Darwin seen as top Bali add-on
The scenic Darwin Waterfront precinct at sunset. Tourism NT is trying to lure more backpackers who are holidaying in Bali to the Top End. PICTURE: Amos AikmanFORGET extra baggage.Adventurous European backpackers holidaying in Bali will be told to “Add-on Darwin” in a $370,000 campaign – funded through the Tourism NT international marketing budget.Chief Minister Adam Giles said the new campaign would help attract more visitors to the Top End.“Bali is right on Darwin’s doorstep and attracts more t..>> view originalMelbourne surpasses Sydney to record highest annual home price ...
Police net drugs and cash in raid
NT Police netted drugs and cash during a raid on a Darwin property. PICTURE: Getty ImagesPOLICE seized around $60,000 in cash, ecstasy, cannabis and LSD and charged a man after raiding a Darwin property.Senior Constable David Gregory said during the search police located a quantity of drugs including MDMA, cannabis and LSD.“Around $60,000 in cash was also seized, which police will allege was gained through the sale of illicit drugs in the community,” he said.The man, 20, faces numerous drug char..>> view originalDrunk plumber broke man's finger in jealous rage, court told
A 29-year-old man received a suspended sentence in Darwin Magistrates Court after assaulting a man in a fit of jealously. PICTURE: ThinkStockA MAN broke another man’s finger after punching him multiple times to the head in a “frenzy of fury, jealousy and drunkenness”.Benjamin Lafontaine, 29, has admitted assaulting the man, who his now ex-partner asked to take her home from a work function so she could check on her kids.He assumed the pair was sleeping together.Defence lawyer Catherine Voumard s..>> view originalSouth-east Queensland to reach temperatures 8 degrees above ...
South-east Queensland to reach temperatures 8 degrees above average Updated February 01, 2016 12:26:28 Steamy conditions are set to continue over the next two days as south-east Queensland residents prepare for temperatures above 35 degrees.The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) predicts the hot and humid weather will remain until a southerly change comes through late Tuesday.Stormy conditions will continue to the north of Brisbane where a 68-year-old man died on a flooded roa..>> view originalWickham Point detention centre detainees record highest levels of ...
Data shows there were 97 incidents of self-harm at the Wickham Point detention centre from August 2014 to July 2015. PICTURE: Elise DerwinDARWIN’S Wickham Point detention centre has the highest rate of self-harm among detainees in Australian immigration facilities.Data obtained by the University of Melbourne’s Law Students for Refugees in conjunction with Fairfax Media under Freedom of Information laws, revealed self-harm attempts were highest in Wickham Point, where there were 97 incidents in ..>> view originalNT teen caught in citizens arrest
A Wright croc this Aussie 'land-mark'
Outback Wrangler Matthew Wright has built a moat in the shape of Australia and plans to turn the site into a resort. PICTURE: FacebookOUTBACK Wrangler Matt Wright has built a huge moat in the shape of Australia with the intention of turning it into a resort where patrons are able to coexist with crocodiles.Last week he posted pictures of it to social media sites Facebook and Instagram.He told Nine News that designs would include 12 dwellings as well as all of the usual Outback gizmos from airboa..>> view originalMagpies set to stay in Palmerston
Palmerston president Shannon Masters and AFLNT boss Michael Solomon have been key shakers adn movers in keeping the NTFL Magpies at Palmerston..PALMERSTON Magpies boss Shannon Masters wants to go it alone at Northline Oval despite overtures from parent body AFLNT to make it a joint owned facility.Masters is happy to reduce the cost of running the ground by allowing rival clubs to play neutral games, but he insists the ground must remain under the sole ownership of the Magpies.“AFLNT’s always say..>> view originalEagles edge out Bombers
Dionysuis Munkara (left) on the attack for Tiwi Bombers with Wanderers opponent Simon Bates hot on his heels during NTFL Premier League action at Gardens Oval. Picture: Ivan RachmanFOR the second time this season Wanderers have snatched a win from the Tiwi Bombers.Today’s one-point thriller may have hurt the Bombers the most.On a greasy Gardens Oval track, Shannon Motlop’s goal from beyond the 50m-arc in the dying stages was the difference as Wanderers found a way to win 11.19 (85) to 12.12 (84)..>> view original
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