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• HMAS Darwin seizes huge weapons haul from Somalia-bound ...

  

  Australian sailors have seized a large weapons cache, including almost 2000 AK-47 assault rifles, from a fishing vessel in the Middle East.HMAS Darwin's boarding team intercepted the fishing vessel about 300 kilometres off the coast of Oman and found 1989 AK-47 assault rifles along with 100 rocket propelled grenade launchers, 49 machine guns, spare barrels and mortar tubes hidden under fishing nets in the dhow. Weapons seized by HMAS Darwin about 300 kilometres off the coast of Oman. Photo..

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• Council denies dumping road waste was wrong

  

  Alawa resident Lia Gill with daughter Ellen and dog Rosie at the site where Darwin City Council dumped road waste near mangroves at Rapid Creek. PICTURE: Helen Orr.DARWIN council’s dumping of road waste near mangroves in Rapid Creek did not cause any significant risk to the environment, it claims.Council chief executive Brendon Dowd said the council authorised the dumping of material in October on the land at 21 Lakeside Drive, which is owned by council.However the boundary runs along the Rapid ..

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• Boozy drivers cause havoc on roads

  

  JUVENILE offenders in custody could soon take part in boot camps as part of their custodial sentence, according to Attorney General John Elferink

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• Let's get ready to rumble again

  

  Last month’s WBF title fight between Peter 'The Chief' Graham (Aus) and Julius 'Towering Inferno' Long (US) is set for a wet season rematch.THE big boys are coming back to town, complete with boxing gloves and a mean attitude.Boxing promoter Mark Ericksen is keen to stage a return WBF heavyweight title rematch between world champion Peter Graham and Julius Long in the Top End.Tagging it “Unfinished Business,’’ Ericksen confirmed the world title bout would be held in Darwin “during the rainy seas..

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• International Women's Day: Northern Territory women speak out to ...

  

  International Women's Day: Northern Territory women speak out to dispel cultural stereotypes By Katherine Gregory Posted March 06, 2016 17:15:46 Women from the Northern Territory's multicultural community want to use this year's International Women's Day to dispel stereotypes about their religious or ethnic backgrounds.Darwin is home to about 100 nationalities and dozens of religious and cultural groups, as well as many diverse migrant families.Ahead of the inte..

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• Crocodiles escape Crocodylus Park, one reptile found in suburbia

  

  MULTIPLE crocodiles have broken out of Crocodylus Park and there are fears several could remain on the loose in Darwin’s northern suburbs.The great escape has come to light after a Palmerston woman ran over a metre-long croc on Vanderlin Drive on Thursday evening.Crocodylus Park owner Grahame Webb said his staff was shifting juvenile crocodiles on Thursday to different pens when about 30 of them escaped by sneaking out through tiny holes in the security mesh.While staff thought they had grabbed ..

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• Tomic loses means Aussies out of Davis Cup

  

  Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt has a bigger battle on his hands than trying to keep Australia in the World Group as he bids to quell a potential feud between Bernard Tomic and Nick Kyrgios. Australia will face a play-off later this year to stay in the top league after falling 3-1 to a John Isner-led United States in Melbourne. The big-serving world No.11 rolled Tomic 6-4 6-4 5-7 7-6 (7-4) to give his team an unbeatable lead on the Kooyong grass on Sunday. Tomic said he was troubled by an ongo..

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• Fury after car thief avoids jail time

  

  NT Fish boss Trevor Simmonds is angry a man avoided prison after writing off one of his work utes. PICTURE: Patrina MaloneA YOUNG man with more than a dozen convictions for unlawfully using motor vehicles has avoided prison – after he wrote off his brother’s work ute – because his lawyer convinced a magistrate that the “car wasn’t stolen and hooned around in for youthful frolics”.Joel Thomas Stewart-Gardiner, 23, admitted stealing a Toyota Hilux that his brother Shane Gardiner had been allowed t..

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• NT Government Opens Tender Process For 'Problem' Crocodiles

  

  The Northern Territory Government is looking for someone to take 250 crocodiles off its hands. You’ll need to pick them up yourself. And they’re some of the most dangerous animals the Top End produces.Deemed “problem crocodiles” by the Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission, these are crocs that have attacked or acted aggressively towards people, or moved into an area that is a threat to human safety.“On average, 185 problem crocodiles are removed from Darwin Harbour each year. Smalle..

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• Air Supply celebrate 40th anniversary

  

  Hair Supply: Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell’s band have outlasted four marriages.Cameron AdamsNews Corp Australia NetworkTHE Australian pub rock scene of the 1970s helped form two of our most successful and longest-running musical exports.There’s AC/DC, obviously. But also soft rockers Air Supply.The duo, formed in 1975 in Melbourne, have seen eight of their timeless love songs make the US Top 10 and they still play around 140 shows globally each year.Songwriter Graham Russell says their l..

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