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People from across the country descended on the heart of the central desert for a weekend of glitter, dancing and drag.
Starting as a homage to celebrate 25 years since the making of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the FABalice Festival evolved into what organisers hoped would be an event to celebrate the LGBTIQA+ community.
Now in its third year, familiar faces took centre stage with veteran drag queen Vogue Megaqueen commenting it is a fabulous way to bring the community together . The diverse community get to come together and have a party and just have a really good time, she told SBS News.
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WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains an image of a person who has died.
The first name of the victim has also been removed for cultural reasons.
A vigil has been held for a prominent domestic violence campaigner who was allegedly murdered outside the Alice Springs hospital in January.
As a symbol of their mourning, branches from a nearby eucalyptus tree were carried by family and friends to sweep the path nearby the site where they lost R. Rubuntja.
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It’s alleged Ms Rubuntja was killed in what Northern Territory police have described as a domestic violence incident.
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Woolworths is being criticised for divisive tactics during its push to build a new liquor store in Darwin near dry Indigenous communities.
Aboriginal leaders and community leaders have spent five years campaigning to Stop the Build of the Dan Murphy s superstore.
Indigenous health expert John Paterson, the chief executive at the Northern Territory Medical Service Alliance, said the construction, led by Woolworth’s subsidiary Endeavour Group, has divided the community.
“To me personally, it reminds me of the colonisers of this country,” he told SBS News. It’s wedging Aboriginal groups against each other. This is the game that they’re good at, big corporates, they love it, and we’re calling on them to cease it.
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The trial into the matter of a Northern Territory police officer charged with the murder of a 19-year-old Warlpiri man will be held in the Darwin Supreme Court.
Constable Zachary Rolfe was charged with murder in regards to the shooting death of Yuendumu teen Kumanjayi Walker in November 2019.
The application put forward to move the trial from Alice Springs by counsel representing constable Zachary Rolfe was based upon the level of pre-trial publicity and social media comments having the potential to risk a fair trial of the accused.
Last week Rolfe’s lawyers told the Darwin Supreme Court that the comments and publicity contained “significant inaccuracies” and are “mischievous and inflammatory”.