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• Buffaloes' winning streak continues

  

  Darwin Buffaloes secure sixth win on the trot, defeating reigning NTFL champs Wanderers in a thrillerby:MARC McGOWANFrom:NT NewsNovember 28, 20159:33PMWanderers’ Leslie Maroney tries to hang onto Buffaloes’ Damian Williams. Picture: IVAN RACHMANSource:News LimitedDARWIN and Wanderers took a trip down memory lane at TIO Stadium on Saturday — and only one of them found it pleasant.Mark Motlop’s rampaging Buffaloes barely raised a whimper in the first half before steaming home with six goals to non..

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• No security risk in foreign investment

  

  It is better to simply accept Chinese investment in Darwin port.Glenn CampbellbyBrian TooheyBoosting trade and investment should be a core objective after Treasury downgraded its growth forecasts. Yet increasingly vocal defence commentators won't be satisfied until the contribution of China's trade and investment to Australian growth is drastically cut. Their campaign challenges Malcolm Turnbull's calm approach to foreign investment and national security.The more alarmist critics ignore basic fa..

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• Sacked Litchfield councillors struggling as poll results flow in

  

  Sacked Litchfield councillors struggling as poll results flow inBy Xavier La CannaUpdatedNovember 29, 2015 15:43:33 None of the former councillors at Litchfield Council on the outskirts of Darwin who were controversially sacked by the Government appear have been returned to office, with more than half of votes counted after yesterday's election.Three of the former councillors - Judy Cole, Mathew Salter and Mike Bowman - sought re-election after Local Government Minister Bess Price sacked the..

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• NT power prices to drop 5% on January 1

  

  The Northern Territory government has announced a five per cent drop in power prices from January 1 but denies the news is a pre-election sweetener.Chief Minister Adam Giles told a Country Liberals Party conference in Darwin on Sunday the restructuring of PowerWater Corporation had resulted in the savings, which would equate to about $155 per year for the average family.A 2.5 per cent CPI increase has also been ruled out, he said. This is a slight rollback of the 30 per cent power price..

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• Tollner to leave NT politics with surplus

  

  The Northern Territory's chief minister has praised outgoing NT Treasurer Dave Tollner for leaving politics with a budget in surplus.It was announced on Saturday night that Mr Tollner failed to win preselection for the newly-created seat of Spillett in Palmerston.Mr Tollner is the member for Fong Lim, part of which has been taken in by the new seat, and will leave politics at the next NT election, scheduled for August. He has held Fong Lim for eight years, and before that served six yea..

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• Sims living good life on and off camera

  

  Actor, writer and director Jeremy Sims says married life the second time round is great after wedding Tania Leimbach recently.AUSTRALIAN screen veteranJeremy Simshas opened up about his marriage to academicTania Leimbach, telling Confidential he was enjoying life as a married man the second time around.“I have done this before,” the actor-turned director laughed.“We had a lovely wedding down in Kangaroo Valley a couple of weeks ago.”Jeremy Sims and his beautiful new wife Tania Leimbach.Sims’ sec..

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• Dave Tollner fails to win pre-selection for NT seat of Spillett, will not...

  

  Dave Tollner fails to win pre-selection for NT seat of Spillett, will not contest electionBy Katherine GregoryUpdatedNovember 29, 2015 09:12:08 The Northern Territory Treasurer Dave Tollner has been dumped by his own party, after the Country Liberals (CLP) did not pre-select him to run in next year's election.Mr Tollner, a divisive politician who is the member for Fong Lim, nominated for the new seat of Spillett.But the CLP executive announced backbencher Lia Finocchiaro — a relative polit..

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• Australia takes part in global rallies on climate change

  

  Australians turned up in large numbers all across the country to join the rallies urging more action on climate change. The marches have been scheduled a day before the United Nations summit on climate change to be held in Paris.Sydney, Canberra, Perth and Hobart along with other rural and regional towns in Australia will be joining 600 cities across 120 countries in the march. Rallies in Brisbane, Melbourne and Darwin have already started. These are the first few of the several rallies to be he..

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• Drop in violence and theft figures in Wadeye, NT, linked to rise of...

  

  Festivities ... Yirrminhirnu Crows celebrate their win against the Wudupulli Nama Dockers. Picture: MICHAEL FRANCHIPATRICK McCarthy would sit on his roof and watch the nightly show: 15 or 20 men and boys, perhaps of “Slayer”, “Megadeth” or “Evil” mobs, armed with metal rods and bottles and hunting enemies through the littered streets of the Territory’s biggest Aboriginal community.Fists were put away quickly in favour of steel, then one mob would run and the other give chase.Cars were burning an..

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• Duggan steers Jets to grand final

  

  Kylie Duggan scores 38 as Tracy Village Jets pummel Eagles to reach Darwin League Women basketball grand finalby:MARC McGOWANFrom:NT NewsNovember 28, 20157:50PMKylie Duggan scored 38 points in Tracy Village’s Darwin League Women preliminary final demolition of Eagles. Picture: ISABELLA MOORESource:News LimitedWHAT was supposed to be a celebration of Sam Rioli in her 400th Darwin League Women game instead became the Kylie Duggan show at Marrara on Friday night.Rioli’s and Duggan’s Tracy Village c..

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