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Diabetes rates in Central Australia among highest in the world, new research shows

New research finds rates of diabetes in Central Australia are amongst the highest ever seen worldwide – and they are getting worse, with more people diagnosed every year, at far younger ages than ever seen before.

ABC News · Aug 5, 2022

Blacken Open Air Festival brings metal to Central Australia with first-ever international act

Metal heads from around the country are travelling to one of the most unique locations for a metal concert around the world this weekend for the Blacken Open Air festival.

ABC News · Jul 29, 2022

Skyrocketing Qantas airfares, axed routes and slashed seats worrying for outback town

Tourism Central Australia is holding Qantas to account for its high cost of flights to and from Alice Springs, which could spell disaster for the livability of the tourism hub.

ABC News · Jul 28, 2022

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Gun located after NT Police find bodies of baby, two adults at outstation north of Alice Springs

An adult man, adult woman and baby have been found dead at an outstation north of Alice Springs, in what police have described as a domestic violence incident.

ABC News · Jul 17, 2022

Single dad’s frantic plea to daughter, 7, as she lay dying after freak campsite accident

Kim Roser and his family were beginning their holiday at a campsite in Central Australia when tragedy struck as daughter, Kahleesi, fell from their Nissan Patrol

Daily Mirror · Jun 20, 2022

Girl, 7, dies after allegedly falling from moving vehicle in Central Australia

Northern Territory police are investigating the death of a seven-year-old girl in remote Central Australia who sustained "serious head injuries" after allegedly falling from a moving vehicle.

ABC News · Jun 8, 2022

NT Police investigating fatal tour bus crash in Central Australia, passengers remain in hospital

A 69-year-old man died after the tourist bus rolled on Monday afternoon in Central Australia, with the cause of the crash still under investigation.

ABC News · Jun 7, 2022

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Every Hill Got A Story: collected First Nations oral histories are a profound gift to national memory

Bequeathed from memory to memory, these records remind us how recently central Australian Indigenous people felt the upheaval of colonialism

The Guardian - AU · May 27, 2022

West Macs Monster ultramarathon running festival begins in Central Australia

Competitors in the 231km West Macs Monster race through rugged terrain west of Alice Springs started running on Friday morning and have 60 hours to complete the trail.

ABC News · May 20, 2022

Man killed in car crash near remote Northern Territory community of Ampilatwatja in Central Australia

Detectives from the Major Crash Unit are investigating the car crash on the remote Sandover Highway last night.

ABC News · May 17, 2022

Petrol-sniffing reports in Central Australia increase as kids abuse low aromatic Opal fuel

Community services are sounding the alarm following multiple reports of young people abusing Opal fuel.

ABC News · May 10, 2022

Man, 72, survives cardiac arrest on remote Central Australian hike

A tour guide and former paramedic uses a defibrillator he is carrying to bring a 72-year-old man back to a stable condition, while assisted by his tour group during a bushwalk in the Red Centre.

ABC News · Apr 28, 2022

Larapinta Trail warning after hiker, 22, dies and paramedics rescue groups in crippling heat

Authorities responding to three Central Australia incidents in a week, including the death of a 22-year-old man, plead with hikers to prepare for hot weather.

ABC News · Apr 12, 2022

Booster rates in Barkly, Central Australian remote Aboriginal communities lag behind NT average

The NT's peak Aboriginal health body is calling for "urgent action" to boost remote vaccination rates — especially in Central Australia and the Barkly region — before the NT continues to wind back public health measures.

ABC News · Feb 27, 2022

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ABC News · Feb 11, 2022

Grieving family and Aboriginal health organisation accuse the NT government of under-reporting Indigenous COVID-19 deaths

An Aboriginal health organisation is demanding an independent inquiry into every death in Central Australia, accusing the government of under-reporting deaths from COVID-19.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2022

Hewitt Cattle Australia buys four Central Australian properties for nearly $100 million

Four adjoining cattle stations — "one of largest organic land parcels in world" — have sold in Central Australia for nearly $100 million.

ABC News · Feb 8, 2022

Roper River will 'disappear', traditional owners say, as government considers massive water allocation

As distressed traditional owners in Central Australia grapple with the approval of the Northern Territory's largest groundwater licence, elders and pastoralists further north brace for yet another battle.

ABC News · Feb 6, 2022

NT records fifth COVID-related death as number of patients in hospital grows

The Northern Territory has recorded its fifth death related to COVID-19, a man in his 60s from the remote community of Kintore in Central Australia.

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ABC News · Feb 4, 2022

Flood-hit NT communities taking desperate measures to restore food supplies

Sustained, soaking rainfalls across Central Australia this week set dry rivers and creeks flowing and greened the red country. But the heavy rain also wreaked havoc, stalling services to remote communities and leaving flood damage in its wake.

ABC News · Jan 28, 2022

NT Aboriginal groups accuse government of 'significant failure' managing COVID outbreak

The NT's peak Aboriginal health groups send a scathing letter to Chief Minister Michael Gunner accusing the government of "significant failure" managing the territory's COVID-19 outbreak and calling for more action.

The Guardian - AU · Jan 27, 2022

Morning mail: Covid ‘out of control’ in central Australia, rising petrol prices, brutal killer whales

Friday: Aboriginal organisations accuse the NT government of failing to carry out emergency plans over outbreak. Plus: recordings show orcas hunting blue whales

The Guardian - AU · Jan 27, 2022

‘Catastrophic failure’: Covid out of control in the NT, say Aboriginal groups

Territory government accused of failing to implement preprepared plans and urged to lock down central Australia

The Conversation · Jan 26, 2022

'Life finds a way': here's how rainbowfish survive in Australia's scorching desert

A trip into central Australia involves packing your 4WD to the brim with survival gear, water and food. Yet fish have managed to persist in that parched landscape for thousands of years – how do they do it?

ABC News · Jan 25, 2022

Aboriginal Congress calls for 'complete lockdown' of Central Australia. Health Minister Natasha Fyles disagrees

Central Australia's peak Aboriginal health body has warned "a Tsunami of COVID cases is coming" to the region and has called for a "complete lockdown" of the area. NT Health Minister Natasha Fyles says current health advice does not recommend such a move.

ABC News · Jan 23, 2022

NT Police arrest man, 18, over fatal stabbing in Mutitjulu, near Uluru in Central Australia

Northern Territory police arrest an 18-year-old man following a fatal stabbing near Uluru in Central Australia on Saturday.

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