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31 July 2006 |
Environment Centre urges caution on crocodile hunting push. Killing for ‘sport’ may increase attacks on people. The Environment Centre of the Northern Territory says great caution is required before any go ahead is given for commercial crocodile hunting – otherwise know as ‘safari’ or ‘trophy’ hunting.
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2 May 2006 |
NT Budget fails environmental test. The Environment Centre NT says the latest NT budget announced today fails the environment test. Overall environment spending has increased by just 1.5% to $95.5 million. This new total represents a mere 3.8% of the total budget – slightly down on the previous year. “Our whole economy and ‘lifestyle’ are based on our natural environment and the services it provides." |
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27 March 2006 |
Call for big increase in environment funding . ECNT is calling for a substantial increase in funding for the environment in this year’s NT budget, due to be handed down in May.
“Surely our environment with all the benefits it provides is our most basic and important ‘infrastructure’ and should be funded accordingly." |
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2 February 2006 |
New waste dump Federal Mininster should review predecessor's pronouncement. Waste dump assessment tender update. The Environment Centre of the Northern Territory (ECNT) says the new Federal Minister responsible for the proposed Commonwealth radioactive waste dump in the NT, Hon. Julie Bishop, should not accept her predecessor’s pronouncement that a dump would be located in the NT and is urged to visit the NT. |
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25 November 2005 |
US bombing of NT - US Airforce to drop live bombs on Delamare Range Facility. The Environment Centre of the Northern Territory (ECNT) is today emailing a letter of protest to President Bush, via the US embassy in Canberra, over the announcement on Friday afternoon that US bombers will be flying over Australia and dropping live bombs on an area of savanna woodland near the town of Katherine in the Northern Territory.
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12 October 2005 |
National Weedbuster Week: 8-15 October 2005 - Gamba grass in NT to be nominated as a National Key Threatening Process To mark National Weedbuster Week in the NT, the Environment Centre NT (ECNT) will this week formally nominate the weed Gamba as a Key Threatening Process (KTP) under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act). |
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25 September 2005 |
French nuclear company’s comments spark fears over NT waste dump. The Environment Centre of the NT (ECNT) says comments made by French uranium miner and nuclear reactor operator AREVA in Perth on Friday could mean any radioactive waste dump built in the NT would become the final destination for thousands of tonnes of international high level radioactive waste. |
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21 July 2005 |
Proposed NT nuclear dump to receive highly radioactive waste for next 40 years. Highly radioactive waste from reprocessed spent fuel rods, is likely to be shipped to the NT via Darwin Harbour. It will remain dangerous for tens of thousands of years, ECNT said today. |
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8 June 2005 |
Labor's environment commitments welcomed. The Environment Centre NT says Labor's election commitments on the environment, released today, are a significant step forward. |
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4 May 2005 |
"Territory Government continues to underspend on environment in NT Budget". The NT Government has decreased overall spending on the environment in its 2005-06 Budget, the Environment Centre NT said today. |
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29 April 2005
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"Successful
community forum on gamba grass threat - Government divided
over control measures". A very
successful community forum on gamba grass control was held
yesterday at Batchelor. Serious concerns were raised about
the failure of NT governments to properly address the major
environmental, social and economic crisis that is inevitable
if gamba is not tackled.
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10 February 2005
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"Toxic
problems across NT demonstrate urgent need for an EPA". The
growing catalogue of toxic problems across the NT, and the
push for more and faster urban and industrial development,
highlight the urgent need for the creation on an independent
EPA for the NT.
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