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Judge rejects Tiwi lease bribe claims

Published: August 13, 2007, 5:01 am

Tags: Community Society, Indigenous, Land Rights, Government Politics, Federal Government, Law Crime Justice, Courts Trials, Darwin 0800, Tiwi 0810

A Northern Territory Supreme Court judge has ruled there is no evidence that the Tiwi Land Council bribed traditional owners to sign up to a 99-year lease.

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Woodchip plantation breached environmental conditions: report

Published: September 15, 2007, 6:22 pm

Tags: Environment, Conservation, Forests, Government Politics, States Territories, Tiwi 0810

A Northern Territory Government report has described "widespread and systematic" breaches of biodiversity conditions by Great Southern Plantations on the Tiwi Islands.

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More communities may follow Tiwi Land lease agreements

Published: September 23, 2007, 10:05 pm

Tags: Indigenous, Government Politics, Federal Government, Native Title, Tiwi 0810

A Tiwi Land Council spokesman says it is possible other local communities will look at 99-year lease arrangements with the Commonwealth if the move is backed by traditional owners.

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NT Aborigines divided over reconciliation pledge

Published: October 11, 2007, 10:35 pm

Tags: Indigenous, Reconciliation, Government Politics, Elections, Federal Government, Federal Election 2007, Alice Springs 0870, Darwin 0800, Tiwi 0810

The deputy chair of the Tiwi Land Council in the Northern Territory says the Prime Minister's reconciliation pledge is a positive move for the entire country.

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Boy dies swimming on Tiwi Islands

Published: November 11, 2007, 9:00 pm

Tags: Accidents, Tiwi 0810

Northern Territory police say a six-year-old boy has died after swimming at Milikapiti on the Tiwi Islands.

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Boy's death prompts stinger warning

Published: November 12, 2007, 8:18 pm

Tags: Disasters And Accidents, Australia, Tiwi 0810

The Northern Territory's Health Department is urging parents to keep their children out of the sea because of the threat of box jellyfish stings.