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Native title holders seek compensation from NT Government over McArthur River Mine ThuThursday 17 updated ThuThursday 17 Native title holders say the McArthur River Mine has affected culturally significant sites. ( Share Print text only Cancel The Aboriginal land council representing traditional owners in the Top End has filed a compensation claim against the Northern Territory Government over the effects of the McArthur River Mine on their native title rights and alleged damage to sacred sites. Key points: Native title holders say they have been repeatedly ignored by the NT Government The NT...

A trough is generating storms, some severe, over eastern parts of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. READ MORE: More rain is forecast across NSW today after parts of the Northern Rivers was flooded yesterday.(Josh Dye) In NSW, a severe storm warning is in place for a large part of the state with damaging winds also expected to hit the Sydney Coast, Illawarra Coast, Batemans Coast and Eden Coast. The conditions come after low-lying areas of the NSW Northern Rivers to become submerged after a deluge of more than 200mm of rain in a period of about seven hours.