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Report recommends suspending APY Lands manager while investigation into the use of funding is underway

Aboriginal leaders on South Australia's remote Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands should consider suspending their manager Richard King while an investigation is carried out into the use of Commonwealth funding, an independent report has found.




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Alice Springs council rejects NT Government National Indigenous Art Gallery deal

Once touted as Australia's next great cultural precinct, the National Indigenous Art Gallery planned for Alice Springs has hit another hurdle with the town's council rejecting the NT Government's $20-million land-swap deal.



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Alice Springs woman to give birth in prison after stealing from employer

A heavily pregnant Alice Springs woman is sentenced to five years and three months in prison for stealing $486,000 from her former employer, leaving the business almost bankrupt.



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Violent rapist released on parole in Alice Springs

In sentencing, Justice Blokland takes into account the age of the offender but describes his actions as "shocking" and "deserving of a strong punitive response."



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Earl of Wessex Prince Edward meets students on royal visit to the NT

Despite the Earl of Wessex's decades of royal training, nothing could prepare him for a crash course in Aussie Rules football in the sizzling Top End sun.




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Alice Springs was only supposed to be for a few days but now I'm pretty sure I live here

When Hannah Mifflin's 4WD broke down during an eight-month family road trip around Australia, she never expected they would find themselves accidentally moving to the Red Centre.



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Uluru helicopter crash survivors recall harrowing moments before impact

On a cool March morning in 1968, a television commercial shoot slated for the top of Uluru went horribly wrong.




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Alice Springs plane graveyard to house Silk Air's grounded Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes

Airlines around the world grounded their Boeing 737 MAX 8 passenger planes after two crashes which killed 346 people. Now, as investigations continue, six of the planes are flown to Alice Springs for storage.



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Wild black kites have been gatecrashing the bird show at Alice Springs Desert Park




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NT Aboriginal health clinics close over Christmas for 'indefinite period' due to lack of staff

It will take up to four hours for critically injured patients from these remote communities to reach emergency medical treatment if the NT Government pushes ahead with plans to close clinics.




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Uluru climb closure 2019: Arrival of final day gives voice to other claims by traditional owners

The climb closure at Uluru could motivate other traditional owner groups around the country to limit access to their cultural and sacred sites.



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Closing the climb was the easy part creating a brighter future for the people who live there is much harder

If tourists could see Mutitjulu, most would be shocked by the level of abject poverty at Australia's famous natural wonder.




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North East Victoria's first community owned solar system is switched on




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Deer kills man, injures woman near Wangaratta in north-east Victoria

A pet deer fatally attacks a man and injures his wife during feeding. The couple's son had to beat the animal with a lump of wood to save his mother, the ABC has been told.




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The Hyde family will make a final appeal to the Administrative Review Tribunal on April 30




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Coalition makes on-farm pre-election pledge of cheap loans and water market review

Fair water trading and cheap on-farm loans are at the centre of a Coalition pre-election promise to boost Australia's agriculture sector.





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CWA of NSW offers virtual branch meetings as a way for members to stay connected

The Country Women's Association of NSW has launched a virtual branch, aiming to cater to its grey nomads members while they are own the move.




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Volunteer detection dogs sniff out endangered alpine insects

Volunteer detection dogs have been trained to find the endangered alpine stonefly at Falls Creek, an insect measuring just 50 millimetres in length.





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Detection dogs have been trained to locate the endangered Alpine Stonefly





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Karen Chetcuti's family suing Victorian Government over her 'wrongful death'

The family of brutally murdered woman Karen Chetcuti, whose killer was a rapist on parole, is suing the Victorian Government for her wrongful death.




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South Gippsland hailstorm blankets beaches as wet weather sweeps across Victoria

A hailstorm blankets Gippsland beaches in white as a cold front sweeps across Victoria, downing trees and causing flash flooding as it dumps 50 millimetres of rain west of Melbourne.




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Artefacts salvaged from Ned Kelly's last stand at Glenrowan to be reunited after more than a century

Two items salvaged from the ruins of the Glenrowan Inn, which burnt to the ground in a siege between the Kelly Gang and police almost 140 years ago, will be brought together again for an exhibition in north-east Victoria.





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Drought support review recommends separating Farm Household Allowance from 'complex' social security

A fortnightly welfare payment for farmers, considered to be the cornerstone of drought assistance, should be removed from social security legislation, an independent review recommends.





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Concerns conditions on Charles Sturt University's registration will damage student credibility

Concerns are raised about Charles Sturt University's spending priorities and credibility after a number of conditions were attached to the facility's registration.




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Scientists raise concerns with National Carp Control Plan using herpes virus

Australian aquatic ecologists say the National Carp Control Plan falls short on safety and efficacy as the deadline for advice to Federal Government approaches.




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Victorian Budget winners and losers

How will the Victorian Government find the cash to deliver its costly promises as stamp duty falls and federal funding hopes are not realised? Through what the Treasurer warned would be a "Budget of hard choices".





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Victoria's misunderstood road rules explained

As Victoria's road toll surges well above what it was this time a year ago, we look at some of the state's most misunderstood traffic rules.





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Police offer $500k reward in hunt for person who shot cyclist on Myrtleford-Everton Rail Trail

After two years, police in Victoria still do not know why someone shot Kelvin Tennant while he was cycling on the Myrtleford-Everton Rail Trail in 2017. They are offering a $500,000 reward to find the person responsible.





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Littleproud flags possible government intervention in southern water market ahead of ACCC inquiry

The newly sworn-in Water Minister David Littleproud is to order ACCC inquiry into water trading in southern basin.




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Grunt the 'very friendly' giant pet pig banned from walking on Wangaratta Council's public land

Wangaratta Council has issued the pig's owner with a cease and desist notice, stating he has broken a local law by walking Grunt the pig in public and will be fined $806 if he continues.






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Milk recall for Coles, Pauls, REV and PhysiCAL brands over cleaner contamination fears

Eight popular milk brands sold in supermarkets across Victoria and southern New South Wales are being recalled over fears a cleaning solution made its way into the batch.




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Injured Albury water polo star Nick Dempsey moves to Gold Coast for next stage of rehabilitation

Former water polo star Nick Dempsey will leave his Albury home to continue therapy at one of Australia's leading rehabilitation facilities on the Gold Coast.




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Victorian High Country's iconic Mount Buffalo Chalet still waiting for long-overdue makeover

Australia's largest timber building, the Mount Buffalo Chalet, will stay mothballed through another Australian winter without undergoing any development works.




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Joshua Clavell faces court after being shot by police in Barnawartha standoff

A man who was shot by police in northern Victoria last week, after he and his brother allegedly threatened officers with a knife and a tomahawk, appears in court charged with assaulting police.




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New hope for Hyde family as minister reviews cystic fibrosis deportation case

An Irish family, at risk of being deported because of their son's cystic fibrosis, has been given renewed hope with the news that their case will be reviewed.




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Farmers celebrate record lamb prices but it's not good news for everyone

It is a familiar story, high commodity prices benefit some parts of the supply chain, but not others. That is the case in the sheep and lamb industry, where record prices are a boon for farmers, but a nightmare for processors and butchers.




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WIN News to cut four commercial TV newsrooms in Orange, Wagga Wagga, Albury and Bundaberg

Regional communities have been left reeling, following WIN News' announcement it would be axing four commercial television newsrooms in New South Wales and Queensland.




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Milk recalled in Victoria, southern NSW over possible E.coli contamination

There has been a second milk recall affecting stores in Victoria and southern New South Wales over fears about possible E.coli contamination.




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High country huts, some more than 100 years old, still saving lives and preserving Victorian history

Victoria's high country huts, preserved and maintained by around 240 volunteers, are each a little piece of history with an important job to do.