Many migrants, including those in the NT, experience financial, social and emotional pressures. These sometimes lead them to gambling as a means of socialisation or stress relief.
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The new show, centred on power struggles in Australia’s Top End, joins a spate of successful Australian commissions released by the streamer this year.
A group of alcohol policy researchers raises concerns that proposed changes will worsen the very issues the NT government aims to address.
In attempts to curb youth crime, the NT government wants to lower the age of criminal responsibility, while the Coalition in Queensland wants to try children as adults for some crimes.
Record-breaking winter warmth has been felt across large parts of Australia, with more to come in coming days. A climate scientist explains what’s going on.
The CLP has won majority government in an election that saw the Labor Chief Minister lose government and her own seat.
With polling day on Saturday, the incumbent Labor government is facing an uphill battle to stay in power, but neither major party is acknowledging the elephant in the room.
The Top End heads to the polls this Saturday. In a territory that has been both over-governed and neglected, there’s little on offer for Indigenous communities.
After the referendum loss, the government hasn’t had much of a plan for Indigenous Australians. The new minister’s biggest challenge will be making one.
Fatal crocodile attacks are extraordinarily rare in Australia – and there is no evidence to suggest their numbers are too high.
Small renewable energy systems are replacing dirty diesel generators in remote communities. This study of 20 Australian microgrid feasibility projects reveals widespread benefits.
The 2023 megafires burnt more than 84 million hectares of desert and savannah in northern Australia. That’s larger than the whole of NSW, or more than three times size of the UK.
The Northern Territory’s Indigenous population predominantly voted ‘Yes’ to a Voice to Parliament. Despite the referendum’s ‘No’ outcome, the Northern Territory is making moves to self determination.
The leader has been under increasing pressure on a number of fronts, chief among them the failure to disclose shares she held, prompting accusations of having a conflict of interest.
The landmark inquest is investigating how four women killed by their partners were failed by systems meant to protect them. How can we stop this from happening?
Last week, the High Court ruled the community of Santa Teresa could be compensated for the “distress and disappointment” caused by their poor housing. So how can such housing be better managed?
The ABC Four Corners episode ‘Guarded’ shows an increase of private policing and security in the Northern Territory. These privatised security measures need legislation to ensure community safety.
From a legal standpoint, there is a difference between a state and a territory, and for some that justifies giving territory voters less say over changes to the national constitution.
The project’s environmental credentials rely on highly speculative technologies, making Middle Arm a grand experiment with our climate.
A non-fatal crocodile attack on a tourist last week made headlines. But talk of culling is an over-reaction to a fairly isolated incident.
Top contributors
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Adjunct Professor, The Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Managing Director, Her Story Consulting & Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
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Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne
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Purple House Medical Advisor. Honorary ANU., Australian National University
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PhD student studying human-saltwater crocodile conflict, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Co-coordinator of Tangentyere Women’s Family Safety Group, Indigenous Knowledge
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Co-coordinator of the Tangentyere Youth Safety Group, and Northern Territory Aboriginal Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence Advisory Group, Indigenous Knowledge
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Senior Lecturer of Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Education and Research Centre, James Cook University
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Senior Research Associate, Charles Darwin University
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Warumungu Elder and Director of the Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation, Tennant Creek, Indigenous Knowledge
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Professor, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University