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HealthMore than 20 million in UK vaccinated

The UK government says more than 20 million people in the country have been given their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Registration processPremiumLand Council reassures fishos of permit free access to coastline

THE Northern Land Council has moved to reassure recreational fishers they will have permit-free access to more than 3000km of Aboriginal sea country until at least the end of next year

Jason Walls

Conflict and WarAt least 18 dead in Myanmar protests: UN

At least 18 anti-coup protesters are dead after security forces in Myanmar used lethal force, the UN Human Rights Office says.

EditorialPremiumGive us back our rights to discuss euthanasia in NT

WHY should 240,000 Territorians not be allowed the same rights as more than 97 per cent of Australians? It’s a question that Territorians have been grappling with for 24 years

EDITORIAL

Voluntary euthanasiaPremiumTerritorians deserve same rights that 97 per cent of Australians already enjoy

TERRITORIANS, unlike more than 97 per cent of Australians, are being denied the right to even discuss making voluntary euthanasia legal, as the federal government continues to snub the wishes of a vast majority of Territorians

JUDITH AISTHORPE

COP PROGRAMPremiumAlarm raised over downsized school-based cop program

THE NT Council of Government Schools has raised “serious concerns” after only four of the NT Police’s 13 school-based cops returned to work with students in term one

Natasha Emeck

Restore our rightsPremiumPetition asking for cruel NT Bill’s repeal gaining support

A PETITION calling on the federal government to repeal a Bill outlawing the NT being allowed to consider euthanasia laws is rapidly gaining support

Natasha Emeck

‘Watch this darl’PremiumTop End firefighter pleads guilty to beating up wife, two other women

The former officer in charge of the Jabiru fire station who beat up his wife and two other woman in a drunken stupor has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault.

Jason Walls

EmergencyPremiumConcerns for ‘fatiguing’ Katherine paramedic rosters

KATHERINE paramedics have been fighting to remove a roster they describe as “fatiguing” and “extremely lonely”, with concerns it could lead to a “serious incident involving a patient or colleague”

Raphaella Saroukos

‘What a crazy idea’PremiumDarwin dad’s dream of turning BushPoo into reality a step closer

A TERRITORY board game designer has finally pulled the pieces of his latest game idea together, with hopes of mass producing his children’s game, BushPoo

Will Zwar

Restore our rightsPremiumNT Federal pollies support Territorians being given back the right to choose

THE Territory’s four representatives in federal parliament are supporters of repealing Federal legislation blocking our right to decide on euthanasia

JUDITH AISTHORPE

Vaccine celebration:PremiumQld vaccines ‘on track’ despite lagging behind NSW

Despite the state lagging behind NSW in its delivery of COVID-19 vaccinations, Health Minister Yvette D’Ath says we are on target as RBWH begins its program today.

Jackie Sinnerton, Matthew Killoran, Jack McKay

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Shoe sparks new theories on Caddick’s final movements

The location of the grisly find has police looking at whether fraudster Melissa Caddick was alive for some time after she vanished from her Dover Heights mansion.

Mark Morri

Homicide investigationPolice probe mystery death in Kelmscott

WA Police homicide detectives are investigating a mystery death in Perth’s south-eastern suburbs.

Rory Campbell

Financial stressPremiumOne in five Aussies have no savings

With just four weeks to go until JobKeeper payments end, new figures reveal one in five Australians have no cash savings and are living week to week.

Sophie Elsworth

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Liberal candidate criticises ‘homosexual lobby’ online

The WA Liberals say decade-old online comments about the ‘homosexual lobby’ and climate change by one of the party’s Upper House candidates ‘in no way reflect’ his current views.

Peter Law

ExclusivePremiumInside top NSW Health officials’ fight against COVID

Ahead of The Daily Telegraph’s Power 100, the three women who steered NSW Health through the COVID-19 pandemic tell how they kept each other going in the darkest times.

Anna Caldwell

ExclusivePremiumShoe sparks new theories on Caddick’s final movements

The location of the grisly find has police looking at whether fraudster Melissa Caddick was alive for some time after she vanished from her Dover Heights mansion.

Mark Morri

News TrailblazerCommentsPremiumVale to Tony Barrass, the journalist’s journalist

Legendary West Australian scribe Tony Barrass, who was so devoted to his craft that he once went to jail for refusing to reveal a source, has died after a battle with throat cancer.

Steve Butler

CrimeHK detains 47 on subversion charges

Hong Kong police have detained 47 pro-democracy activists on charges of conspiracy to commit subversion under the sweeping national security law.

Jessie Pang and James Pomfret

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Collie Liberal hopeful ‘undermined’ by Kirkup coal plan

The Liberal candidate for Collie-Preston says her campaign was ‘undermined’ by the party’s failure to consult her about its signature policy to close Collie’s coal-fired power stations.

Peter Law

CrimeRooster kills Indian man during cockfight

A rooster has killed a man with a blade tied to its leg during an illegal cockfight in southern India, police say.

Omer Farooq

Hull of a timeMates rescued after ‘mattress boat’ drifts out to sea

Two Mandurah men required a high-stakes rescue after their makeshift mattress boat was swept kilometres offshore — while they were equipped with nothing but an esky, beers and a dying phone.

Ben Downie

Conflict and WarMyanmar has bloodiest day of coup protests

At least seven people are dead and several others are wounded as Myanmar police crack down for a second day following weeks of anti-coup protests.

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