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Department of Logistics and Infrastructure Chief Executive Louise McCormick explains how the car registration freeze and free driver's license renewal for 12 months will work
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City of Darwin CEO Simone Saunders says the Council is partnering with developer DCOH on the new $150 million Civic Centre and explains why HPA’s contract to run the Shoal Bay Trash and Treasure Shop is not being renewed
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Education Minister Jo Hersey says truancy officers will engage with families to get kids attending school before issuing fines of $370 or garnishing it from their welfare payments
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Darwin Triathlon Club’s Chris Galati says a progressive triathlon kicks off this Friday with a swim, followed by a ride on Saturday at Hidden Valley and then a 2.5km run in the afternoon in a bid to entice more people to get involved with the club
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NT Health Pediatrician Doctor Bianca Middleton says RSV is the leading cause of hospitalization for children under 6 months old, with free vaccines for the virus set to become available from next year
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Amber NT Chair Taylah Peters says the group, which provides vital support to local families who have lost a child, needs urgent community support to help it stay afloat, having exhausted all other funding avenues
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Assistant Commissioner Matt Hollamby says police have received two new planes which are used to deploy teams to remote areas quickly, adding that a 20-year-old man has been arrested after a taxi driver was assaulted and had his vehicle stolen overnight
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CDU Vice-Chancellor Professor Scott Bowman says it’s bracing for a $25 million hole in its budget next year from the loss of international student fees stemming from the Commonwealth’s cap on numbers, with around 25 redundancies on the cards
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Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says the Prime Minister is failing to keep the country’s borders secure after the arrival of foreign nationals on Croker Island, adding there have now been 23 people smuggling attempts since Labor came to power
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The Salvation Army’s Sally Courtney says there’s increasing demand for assistance amid the cost-of-living crisis with Territorians encouraged to dig deep to support this year’s Christmas food and gift appeal
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Cyclone Tracy survivor Joan Fitzsimmons explains how her family’s Christmas festivities turned into chaos and destruction when Cyclone Tracy hit, with photos captured by her father featured in a new exhibition for the 50th anniversary
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Senior Sergeant Meacham King says the TRG are running a counter-terrorism exercise in Darwin CBD tomorrow based on a scenario where the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader are taking part in a debate, during which terrorists take people hostage and start making demands
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Darwin’s Lord Mayor Kon Vatskalis says an event on November 29 to meet the artist of the kinetic sculpture commemorating the 50th anniversary of Cyclone Tracy is still going ahead, with about 100 people attending including some survivors
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NT Corrections Commissioner Matthew Varley says detainees who damaged seven bedrooms at the new Holtze youth detention centre were sharing notes and swapping tips about vulnerabilities
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Australian astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg is visiting NT schools and hopes to inspire kids to follow their passion and dreams and generate interest in STEM fields
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Katherine Outback Experience’s Tom Curtain says he’s humbled to win two awards at the Tourism industry’s night of nights, explaining how it all started out for him with no one attending his first show to now touring the country with a big support team as a Territory icon
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Darwin RSL Vice President Dan “Tank” Tellam explains the importance of Remembrance Day, reading out a poem with parting words from a fallen diggers and pays tribute to veterans doing it really tough
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Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro says $200,000 damage to the new Holtze youth detention centre shows the level of lawlessness the government is dealing with, cementing the decision to move Youth Justice under the jurisdictions of NT Corrections
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Telstra’s Regional General Manager Nic Danks has apologized for any impacts on RDH from upgrades to the Tiwi tower, saying the work has now been completed ahead of schedule and he acknowledged that text messages were not sent out to inform people of the outage
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AMA NT President Dr Robert Parker says medical staff can now make calls at Royal Darwin Hospital after a Telstra outage to upgrade the Tiwi tower but there are still issues with text messages and he’s hoping for better planning by the Telco in the future
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The Week That Was – 8th November 2024
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DAF Senior Technical Officer Teagan Haby says a local Indigenous group and students were invited to pick excess mangoes from a research project in Katherine last week, learning about harvesting the fruit
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Darwin’s Lord Mayor Kon Vatskalis responds to the concerns of Cyclone Tracy survivors about a secret event being held on November 29 to unveil the kinetic sculpture, which survivors say they’ve been excluded from
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Cyclone Tracy Survivor Robyn Cooper-Radke says many survivors feel betrayed by City of Darwin over its plans for the 50th anniversary of the cyclone and are questioning whether they attend commemorations
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Cyclone Tracy Survivor Antony Bullock claims the City of Darwin Council is holding a secret event to unveil its kinetic sculpture at Bundilla Beach after major backlash and is excluding survivors, inviting only media and dignitaries
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Bureau of Meteorology Forecaster Patch Clapp says above average temperatures are expected to continue into next week as heatwave conditions impact QLD and the NT with no reprieve from rain
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Police Commissioner Michael Murphy says two women who died after being struck by a car in Brinkin this morning were sleeping on the road and it's not the first time a fatality has occurred there
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Treasurer Bill Yan says the decision to defer three projects including undergrounding power in Darwin suburbs was made after sitting down with Treasury, which also uncovered unbudgeted projects
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East Arnhem Blues Society “Hog Shed” President Dan Wagg says they’ve raised more than $30,000 in the annual toy run for special needs kids, the Nhulunbuy domestic violence shelter and local motorcycle club’s junior coaching clinics, which is their biggest event yet
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Screen Territory Director Jennie Hughes says the NT was the hero location for Aussie drama ‘Territory’ which went to number one on Netflix in three days and she sheds light on the various sites, extras involved and businesses that benefited
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Strike Force Trident Senior Sergeant Dale Motter-Barnard sheds more light on the arrest of six people who allegedly targeted police in a stolen vehicle, running cop cars off the road, leading officers on an extensive and dangerous pursuit and says there have been 308 cars stolen since 1st July
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Australian Medical Association NT President Dr Robert Parker says Telstra 4G outages are impacting communication between medical staff at Royal Darwin Hospital, putting patients’ lives at risk and he claims there’s been no local oversight by the Telco to fast track the planned maintenance
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Opposition Leader Selina Uibo says it’s a low blow the CLP Government has paused the undergrounding of power in Darwin suburbs after many people lost food and sweltered without air conditioning for up to 11 days after Cyclone Marcus
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Darwin Turf Club CEO Grant Dewsbury explains what’s happening locally for Melbourne Cup Day and shares his top picks
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NT Parks District Manager Darwin Louise Kean says Berry Springs is now closed for the wet season after bacteria exceeded safe levels with crocodile management no longer taking place
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Wildlife carer and advocate Mignon McHendrie, who received the NT’s Local Hero Australian of the Year award says she’s been rescuing orphaned and injured animals for decades and hopes other Territorians will consider becoming a wildlife carer
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Channel 9 Political Editor Charles Croucher says the US election is remarkably close and history will be made tomorrow with either the first female president Kamala Harris elected or the return of Donald Trump who’s run an extraordinary campaign, surviving multiple assassination attempts
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Tourism Central Australia CEO Danial Rochford has welcomed $4.8 million from the NT Government for a new tourism headquarters and Visitor Information Centre, adding that a new $1.8 million skate park is set to be one of the world’s best
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Larrakia elder Richard Fejo says he’s quit as Chair of the Darwin Waterfront in protest against the CLP lowering the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12
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NT Driver Guide operator Deb Frosh says a number of Kakadu operators are frustrated with late openings and early site closures, with very little notice or reasons given by Parks Australia
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Kopi Stop/Makan Stop owner Jules Mou and Activate Darwin Executive Director Jo Smallcombe provide a wrap up of the Darwin Laksa Festival winners and say the event is boosting local business, with tourists also traveling to attend
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Major Crash Unit Detective Senior Sergeant Richard Musgrave says alcohol and drugs were factors in 52 of the NT’s fatal crashes, with the road toll now sitting at 54 after a pedestrian was struck by a bicycle in Nakara
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NT Police Association President Nathan Finn welcomes the CLP’s new laws that have come into effect, with tougher penalties for assaults on frontline workers soon to receive Administrator assent after 15 to 20 assaults on police last week
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Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro unveils a $27 million package for Alice Springs for infrastructure projects to improve liveability, stimulate the economy and increase tourism
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NT Health Medical Entomology, Operations Manager, Stephen Fricker says mosquito numbers have boomed in Darwin after a recent 8m high tide and rainfall created ideal conditions for eggs to hatch
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NT Electoral Commissioner Kirsten Kelly says about 50,000 people didn’t vote in the NT election and notices are now being sent out in the post, with fines of $25 for those who don’t have a valid excuse
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Criminal Lawyers Association of the NT President Beth Wild says an additional $1 million for Legal Aid NT won’t allow it to resume business as usual and there’s uncertainty around trials for next year where people are unlikely to have legal representation
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The Week That Was – 1st November 2024
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Stroke survivor and advocate Richard Crookes says he’s planning to walk 12km in November and raise $12,000 for the Stroke Foundation to support the cause, which has impacted four of his mates this year
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Department of Tourism Chief Marketing Officer Tony Quarmby hopes the Netflix series ‘Territory’ will entice people to visit the NT outback after it went number one around the world, with a tourism campaign launched to capitalise on its success
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