alcohol-related incidents following the end of alcohol bans.

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After 15 years of prohibition, the Northern Territory's intervention-era alcohol bans come to an end

After 15 years, alcohol bans imposed on some Indigenous communities during the intervention have come to an end. We speak to community leaders about what's ahead.

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NT minister says deaths of Indigenous woman and baby should have been ‘all over the news’

Deaths prompt renewed calls for attention on First Nations domestic violence victims and needs-based funding

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State of the Environment report highlights growing NT saltwater crocodile population, concerns for Kakadu wetlands

As Australian ecosystems continue to deteriorate, saltwater crocodiles in the Northern Territory are growing in population, according to a national outlook.

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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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NT Legal Aid considering further cuts to services after suspending bush courts

A financial "black hole" at the NT’s Legal Aid Commission has left remote residents unrepresented. Now, the commission’s director says the board is considering further cuts to services.

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NT affordable housing deal celebrated, but single mum Rachel Wilson is still facing homelessness

As a discharge nurse who spends her days finding hospital patients a safe place to go home to in a pocket of Australia with one of the highest rates of homelessness, Wonnarua woman Rachel Wilson never thought she'd be facing the streets herself.

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Pastoralists and traditional owners meet NT environment minister over water security fears

As fears over water security and aquifer mining grow amid a push for NT development, residents demand to be included in decisions that they say impacts their future.

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Indigenous life expectancy increases in the NT, but Aboriginal health experts say more work is needed to close the gap

The life expectancy of Indigenous people is growing more than for their non-Indigenous counterparts in the Northern Territory, new data shows. But the average Indigenous person is still likely to live 15 years less.

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NT Health Department preparing to remove hospital heads in Darwin, Palmerston

Departments heads at two of the Northern Territory's largest hospitals will be removed and forced to reapply for their jobs, amid a rise in influenza and COVID-19 cases.

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