Territory's former top cop faces court and other top stories.

• Territory's former top cop faces court

  

  The Northern Territory Government has invested $30,000 to complete the restoration of the meat house on Hamilton Downs Station so its history can be preserved

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• Plan to cut drinking hours on beach foreshores

  

  Darwin council is considering reducing the drinking hours on foreshore reserves. Picture: SuppliedDARWIN council is considering reducing the drinking hours on foreshore reserves.Lord Mayor Katrina Fong Lim announced council was seeking public comment on the proposal to reduce the hours along Vesteys, Mindil, East Point and the Nightcliff Foreshore.The public can drink in these areas from 4pm to 10:30pm Monday to Friday, and 12pm to 10:30pm on Saturday and Sunday.Council is proposing a new time c..

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• Legal service in NT selling donated art to help keep doors open

  

  Legal service in NT selling donated art to help keep doors open after Commonwealth ends funding Posted May 10, 2016 18:13:28 Legal services in the Northern Territory say they are struggling to provide services without Commonwealth funding, as one resorts to selling art to keep its doors open. Key points:Many NT legal aid services face cuts from July 1, 2017Environmental Defenders Office NT defunded in 2014Federal Attorney-General says NT receives a significant Aborig..

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• NT to have prisoner monitoring bracelets

  

  The Northern Territory government will be able to keep a closer watch over criminals with expanded funding for electronic monitoring bracelets.Almost $4.2 million has been set aside from the upcoming NT budget to pay for the rollout of the electronic monitoring program over the next two years, Attorney-General John Elferink announced on Tuesday.Three models of bracelets will be available: one for GPS tracking, one for monitoring those in home detention, and one to track offenders' blood alcohol..

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• 'It's very worrying': The impact of a dialysis access gap in semi ...

  

  'It's very worrying': The impact of a dialysis access gap in semi-remote Northern Territory regions Posted May 10, 2016 13:34:16 Compared to other remote Northern Territory communities often cut off by monsoons or jolting roads, Jilkminggan is a relatively accessible bushland home just 140 kilometres from Katherine.Yet for those without cars or petrol money, the Top End community is still a world away from life-saving health services.That is the experience of Jilkming..

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• Rental growth has slowed in many capital cities, but it is getting even ...

  

  Canberra rents increased more than any other capital city in April. Picture: realestate.com.auMichelle Hele Network Online Real Estate EditorNews Corp Australia NetworkRENTS continued to grow at a glacial pace during April, but in three capital cities it went backwards.Melbourne, Perth and Darwin all experienced drops in median rents during April according to the latest CoreLogic RP Data rental review.Nationally rents rose by a very minor 0.1 per cent in April, but that wasn’t enough to help imp..

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• Mangroves 'unprecedented' dieback concerns

  

  Mangroves 'unprecedented' dieback concerns

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• Student pleads guilty over flight drama

  

  A university student who was removed from a plane for interfering with a crew member while protesting the deportation of an asylum seeker from Australia has pleaded guilty in a Melbourne court.Jasmine Pilbrow, 22, briefly appeared before Broadmeadows Magistrates Court on Tuesday charged with interference with a crew member of an aircraft in February last year.Ms Pilbrow does not dispute claims she refused to sit down on a flight from Melbourne to Darwin unless a Tamil man, who was being deporte..

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• Bayview proposal could be scrapped

  

  Territory Labor candidate Jeff Collins and shadow minister Natasha Fyles announced they would be scrapping the Bayview Boulevarde project is elected. PIC MATT GARRICKA MAJOR development in Darwin — the Bayview Boulevarde project — will not go-ahead if Territory Labor are elected in August.If it is ever finished, the project would result in a huge expansion of the area, to the tune of around 1000 new townhouses and apartments.The NT Government announced last year the development would also eventu..

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• Fullwood grabs seventh in Perth

  

  NT Supercar driver Bryce Fullwood was in top gear at Perth’s Barbagallo Raceway. Picture: Procurement ServicesDARWIN’S Bryce Fullwood equalled his career-best finish when he placed seventh in Race 3 of the 2016 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series at Perth’s Barbagallo Raceway.The 17-year-old Top Ender finished 14th and 11th in the first two races before forcing his way through the field in the final race to be in an attacking seventh position when the safety car intervened.Three new tyres fitted to his Mi..

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