Darwin vets hope to solve annual 'drunk' lorikeet mystery and other top stories.

• Darwin vets hope to solve annual 'drunk' lorikeet mystery

  

  Darwin vets hope to solve annual 'drunk' lorikeet mystery Posted June 15, 2016 10:52:43 Darwin vets are hoping to solve an annual mystery that sees scores of colourful lorikeets act drunk and hungover — and then often die.This illness affects the native bird species in the Top End and is sometimes referred to as Drop Lorri Syndrome.In the past week, suburban Darwin animal hospital The Ark has received a spike in lorikeet inpatients — more than 30 in total — all with s..

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• Darwin roundabout lives to see another day as council yields to ...

  

  Darwin roundabout lives to see another day as council yields to community pressure Updated June 15, 2016 08:07:49 Darwin City Council has put the brakes on a controversial move to install traffic lights at the intersection of Smith and Daly Streets, following community and social media outrage. Key points:Mayor of Darwin concedes community was not consulted before plan for traffic lightsCouncil yet to say what further consultation will be doneDecision had been made to ..

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• Darwin man accused of robbing own business

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• Prison produce plans: Darwin prison farm has $20 million turnover ...

  

  Prison produce plans: Darwin prison farm has $20 million turnover potential Updated June 15, 2016 11:10:57 Horticultural trials at the Darwin Correctional Centre are showing multi-million dollar potential. Stage one of the farm is being developed with crops of corn, passionfruit, pineapples, lemongrass and citrus trees already being grown successfully. The prison at Howard Springs replaced the Berrimah Correctional Centre in late 2014. When fully developed, the facili..

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• Territory has space to offer

  

  Attorney-General John Elferink says a lot of hard work has been done to attract a space industry to the Territory. PICTURE: Michael FranchiDARWIN could soon become the space capital of Australia.The NT News can reveal the NT Government has been working with an investor who is negotiating a deal that could see Darwin become the first place in Australia from which space vehicles are launched.The Australian-based investor, who cannot be named, is close to purchasing the Sea Launch spacecraft mariti..

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• Gossip Sheet by Donna Demaio - An Aussie film success, a ...

  

  Sigrid Thornton joins the cast of Wentworth Photo: sigridthornton.com Quote of the week: “I’ve been binge watching,” says Sigrid Thornton as she told me how pleased she is to join the cast of Wentworth ( Foxtel).She told me, “I was in the original cast of Prisoner so it has a particular resonance for me. I’ve always been interested in a re-work and it’s very interesting seeing it come to fruition and working so well. It’s a great forum for a wonderful female ..

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