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The High Court rules in favour of native title holders in the Northern Territory preventing mining giant Glencore from expanding a critical part of its large zinc and lead mine on the Gulf of Carpentaria.

A group of traditional owners are seeking "no less than" $225 million in compensation over the effects of the Northern Territory's largest zinc and lead mine.

The Northern and Central Land Councils are calling on both levels of government to urgently address "the inequities in the current system". 

Workers allege they were told to keep spraying contaminated drill rig water around a gas fracking site in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin for up to five days, despite gas company Tamboran knowing the fluid was contaminated.

In the remote Northern Territory town of Borroloola devoted rodeo enthusiasts spent the weekend breathing new life into an old Australian sport.

Every year the showgrounds in the remote NT community of Borroloola turn into arena for the next generation of rodeo riders.

Described by spectators as one of the last "old school" rodeos left in Australia, the Borroloola Bushman's Carnival brings together families from across cattle stations and surrounding Indigenous communities.

Australia's national transport safety watchdog is concerned there are issues "relating to the status of evidence available" for its safety investigation that has embroiled celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright in an unfolding court battle.

Lawyers lodging the appeal on behalf of traditional owners and environment groups say the recent Supreme Court decision is serious, and if left unchallenged "could set a dangerous precedent".

A US gas company with the biggest stake in the Beetaloo Basin has welcomed the approval of a full-scale fracking industry, while some locals say they are "devastated". 

The NT Supreme Court has dismissed an application against a decision by the territory mining minister to slash the McArthur River Mine's rehabilitation bond.

Northern Territory's mining and industry minister slashed the environmental security bond at one of the world's largest lead and zinc mines.

The minister's decision-making with respect to the McArthur River Mine is currently being challenged in court by environmentalists and traditional owners in a case described as nationally significant.

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a tropical cyclone warning for communities along the Top End's east from Groote Eylandt to the Queensland border.

The Central Australian Frack Free Alliance will argue the Northern Territory's Environment Minister failed to consider the full environmental impacts of new exploration works in the Beetaloo Basin.

The oil and gas industry's peak body says Beetaloo fracking licences could be issued in a month, as critics say the government's promise to implement a key inquiry is "impossible".

A total of 273 saltwater crocodiles, which are known for being the more aggressive of the two types, were captured and removed from Top End waterways this year.

Under the draft Georgina Wiso water allocation plan, the territory government says more than 262 gigalitres of water can be taken "sustainably" each year within the Daly, Roper and Beetaloo district. 

Acid continues to leak into this outback creek, more than two decades after a nearby mine closed — and its clean-up could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.

A Northern Territory judge has stood aside from a legal challenge over a massive lead and zinc mine's security bond, after a court heard she previously advised the government on the project as NT Solicitor-General.

Investigators have declared the scene of the crash, in a remote corner of the territory, a crime scene. 

One of the worst mangrove diebacks in the world was recorded in Australia in 2016. Now, scientists have identified the cause — but it may be too late for the ecosystems to recover.

In the Northern Territory's most remote communities the justice system flies-in and flies-out. With no permanent judges, lawyers or even dedicated court facilities the NT's Circuit court or "bush court" is unlike the justice system in the city.

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.

Recent funding issues have left some residents either unrepresented or forced to travel hundreds of kilometres to access a lawyer.