Saturday, November 14, 2015

Last Top Stories: Darwin Port lease review could jeopardise Chinese investment, business council says - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  • Darwin Port lease review could jeopardise Chinese investment, business council says - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Darwin Port lease review could jeopardise Chinese investment, business council says - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
    Darwin Port lease review could jeopardise Chinese investment, business council saysBy Katherine GregoryPostedNovember 15, 2015 12:35:12 The Northern Territory's China Business Council believes that if the Darwin Port deal is reviewed, it could deter other much-needed international investors in northern Australia.China Business Council president Daryl Guppy is meeting hundreds of high-level businesses in Shanghai this weekend, where he hopes to drum up investor support to help develop Austral..
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  • Darwin’s Sultan Cup run has come to an end after a 13 point loss in the semi-final to Sydney’s ACBA Dragons | NT News

    Darwin’s Sultan Cup run has come to an end after a 13 point loss in the semi-final to Sydney’s ACBA Dragons | NT News
    John King in action in the Darwin All-Stars' Sultan Cup Round 1 match against Chinese Taipei U.I.C. Malaysia. Picture: MIKE LIMSource:SuppliedBRAVE at the finish, but underwhelming when it counted most.Darwin’s Sultan Cup title hunt ended on Saturday night in a 94-81 semi-final defeat to Sydney’s ACBA Dragons despite a gutsy comeback and Shaq Hohipa-Wilson’s enormous 32-point performance.The Top Enders fell a game-high 28 points behind with almost four minutes left in the second quarter and stil..
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  • Dicko's debut delight

    Dicko's debut delight
    Darwin keeper-batsman Jacob Dickman scores a ton in Adelaide premier cricket debut for Prospectby:JORDAN McARDLEFrom:NT NewsNovember 15, 20159:35AMDarwin Eagles keeper-batsman Jacob Dickman. Picture: IVAN RACHMANSource:News Corp AustraliaWHAT a debut from talented Darwin keeper-batsman Jacob Dickman.The Eagles and NT Strike teenager scored a ton in his first Adelaide premier grade outing for Prospect yesterday.Coming in a No. 3 against Adelaide University, Dickman peeled off 111 — including 10 b..
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  • No really, they're not drunk

    No really, they're not drunk
    Research reveals Darwin lorikeets suffer from virus and are not drunkby:MARIA BILLIASFrom:NT NewsNovember 15, 201511:09AMIt turns out Darwin’s parrots aren’t drunk. Picture Cameron RichardsonSource:News Corp AustraliaGO home parrots. You’re drunk.No wait, it turns out Darwin’s infamous staggering red collar lorikeets are not actually intoxicated after all — and it’s taken more than five years for the record to be corrected.Back in 2010 a phenomenon was observed along Mitchell street of lorikeets..
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  • Vive la France! Australians show solidarity with Paris

    Vive la France! Australians show solidarity with Paris
    Paris attacks: Vive la France! Australians show solidarity with ParisUpdatedNovember 15, 2015 17:10:19 Australians continue to show their solidarity with France in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris, with vigils held around the country and landmarks illuminated in blue, white and red.At least129 people were killed in a coordinated series of attacks in Paris.Another 200 were injured, 80 seriously, including19-year-old Hobart woman Emma Grace Parkinson, who is nowrecovering in hospital..
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  • Man dies after being stabbed in remote Gapuwiyak community

    Man dies after being stabbed in remote Gapuwiyak community
    Man dies after being stabbed in remote Gapuwiyak communityUpdatedNovember 15, 2015 14:56:04 A 21-year-old man has died in Royal Darwin Hospital after being stabbed in the shoulder on Saturday in the remote Northern Territory community of Gapuwiyak, in north-east Arnhem Land.Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man, and say an altercation appears to have taken place on Saturday morning."The 21-year-old had been involved in an altercation in the Arnhem Land com..
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  • Matt's still wild about crocs

    Matt's still wild about crocs
    MATT Wright grew up watching Crocodile Dundee, Alby Mangels and the Leyland Brothers so it's little wonder his own TV show is a mix of all three with a big dash of the "Matt factor".Raised in the wilds of Papua New Guinea and the Australian outback, the host of the Nat Geo Wild series Outback Wrangler has been referred to as Australia's answer to Bear Grylls.Matt regularly wrestles crocodiles, wild boar and snakes in his job as a wildlife relocator in the Northern Territory.The chopper pilot and..
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  • How property prices have jumped past Go

    How property prices have jumped past Go
    The Australian Monopoly board game is out of date when it comes to showing the least and most expensive property regions around the country.IT’S been 25 years since the Australian version of Monopoly was released and the original board, based on 1990 property prices, is as out of date as the brick-sized mobile phones of that era.The 1990 board was based on prominent inner city streets and locations in Australia’s seven capitals and, based on trends at the time, put Canberra as the most expensive..
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  • Ubud Writer's Festival a meeting of minds

    Ubud Writer's Festival a meeting of minds
    "ARE you a writer?" It's a good question and one strangers brazenly asked one another upfront at the recent Ubud Readers and Writers Festival.The four-day literary festival (October 28 - November 1) in the arty belly of Bali was a meeting of great minds, writers and social-political activists from 25 countries.And true to its founding mission 12 years ago to bring people together, Indonesians and internationals in open dialogue, more than a third of the 168 speakers were Indonesian novelists, jo..
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  • Palmerston down NTFL champs

    Palmerston down NTFL champs
    Palmerston Magpies defeat reigning NTFL premiers Wanderers by 32 pointsby:JORDAN McARDLEFrom:NT NewsNovember 14, 20158:20PMPalmerston young gun Tyron Baden slides in the wet ahead of Wanderers’ Jackson Hollmer. Picture: HELEN ORRSource:News LimitedPALMERSTON are looking more and more like a finals-bound outfit every week.The Magpies claimed their biggest scalp of the season to date, defeating Wanderers by 32 points at TIO Stadium on Saturday.They had a brilliant five-goals-to-two third term to t..
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