Landing gear fault forces CareFlight plane to circle above Darwin and other top stories.

• Landing gear fault forces CareFlight plane to circle above Darwin

  

  Landing gear fault forces CareFlight plane to circle above Darwin Posted May 16, 2016 18:24:00 A CareFlight medical plane has landed in Darwin after circling for 20 minutes due to a suspected fault with the landing gear. The King Air plane, with a pilot, nurse and patient onboard, was travelling to Darwin from Timber Creek on Monday afternoon when the absence of a light indicated a fault with the front wheel.CareFlight's Ian Badham said the pilot did a low-altitude pa..

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• Election 2016: High jinks in the Top End

  

  Malcolm Turnbull visited the Austal ship yard in Fremantle on Monday before flying to Darwin. Andrew Meares The election campaign became high farce in the Top End on Monday when both major parties fell over themselves to promise to fund a badly-needed scanner to help cancer patients.Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull arrived in Darwin on Monday afternoon and was scheduled to announce on Tuesday the Coalition would fund a $15 million PET scanner fo..

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• Turnbull campaigns alone in Fremantle

  

  Turnbull campaigns alone in Fremantle

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• LiveBlogLast Updated 6.20pm AEDTFederal election 2016 ...

  

  Rachel Baxendale, Rosie Lewis, Jared OwensThe AustralianMay 16, 2016 6:41PMSavePrint Hello and welcome to Day Nine of the campaign: The election writs will today be officially issued. Bill Shorten has talked penalty rates and manufacturing in Geelong; Malcolm Turnbull is in Perth, where he has made an announcement about Western Australia’s involvement in the government’s naval shipbuilding project.6.20pm:Politics in the pubMalcolm Turnbull is preparing to face questions from voters in Darwin, wh..

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• Parties outline NT schools funding

  The Northern Territory government has unveiled its early childhood education plan, with $19 million earmarked in next week's budget.Some $9.5 million already committed through federal government programs and $9.4 million of NT funds will be set aside for the first year of the 2016-2020 strategic plan.The government says the plan provides a "coordinated approach to early childhood education and care with a focus on health, learning and wellbeing of young children". Funding includes $1 million pe..

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• Two arrested in dawn weed raid

  

  NT police raid a Virginia property finding two hydroponic marijuana growing set-ups. Video courtesy NT Police

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