New student housing planned for Casuarina
Charles Darwin University and the Casuarina Square shopping centre have submitted a plan to build an eight storey student accommodation block at the shopping centre.
View ArticleMixed response to student teacher standard tests
Charles Darwin University has welcomed plans for more rigorous testing of students wanting to become teachers in the Northern Territory.
View ArticleCDU covets waterfront in business campus buy deal
The Northern Territory Government has renegotiated a deal to provide land at Darwin's Waterfront development to Charles Darwin University for a business campus.
View ArticleSawfish project becomes a matter of survival
A freshwater sawfish has been released back into the wild in the Northern Territory after 18 months in captivity.
View ArticleChopper rescues researchers from upturned airboat
Four university researchers who were stranded on the hull of their upturned airboat in a remote billabong in Kakadu National Park were rescued unhurt by helicopter.
View ArticleCane toads make a meal of killing dwarf crocs
Toxic cane toads have wiped out some populations of dwarf crocodiles in northern Australia.Dwarf crocodiles found in upstream escarpment stretches of some Northern Territory rivers are small because...
View ArticleCDU vice-chancellor moves to take role at UWS
Charles Darwin University vice-chancellor Professor Barney Glover has resigned to move to a new role at the University of Western Sydney.
View ArticleCroc attacks: All you want or don't want to know
The organiser of a crocodile attack database hosted by Charles Darwin University says it will help people around the world better understand their relationship to the fearsome reptiles.
View ArticleIs charging interest on existing student loans a broken contract?
Greens Higher Education spokeswoman Lee Rhiannon says the Government's plan to charge interest of up to 6 per cent on student debts constitutes a broken contract.ABC Fact Check takes a closer look at...
View Article10pc of native mammal species extinct since European settlement
A new study has found more than 10 per cent of Australia's native mammals have become extinct since European settlement with the rate of loss higher than any other continent.
View ArticleStrong NT economic data 'skewed by gas project'
A public policy expert is playing down the significance of a new report showing the Northern Territory economy is the second strongest in the nation, saying the figures have been skewed by a giant...
View ArticleControversial freemason statue erected in Alice Springs
A controversial statue of explorer John McDouall Stuart has been erected in the centre of Alice Springs after four years of debate dividing residents.
View ArticleNT population greying as older workers move north
Australians nearing retirement are taking higher paying jobs in the Northern Territory to maximise superannuation returns, researchers say.
View ArticleSecrets of sperm-storing female snakes revealed
A snake curator studying in Darwin may have solved a puzzle that has confused experts for years.Just how can some female snakes store sperm after mating, sometimes for months, before using it to...
View ArticleNT's international student graduates touted to fill skilled labour gap
International students already living in the Northern Territory could fill some of the skilled labour shortage, Charles Darwin University has said.
View ArticleSacred Yirrkala drawings returned from WA for Darwin show
The Yirrkala drawings, on display at Charles Darwin University, depict in detail Yolngu life and cultural inheritance at a time before significant contact with Europeans.
View ArticleNatural disaster law an option to reduce NT petrol prices
A Charles Darwin University law lecturer and former Labor politician has urged the NT Government to use a piece of legislation usually reserved for natural disasters to reduce chronically high petrol...
View ArticleReleased aquarium sawfish learn to adapt to wild waters: study
Aquarium sawfish released into the wild initially swim against the current unlike their wild cousins, research has found.
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