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Woman flees Nightcliff beach after crocodile approaches in shallow water

A woman has had to run from the water at a popular Darwin beach after she saw a crocodile moving towards her at speed. Huni Bolliger, 43, was walking at Nightcliff beach during her lunch break, and said she was in the water up to her ankles. "I saw a ... >> view original

Darwin Rebels run charity ride for BeyondBlue, days after club president bashed

Hundreds of loud-revving members of the Rebels Motorcycle Club have taken part in a charity ride to raise money for a depression awareness group, days after the club's Darwin president was assaulted by rivals. The Darwin chapter of the club staged what ... >> view original

Man dies in custody at Darwin city police station

An Indigenous man has died in custody at a police station in central Darwin, police say. The 59-year-old man was taken into custody for alcohol offences at 6:00pm Thursday and brought to the Darwin city watch house. Officers did a routine cell check ... >> view original

Warning following Darwin croc killings

After a string of crocodile killings in Darwin over the past week, the Parks and Wildlife Commission NT has issued a reminder that killing, selling or possessing crocodiles without a permit is illegal. Police are investigating five crocodile deaths in ... >> view original

Ambrose return possible for Darwin

DJR Team Penske managing director Ryan Story spoke to v8supercars.com.au after Pye's breakthrough top 10 finish at the NP300 Navara Winton SuperSprint, and admitted it was a relief to nab a result after a challenging start to 2015. “It was a relief for ... >> view original

Rates, parking fees to rise in Darwin, council budget reveals

Darwin motorists and homeowners are being slugged by the city council's new budget, with rates rising by 3 per cent, and parking fees up by more than 5 per cent. The Darwin City Council budget revealed on Tuesday showed average household rates for ... >> view original

Descendant of Charles Darwin once failed biology, but now fights to save species

"This" being our planet, biodiversity and the environment, which Darwin believes will be the great paradigm change of this century. "There's a whole shift going on around the planet – not in Australia, but America, England, Germany, France... Their ... >> view original

Convince folks your Apple Watch is an 18K gold Edition for just £250

The Apple Watch Edition starts at £8,000, but if you're willing to cheat a little bit you can look like the ultimate tech fancy pants for less than a tenth of the cost. 9to5Mac has posted a hands on video of an standard Apple Watch with Link Bracelet, which has ... >> view original

Founder of Facebook's Oculus hit with lawsuit

INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT: Luckey is accused of breaking a confidentiality agreement and using information he learned from his partnership with Total Recall Technologies when he launched a Kickstarter campaign for his own head mounted display ... >> view original

Apple design guru Jony Ive gives up day-to-day role after promotion

Apple CEO Tim Cook, left, Apple senior vice president of Industrial Design, Jony Ive, centre, and Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters look on as Foo Fighters bass player Nate Mendel looks at the iPhone 5. by Tim Higgins. Jony Ive, Apple's top designer, will give up ... >> view original