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• 'Rubbish Warrior' Trevor Jenkins jailed for abusing Darwin judge ...

  

  'Rubbish Warrior' Trevor Jenkins jailed for abusing Darwin judge during appeal Updated May 11, 2016 14:58:43 The Darwin man known as "The Rubbish Warrior" has been sentenced to two weeks in jail for contempt of court, after telling a judge to "shove it up your arse". Key points:Man known as "Rubbish Warrior" not insane, judge agreesCourt orders Jenkins silenced during disruptive video appearanceTwo weeks' jail for berating judge at earlier hearing Trevor Jenkins, 51,..

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• Darwin council flags cutting back drinking times along foreshore

  

  Darwin council flags cutting back drinking times along foreshore Posted May 11, 2016 12:20:53 The Darwin City Council has flagged tightening restrictions on the times the public can drink alcohol along the city's foreshore on weeknights by two hours.Currently people are allowed to consume alcohol between 4:00pm and 10:30pm on weekdays and between 12:00pm and 10:30pm on weekends and public holidays.But the council is proposing to rein in weeknight drinking hours to bet..

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• Audrey shines bright for Starlight

  

  The Starlight Foundation helped Hayley and Clinton Hosking with their daughter Audrey when she had complications after being born with a duplex kidney. PICTURE: Elise DerwinAUDREY Hosking spent the first year of her life in and out of hospital.She had three operations long before many would have their first. Audrey’s mum Hayley Hosking said they were some of the most stressful days of her and her husband’s lives.“It was really stressful and extremely emotional to have a brand new baby and them n..

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• Here's where rents are falling

  

  The annual change in rents continues at its slowest pace since 1996. Picture: ThinkstockIT’S ONLY a modest movement, but combined capital city rents are down and all signs point towards more of the same. That’s good news for renters (and bad news for landlords) particularly in Perth and Darwin where rents have taken a battering.While the year on year combined city dwelling (that’s houses and units) rental rate is down just 0.2 per cent (to $486 a week), the CoreLogic April monthly rental review ..

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• Top End tour for St Louis' finest

  

  US rapper Chingy is performing in Darwin at Discovery on Friday night. PICTURE: SuppliedST Louis rapping royalty Chingy is returning to the Top End for a second performance and is set to feature in a Darwin rapper’s film clip.Chingy, 36, is playing at Discovery on Friday from 9pm and played in Alice Springs last week. He posted a video to his social media page showing off his penthouse accommodation in central Australia.The rapper is renowned for his hit Right Thurr and said his latest tracks on..

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• Aussie left to die in Bali after brutal attack

  

  The CAT scan of injured Aussie John Burke who has been left to die in Bali after a brutal attack. The white patches show bleeding in his brain. Picture: Supplied.Staff writersNews Corp Australia NetworkAN elderly Aussie man has been left to die in a Bali hospital because he doesn’t have insurance to pay for life saving treatment.John Burke from Darwin who is believed to have lived in Bali for the past 10 years was reportedly attacked in his villa in Gunung Salak in Kerobokan.He needs immediate s..

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• Former Katherine travel agent avoids jail after $40k pensioner ...

  

  Former Katherine travel agent avoids jail after $40k pensioner scheme fraud Posted May 11, 2016 17:29:18 A former Katherine travel agent who defrauded the Northern Territory Government of more than $40,000 has been sentenced to three months' home detention.Tennille Kim Foley had been the sole director of Travel World in Katherine since 2004 and in March she pleaded guilty to obtaining a benefit by deception.The 38-year-old had submitted 69 inflated invoices to the NT ..

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• From Central Java to Darwin to China: Guntur's illustrious cattle career

  

  Guntur Pribadi, general manager of the Dongying Japfa Beef Co feedlot in Shandong Province, China.   This smiling face will be immediately recognisable to most Australians who have spent time visiting the Indonesian cattle industry. Guntur Pribadi has been an integral member of the cattle operations developed in Indonesia over the past 25 years by Japfa, which in that time has grown to become one of the biggest importers and feeders of Australian cattle in the country. While relations between A..

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