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Laksa chef Amye Un standing with protest sign




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Darwin is celebrating the Augmented Reality street art festival




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Augmented reality takes Darwin art off the walls and into the streets

For the past three years, the Darwin Street Art Festival has enlivened the city's derelict laneways. This year, those artworks are coming to life, thanks to an augmented-reality app that transforms static images into three-dimensional animations.



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Barramundi fail to breed in Daly River as researchers report 'lowest catch on record'

Where have all the barra gone? Research concludes 2019 has had the lowest recording of juvenile barramundi in the Daly River in over a decade as the beloved fish "failed to breed".




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Juvenile barramundi caught at Bamboo Creek, Daly River




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Recorded data of juvenile barramundi in Daly River




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Presenter Karla Grant 'shocked' after being questioned by police in Alice Springs while buying alcohol

The high-profile host of SBS show Living Black says she was racially profiled by police in the Northern Territory, saying she was treated like a "grog runner" when she entered an Alice Springs bottle shop.




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NT Chief Minister says tender process for $12m grandstand did not meet public expectations

A report says the process for a $12 million grandstand at Darwin Turf Club was "independent and fair", but the Chief Minister wants rules tightened.




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Darwin psychiatric facility told to secure fence following patient's death

A coronial inquest finds found the death of Daniel Bleaney, who died by suicide after absconding from Darwin psychiatric facility, was entirely preventable.




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Emergency warnings for NT bushfires downgraded

Emergency warnings for bushfires burning near Darwin have been downgraded as fire crews battle to prevent the further spread of fire.





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Northern Territory bushfire emergency a wake-up call for rural family

Scorched earth and burned toys show just how close a family's home came to destruction during rural Darwin's bushfire emergency.



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Kakadu uranium protest documentary Dirt Cheap unearthed by Northern Territory Library

A rare copy of the nearly 40-year-old documentary Dirt Cheap, which details the early resistance against uranium mining in Kakadu National Park, is rediscovered in Darwin.




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Alleged Darwin gunman Benjamin Glenn Hoffmann to plead not guilty, lawyer says

The man accused of killing four people and injuring another in a shooting spree across Darwin's inner-city suburbs in June will plead not guilty to 13 charges, including four counts of murder, his lawyer says.




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Dan Murphy's Darwin store plans rejected by NT Liquor Commission

Woolworths' bid to set up a Dan Murphy's liquor store in Darwin is rejected by the Northern Territory Liquor Commission on the basis it would increase the risk of alcohol-related harm in nearby Aboriginal communities.




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The Country Liberal Party has confirmed seven candidates for the 2020 election, so who are they?

A mayor, an electrician and a prison manager will try to help the Country Liberal Party claw back some seats in next year's NT election.



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AFL's dismantling of NT Thunder will compound structural disadvantages for Indigenous players

A prodigiously talented, goal-scoring genius of the Long-Rioli family is just one of the dozens of men and women left confused and shocked by the AFL's decision to close the Northern Territory's only top-level side.






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Legendary Darwin flagman searches for protege after 25 years of small business success

Haberdasheries, record stores, comic book halls, model train showrooms, and flag shops have hobby stores gone out of fashion? Ron Strachan has run his flag store for more than 20 years, and discussing his retirement is taboo.




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Young amputee Shericka Mahoney wearing first blade prosthetic wins gold at first athletics event

Indigenous athlete Shericka Mahoney only received her running blade in June but has set records for long jump and the 100-metres at a national athletics event.






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Sacred white ochre discovered beneath Yirrkala art centre in Arnhem Land

Yolngu people in north-east Arnhem Land consider white ochre sacred and source it to use in ceremonies and art works. A recent discovery beneath a community art centre has the Yirrkala community celebrating.






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Passion for dance and movement sustain Grey Panther during personal struggles

Darryl Butler had lived an intellectual life, but in a moment of crisis it would be dance and his study of the body that would save him.





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Mother fronts court over Tiger Brennan Drive crash that killed young son and friend

A mother of three, alleged to have been behind the wheel of a car when it crashed, killing her young son and friend, tells Darwin Local Court she's yet to seek legal advice to face a string of "serious charges".




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Aboriginal playgroup parents work together to create bilingual story time

More than 5,000 children's picture books have been translated into Aboriginal languages and given to families throughout the Northern Territory.




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Guluman play group enjoying newly published bilingual books





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Biosecurity detector dogs sent to Darwin in response to African swine fever threat

Sniffer dogs are being urgently flown to northern Australia to try and stop a disease that has wiped out around 20 per cent of the world's pig population from coming onto Australian shores.





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Nhulunbuy Corp CEO Alison Mills embroiled in WA Government's Shire of Perenjori inquiry

The chief executive of the Nhulunbuy Corporation has been connected to a series of serious governance issues during her time as the CEO of a remote WA shire.




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Palmerston crime 'out of control' say city's supermarket workers

Being bashed in the head with an EFTPOS machine and left with memory loss was just one of dozens of recent crimes inflicted on a Palmerston supermarket worker.



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Honey was abandoned with her nine puppies




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Camp dogs and Darwin specials are a Northern Territory trend

Black, brown, brindle, or sandy what makes mixed-breed dogs, known as Darwin specials, so popular?




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Palmerston brawl ends horror week of youth crime in NT

A 17-year-old boy is in hospital after a brawl between two packs of youths in Palmerston just days after a 13-year-old was stabbed in the area.




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Scammer exploited ATO security lapses to access thousands of Darwin man's superannuation

Just how easy is it for scammers to access your superannuation? Trevor Riessen is still waiting for answers after cyber criminals raided his savings through myGov.



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CSIRO teams with takeaway tycoon to make 'fake meat' fast food

An Australian fast food giant launches a '0 per cent beef' burger that aims to imitate the real thing and appeal to meat lovers' tastes.




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Family of Anne-Marie Culleton fighting freedom bid by murderer and rapist Jonathan Bakewell

It has been 31 years since Anne-Marie Culleton was raped and murdered while she slept in her Darwin home. Her sister Eileen is now urging South Australia's Parole Board to keep killer Jonathan Bakewell behind bars.





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Emily Tyaemaen Ford, 21




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Lexie Gregory, 22




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Emily Ford on Instagram