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Rehabilitation of former Rum Jungle Mine Site - Closed for public comment
The former Rum Jungle mine site, located approximately 105km (by road) south of Darwin, is undergoing detailed rehabilitation planning to address long-term environmental impacts. Rehabilitation activities have been proposed for the former Rum Jungle mine site, including the satellite sites Mount Fitch and Mount Burton, near Batchelor, Northern Territory.
2017 Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar (AGES) program released
The 2017 Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar (AGES) program has been released.
Water is life, and nowhere is that truer than in the Red Centre, where every drop counts. In arid environments, the use of clean, safe, recycled water is important to sustainability—and many Alice Spring residents agree, dispelling the notion that recycled water is unsafe.
A Property Identification code is required for farm animals
The Department of Primary Industry and Resources is urging Northern Territory livestock owners to register their properties and help maintain biosecurity.
Study to assess impact of wild dogs on beef herds
The department is conducting research to assess the impact of wild dogs within beef breeding herds in the Northern Territory (NT). The results could be considered by industry in the future development of best practice guidelines.
Ti Tree residents to help eradicate fruit fly
A program to eradicate Queensland fruit fly from the Ti Tree area is currently underway.
Expressions of Interest open for AZRI horticultural development
Horticultural land is being offered for lease at the Arid Zone Research Institute (AZRI) in Alice Springs—and it comes with an abundant supply of clean, recycled water.
The Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia has recently detected an exotic plant pest, the tomato potato psyllid (TPP) which attacks a range of plants in the Solanaceae and Convolvulaceae family, including potato, tomato, eggplant, capsicum, chilli, tamarillo and sweet potato.
Funding available for NT resource exploration
The Northern Territory Government is committed to the development of the NT by providing exploration opportunities to assist in unlocking the Territory’s untapped resources.
100 years of NT geological reports now online
More than 100 years of geological reports collected for mineral exploration in the Northern Territory are now available online.