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The race for Indonesia's presidency has officially begun

Expatriate voters of Indonesia currently residing in the Northern Territory have headed to the polls early to cast their ballot.
ABC News Current
Duration: 1 minute 57 seconds

Outdoor life comes at a price for farmers as they face a greater risk of skin cancer

Living your best outdoor life could be putting you at risk of the "national cancer", health workers warn. Here's why annual checks should be part of everybody's beauty routine.
Bernard Atkins stands in a cap and green shirt, in front of silver cows and green pastures

How a baseballer from a multi-billion-dollar franchise ended up pitching in the outback

In spring in the northern hemisphere, Blake Whitney trains alongside the best baseballers in the world but in the off-season he's just another player in Alice Springs.
A man with a hat slings a baseball bat over his right shoulder while standing in a baseball diamond

Here's everything you need to know about today's AACTA Awards

It's been billed as Australia's answer to the Golden Globes — or even the Oscars, depending on who you ask — and the stars are gathering for the ceremony on the Gold Coast.
A composite image of Margot Robbie, Rebel Wilson and Cate Blanchett

Here is why not every wind from the ocean is a sea breeze

More than 85 per cent of Australians live within 50 kilometres of the ocean, but the variation in weather across any slice of this narrow coastal band is substantial.
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Sea breeze illustration shows uneven heating of the earth's surface near a coastline leads to a sea breeze circulation.

Politicians in two states have changed their stance on treaties since the Voice

How best to address inequality experienced by Indigenous people is again front and centre for politicians, after a long post-Voice referendum hiatus.
A group of protestors hold up signs saying 'always was always will be Aboriginal land', coloured in as Aboriginal flags.

Youth fighting assault charges in Don Dale seeks to scrap evidence, alleging unlawful deprivation of food and lockdowns

The teenager's lawyer has argued that evidence including CCTV footage, allegedly showing him punching the guards and throwing urine on them, should be excluded from the case on the grounds that it was "unlawfully obtained". 
The exterior of the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre, showing the building surrounding by a barbed wire fence.

Embattled Aboriginal law firm insists full services will resume, amid funding concerns

After months of turmoil that have sparked concerns for its funding, the board of NAAJA has defended itself amid suggestions the organisation is unable to do its job.
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The exterior of the NAAJA building in Darwin.

Man charged following alleged sexual assault of child in Tennant Creek

Police have charged a 52-year-old man for gross indecency against a child under 10 years following the investigation of an alleged sexual assault that occurred in Tennant Creek on Wednesday.
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The town of Tennant Creek

'It's a bleak day': Operator of Tennant Creek mine enters voluntary administration

Elmore, the mining company that runs the Peko iron ore and gold mine in Tennant Creek, reported a loss of almost $24 million last financial year. It has told the ASX it is "insolvent or likely to become insolvent at some future time".
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Processing plant

Increased proportion of NT government spending left the territory last year, data shows

The Buy Local Plan is designed to ensure the largest proportion of NT government spending goes to local businesses. Data shows that objective is not being met.
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Mitchell Street is the main strip of the Darwin city.

Residents of NT town call for help with flood recovery

The NT Government insists it has provided the appropriate support, but many on the ground feel the response has been patchy.
ABC News Current
Duration: 2 minutes 17 seconds

Netflix star Matt Wright and company Helibrook accused of falsifying flight records

The NT workplace safety watchdog accuses Matt Wright of interfering with flight record data following a crash that killed his Netflix co-star Chris "Willow" Wilson in 2022.
A man in a blue shirt is surrounded by reporters with microphones and cameras.

High Court blocks expansion of McArthur River mine

The dispute between native title holders and a subsidiary of Glencore has spanned a decade.
ABC News Current
Duration: 1 minute 52 seconds

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. 
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Julalikari Corporation property in Tennant Creek

Blackout leaves tens of thousands in NT without power

The outage has been blamed on a localised gas supply issue at a power station.
ABC News Current
Duration: 1 minute 47 seconds

Disgraced zoologist's sentencing delayed

Adam Britton has pleaded guilty to 60 offences, including bestiality, possessing child abuse material, and animal cruelty charges.
ABC News Current
Duration: 2 minutes 10 seconds

Further delays to 'sadistic' zoologist's bestiality and child abuse material sentencing

Disgraced zoologist Adam Britton pleaded guilty in September to 60 offences, including bestiality, possessing child abuse material and other animal cruelty charges.
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Adam Britton stands by greenery wearing a green shirt

Remote NT communities still grappling from flood impacts

It's not just inundation that's done damage – one Kalkarindji leader says his community was left divided in the wake of last year's flood emergency.
ABC News Current
Duration: 2 minutes 5 seconds

'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.
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Close up of middle aged Indigenous man with beard

What to do when elderly parents refuse to talk about aged care

Australia's aged care sector is entering a stage of "critical" reform. So what do you do when a loved one is hesitant to accept requisite care later in life?
A man in a hat during golden hour in Florence, Italy.

Deadly rollover prompts calls for road improvements in NT

Four people were killed in a single-vehicle crash on a notorious stretch of unsealed road on the Roper Highway.
ABC News Current
Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds

Culling on the cards as NT grapples with croc numbers

Experts say culling – banned since 1971 – won't make anyone safer.
ABC News Current
Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds

We relived the thrills and spills of the Turnbull years in Nemesis — with political analysis from Annabel Crabb

The ABC's political docuseries Nemesis is back. We unpack the biggest moments from episode 2, with political analysis from Annabel Crabb. 
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A portrait of Malcolm Turnbull looking determinedly down the barrel of the camera.

NT public to have say on croc culling as chief minister flags concern with current numbers

The NT government has released a draft plan to manage crocodiles for the next 10 years, with the population currently over 100,000 in the jurisdiction.
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The eye and head of a crocodile swimming in water