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Archive for December 17th, 2021
Pre-paid power access ‘amplifying poverty’
Pre-paid access to electricity is putting many Indigenous Australians living in remote communities at risk, a new university study says. December 17, 2021 Pre-paid access to electricity is putting disadvantaged Australians living in substandard housing at risk, particularly when their power is cut on dangerously hot days, researchers say. In some remote Northern Territory communities, […]
NT clean up order over massive tyre haul
The Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority has ordered a Victorian company to clean up a 3000-tonne pile of old tyres near Darwin. December 17, 2021 A Victorian company has been ordered to clean up a massive pile of environmentally hazardous old tyres stored on a property south of Darwin. More than 3000 tonnes of end-of-life […]
NT outbreak grows, Tennant Creek lockdown
The Northern Territory has detected eight new COVID-19 infections, as a community outbreak forces the lockdown of remote Tennant Creek. December 17, 2021 The Northern Territory has detected eight new COVID-19 infections, as a long-running outbreak forces the lockdown of Tennant Creek. Four new cases were diagnosed in the remote town, 990km south of Darwin, Acting-Chief […]