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Bonza claims title for worst on-time arrival results at four Australian airports in January

Australians are still suffering from budget airline Bonza's unreliability issues, one year after its launch.
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Zachary Rolfe argues to narrow Kumanjayi Walker evidence, days before scheduled inquest appearance

As the coronial inquest into the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker resumes today, lawyers for former NT Police officer Zachary Rolfe have foreshadowed a series of objections he will raise when he takes the stand.
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Duration: 1 minute 35 seconds

NT government vows to demolish Don Dale as $32m youth detention centre nears completion

The redeveloped Alice Springs youth detention centre is nearing completion and the Northern Territory government is promising that detainees forcibly sent away to Darwin's notorious Don Dale will soon be returned to Central Australia.
A sign showing Alice Springs Youth Detention Centre, in front of the entrance to the prison.

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Duration: 1 minute 32 seconds

Chopper crash widow seeks to freeze celebrity crocodile wrangler's assets

The widow of Netflix star Chris "Willow" Wilson is seeking to freeze Matt Wright's assets as the Federal Court considers her bid to personally add the celebrity crocodile wrangler to a civil lawsuit over her husband's death.
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Duration: 1 minute 22 seconds

Federal government to investigate whether millions of dollars handed to oil and gas companies are 'valid and legal'

The federal government has faced questioning over whether millions of dollars of public funds that have been handed to oil and gas companies are "valid and legal". 
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Duration: 1 minute 40 seconds

Cattle sail from Darwin as Indonesian live export trade resumes

Indonesia has finally issued import permits for Australian cattle with the first ship now on the water bound for Jakarta.
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A truck of cattle is parked next to a large boat, ready to loaded for export

Decades after the bombing of Darwin, family secrets continue to be unearthed

It's been 82 years since Japanese fighters launched a deadly air raid on the Northern Territory in World War II. Yvonne's Odegaard's father was among the survivors.
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'National disgrace': Verna's son has been locked up for two months and hasn't been able to access a lawyer

A crisis inside one of northern Australia's most important legal entities has led to a severe shortage of lawyers in Alice Springs, leaving some of Australia's most vulnerable residents to represent themselves in court.
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Duration: 1 minute 42 seconds

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Ex-Tropical Cyclone Lincoln moves west over northern Australia, as heavy rainfall continues

Heavy rainfall and strong winds are forecast across parts of the Northern Territory as ex-Tropical Cyclone Lincoln tracks further inland, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. 
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Ex-Lincoln 840am Sat

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World-first genetically modified banana given approval as 'safety-net' variety in Panama disease battle

Genetically modified cavendish bananas that are nearly immune to a devastating fungal disease have been given approval for commercial production and human consumption in Australia.  
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Wayne Hunt to serve three months in prison for killing child with his ute

Wayne Peter Hunt will spend three months in prison, followed by nine months in home detention, after fatally pinning an 11-year-old boy against a wall for eight seconds with his ute.
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Category one cyclone makes landfall in Gulf of Carpentaria off NT-Queensland border

Tropical Cyclone Lincoln has crossed the Northern Territory coast in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. 
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Cyclone map 1:36pm Fri

More young people than ever have harmful relationships with gambling. But there's little support

Luke's parents had to leave the house to gamble, but his generation has a casino in its pocket. He worries about the impact.
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Duration: 1 minute 31 seconds

NT government releases 'highly precautionary' water plan for wet season flows

The NT government has reduced the amount of water industry can take during the wet season in a policy that has support from recreational fishers and farmers.
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Duration: 1 minute 17 seconds