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Hundreds of workers from a COVID-19 ravaged mine in central Australia will start flying home after testing negative for the virus.
More than 700 workers were forced to isolate at Newmont s Granites Mine, about 540 kilometres northwest of Alice Springs, after a worker tested positive on 26 June.
They ve spent most of that time in their rooms with many taking to social media to complain about conditions, including food shortages.
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The cohort has now completed 14 days of Northern Territory police-supervised quarantine at the Tanami Desert site and returned negative COVID test results.
They ll start flying to their homes around the country on Saturday, with Chief Minister Michael Gunner saying the Delta variant outbreak has been controlled.
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03:39 EDT, 4 July 2021
A young woman has spat on staff at a Darwin bar after refusing a request to wear a face mask in line with post-lockdown restrictions.
NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker says workers at The Tap on Mitchell Street asked the 22-year-old to put on her mask on Saturday night.
She allegedly responded by spitting on them and is likely to be criminally charged. That behaviour is completely and utterly disgusting, Mr Chalker told reporters on Sunday. That individual will be facing criminal charges as well as being fined for breaching CHO directions.
Face masks remain mandatory in some settings including venues in Darwin and Alice Springs until Friday.