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The Latest Breaking News from the Northern Territory

Youth worker named NT Australian of the Year

A youth advocate who was instrumental in reducing substance abuse in the Northern Territory has been named the NT's Australian of the Year.

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No back door for 5 years: remote community's High Court win is good news for renters everywhere

It took seven years, but a tiny remote community in the Northern Territory had a major legal win yesterday.

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'Cheap police': Four Corners shows the dangers of private policing in the NT and why First Nations people are more at risk

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of deceased people and mentions of discrimination and violence against First Nations people.

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Beetaloo 'climate bomb' cannot be offset, inquiry told

Independent modelling suggests governments have underestimated emissions from the Northern Territory's proposed Beetaloo Basin project and a Darwin Harbour hub.

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Pro-Palestine activists block entry to Pine Gap base

Activists have blocked the entry to a joint US-Australia military base in the Northern Territory to show solidarity with Palestinian people.

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Australian delegation signs MoU with State

A delegation from Australia’s Northern Territory led by Deputy Chief Minister Nicole Manison visited Kerala and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Northern Territory and Kerala governments for increased cooperation between the two regions.

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Final Voice polls have 'no' leading by sizeable to landslide margins

The referendum on the Indigenous Voice to parliament will be held on Saturday. Polls close at 6pm AEDT in the south-eastern states, 6:30pm in South Australia, 7pm in Queensland, 7:30pm in the Northern Territory and 9pm in Western Australia.

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NT not a 'failed state' says chief minister

John Howard and Tony Abbott have criticised the Northern Territory government's handling of the education and health of Indigenous Australians.

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Voice support falls in Newspoll to new low, but is up in Resolve though still well behind

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'Never seen anything like it': four kids among six dead

A 4WD carrying six people, including four children, ignited into a fireball that burned for hours after colliding with a road train in the Northern Territory.

AAP

Passengers in 4WD killed in fatal outback crash

Multiple passengers in a four-wheel drive were killed when the vehicle collided with a truck near a small town in the Northern Territory.

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US actor Steve Martin backs Australian film on Indigenous art movement

Comedian announced as executive producer on Honey Ant Dreamers, about the evolution of the Papunya Western Desert art movement, to be filmed across the Northern Territory

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Hundreds rally for domestic violence 'system in crisis'

A day of action has been held against domestic, family and sexual violence in the Northern Territory, where organisers say the system is in crisis.

AAP

Crepe attack on NT chief hard to swallow for angry PM

The attack on the Northern Territory's chief minister should not be dismissed as something light-hearted, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says.

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NT Police officer accused of rape to be paid in prison

A police officer accused of raping and choking a woman in the Northern Territory has been refused bail.

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Man arrested for allegedly lighting 80 fires across NT

A man has been arrested for allegedly lighting fires across the Northern Territory, which is bracing for one of its worst fire seasons in recent years.

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Heatwave, bushfires wreak havoc as threat moves north

Bushfires are burning across a number of states as a heatwave is forecast to move into Queensland and the Northern Territory, sparking a wave of warnings.

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State and territory ballots will be counted differently at the Voice referendum – is that fair?

When Australians vote on the Voice to Parliament referendum on October 14, ballots from the Northern Territory and the ACT will be treated differently from those of the states. The same goes for votes cast by residents of Norfolk Island, Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

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What Manchester Museum’s return of 174 Indigenous artefacts tells us about the future of museums

Manchester Museum has formally handed over 174 cultural heritage items to a delegation of women from the Anindilyakwa community of Groote Eylandt, an island in the Northern Territory.

The Guardian - AU

One in 10 students are falling behind on literacy and numeracy, revamped Naplan finds

NSW had the best results while more than 30% of students in the Northern Territory failed to meet proficiency standards

The Guardian - AU

Labor faces push to triple number of NT and ACT senators and give territorians a bigger say in referendums

Exclusive: Under national conference proposal, the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory would have six senators

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The Northern Territory does not have a crocodile problem – and 'salties' do not need culling

Last week, a 67-year-old man was bitten on the arm by a saltwater crocodile at a waterhole in the Northern Territory’s Top End. Predictably, the incident has prompted debate over whether a crocodile cull is needed.

The Guardian - AU

‘Where is the accountability?’: Indigenous children bear the brunt of Australia’s unequal education system

In the Northern Territory, the failure to implement the Gonski funding reforms has left students with the fewest resources further disadvantaged

The Guardian - AU

Binybara is not just home to the Gouldian finch. It’s part of the Larrakia nation. And it deserves protection

Binybara, also known as Lee Point, is sacred. Traditional owners, bird watchers, ecologists, activists and lawyers were standing shoulder to shoulder as bulldozers neared

The Guardian - AU

Lethal highways: the Indigenous pedestrian deaths that haunt the Northern Territory

Aboriginal people in the NT are 15 times more likely to be killed by a car than pedestrians elsewhere in Australia. And efforts to reduce the toll have come up against widespread acceptance of Territory habits

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