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At this NT school, students are learning to stand up to bullies and be a good friend

The NT government has committed to rolling out a specialist mental health education framework in all of its schools from next year.
A woman smiles at the camera, in front of her are two happy kids in Ludmilla Primary uniforms.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Educationby Isabella Tolhurst

One of Australia's largest Indigenous corporations is being investigated. Here's why

An Aboriginal corporation in the remote Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek is facing allegations it misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars in public funding. 
Julalikari Corporation property in Tennant Creek

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)by Lee Robinson

'We weren't as one': Damages to flood evacuation centre sparked divisions in outback community

The damages to the Howard Springs centre by flood evacuees tabbed up to hundreds of thousands of dollars – one of the remote communities involved is still trying to recover from the controversy.
Close up of middle aged Indigenous man with beard

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Emergency Evacuationby Matt Garrick

'I'm pretty desensitised now': One year since alcohol bans returned, Alice Springs looks to future

A year on from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's visit to Alice Springs, progress on alcohol-related harm and violence remains an uphill battle.
Empty liquor bottles and cans lay in the dry Todd River.
Duration: 3 minutes 58 seconds

Published: Source: StatelineTopic: Alcoholby Lee Robinson and Matt Garrick

Delay to fish kill investigation disappoints environmentalist in call for better monitoring

A Katherine resident is concerned about the quality of information collected by government investigators after it took four days for them to get to the site of a Northern Territory fish kill.
Dead fish among a reedy waterbank
Duration: 36 seconds

Published: Source: ABC Alice SpringsTopic: Environmentby Myles Houlbrook-Walk and James Elton

Calls for investigation after pensioner charged $54k for home insurance on 'asbestos cottage'

There are calls for an ASIC investigation after an Indigenous pensioner was charged an annual insurance premium of almost $10,000 by QBE for an asbestos-clad home in a remote town in Western Australia.
A composite image of Leonard O'Meara and a drone shot of his house in Derby, WA.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Insuranceby Michael Atkin and Emily Laurence

NT opposition leader indicates CLP would reverse ban on spit hoods in youth detention centres

Just months away from an election where crime will be a pressing issue for voters, the NT opposition leader has a message for young offenders: "If you don't want to have a spit hood put on you, then don't spit on our frontline workers". 
The side of a womans face.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Crimeby Roxanne Fitzgerald

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Fish discovered dead in NT waterway

Sam Phelan captured videos showing fish dead along the surface of a remote Northern Territory waterway near Marlinja.
Duration: 36 seconds

Source: ABC Alice Springs

Jury still out on NT alcohol bans one year on

Despite blanket alcohol bans being reimposed on Aboriginal town camps and communities, progress on alcohol-related harm and violence remains an uphill battle in Alice Springs.
Duration: 3 minutes 56 seconds

Source: ABC News

Aftermath of fight in Alice Springs

NT Police arrested four people over a clash between two family groups in Alice Springs
Duration: 12 seconds

Source: ABC News

Car vandals strike again at Alice Springs

NT police say they are investigating but some residents of the apartment complex are considering leaving the town after repeated attacks.
Duration: 2 minutes 5 seconds

Source: ABC News

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Urn containing ashes reunited with family who'd stored them in microwave sent to flood victims

The urn containing ashes was lost in Cairns two weeks ago after being stashed in a microwave that had been donated to flood victims. It took a little help from local radio before it could be reunited with the family.
woman and man holding ornate glass urn

Published: Source: ABC Far NorthTopic: Human Interestby Brendan Mounter, Charlie McKillop and Amanda Cranston

Three men plead not guilty to murder of drug dealer in robbery gone wrong

A Supreme Court jury is told a known ice dealer was gunned down in his car as he fled a "drug rip" — the ripping off of a drug dealer — north of Newcastle. 
A man in a singlet taking a selfie in the mirror.

Published: Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Crimeby Giselle Wakatama

Environmentalist slams approval of one of largest proposed greenfield coal mines

Whitehaven Coal's Winchester South coal mine in central Queensland's Bowen Basin plans to extract up to 17 million tonnes of coal a year for about 30 years.
Mine infrastructure in a coalfield, blue sky.

Published: Source: ABC CapricorniaTopic: Mining (Rural)by Katrina Beavan

Police recover 4WD vehicle from WA cliff crash that killed two men

Authorities have recovered the wreckage of a four-wheel drive after it plunged over a steep cliff at a remote WA beach, killing Matthew Farr and Louis Eeles, and seriously injuring a third.
Two young men with long hair smiling holding big fish.

Published: Source: ABC Midwest & WheatbeltTopic: Policeby Alice Angeloni

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