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A chapter from the latest book by Territory photo journalist DAVE HANCOCK, Decades in Darwin. “Ladies and gentlemen, start your solar panels,” blares the PA. An Australian flag drops and the world’s quietest car race is underway. That was in Darwin, five-and-a-half days and 3,004km earlier. On Friday, the gaily painted Swatch-backed Swiss entrant, The
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By ERWIN CHLANDA Six young women became fully qualified primary school teachers while living and working in their outback communities. They completed their four-year Bachelor of Education degree online in a teaching initiative of Curtin University and the WA Department of Education. A similar program is offered in the NT, facilitated by Charles Darwin University
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Senator Jacqui Lambie’s suggestion that Australia should close Pine Gap in response to President Trump’s imposition of tariffs on Australian steel exports to the US, highlights the importance of Australian sovereignty. However, Senator Lambie’s commendably strong response to the Trump administration’s bullying contains a serious problem. The threats posed to Australia
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By ERWIN CHLANDA The Territory Education Department maintains statistics on racial grounds, comparing the school attendance rate of Aboriginal children with that of Non-Aboriginal children. The difference is around 30% in favour of the latter – a margin that in most other fields would spark public outrage. Yet in these statistics, collected for at least
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Police look behind violent crimes
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