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Two teens escape Darwin juvenile detention

The two 16-year-olds broke out of the Don Dale facility just before 8pm on Sunday, police said. Acting Duty Superintendent Brendan Muldoon said they were cut by security fencing as they fled and may seek medical treatment. He told the ABC the pair were ... >> view original

Unusual weather heralds a taste of the Wet in Darwin

Unseasonal weather created in the Arafura Sea is ushering in a late taste of the wet season for Darwin, with the city likely to receive its first rain in more than a month this weekend. Weather forecasters said there is a 60 per cent chance of rain on ... >> view original

$250000 worth of ice found in Darwin raid

... and 191 grams of crystal methamphetamine, also known as ice, a small amount of cannabis and $10,500 in cash were uncovered. A 31-year-old man and two women, aged 26 and 27, will appear in Darwin Magistrates Court on June 1 on charges relating ... >> view original

Darwin Stubby wake held in Alice Springs as Carlton United Breweries pulls pin ...

A devoted gathering of beer drinkers is bidding farewell to the Darwin Stubby - a huge and, in the Top End at least, iconic bottle that is going out of production - at a wake held in an Alice Springs steakhouse. The Darwin Stubby was created by Carlton ... >> view original

New Cancer Drug Combination Shrinks Tumors in 60% of Patients, Says Study

Two cancer drugs, when taken in concert, can shrink tumors in nearly 60% of people with advanced-stage melanoma, according to a new study. The trial, which enrolled 945 patients at 137 sites worldwide, found that treating the cancer with medications ... >> view original

WA mental health crisis nurses to aid cops

NURSES given limited police powers as part of proposed mental health teams would only be called out for crisis intervention, the West Australian police commissioner says. THE state government is proposing the nurses be given special powers, like being ... >> view original

Businesses offer clean slate after tattoo second thoughts

A quick look around any urban centre — or pop-culture anything — and you will see that body art has become a fixture of self-expression for many people. A recent Pew Study found that 39% of all millennials have at least one tattoo — and many have multiple ... >> view original

Drug co-payment still on table: minister

Confusion surrounds the fate of a proposal to impose a co-payment for prescription drugs. Health Minister Sussan Ley backed away from the proposal to charge general patients a $5 co-payment and concession patients an 80 cent co-payment in May, ... >> view original

IVF isn't a fix-all for those choosing to delay adulthood

All too frequently, I am faced with breaking bad news to disappointed couples in their early 40s who expected IVF to solve their fertility problems. The sad truth is that there's often little I can offer if the woman is much over 40, apart from egg donation from a ... >> view original

Indigenous smokers want to quit and anti-smoking campaigns do work, study ...

Mainstream anti-smoking campaigns are just as effective for Indigenous as non-Indigenous smokers, a new study suggests, countering "pessimism... that nothing has worked or is working". The study follows a $130 million cut over five years to the ... >> view original