Can-do attitude prevails and other top stories.

• Can-do attitude prevails

  

  BRAGGING rights were on the line as the flour and water balloons flew during the Battle of Mindil at the Darwin Lions’ Beer Can Regatta yesterday.More than 15,000 people attended the annual charity event, run by the Combined Lions Clubs of Darwin and held in conjunction with the Mindil Markets.The regatta saw 13 teams build boats from drink cans to compete in a number of races while other events, including thong throwing and tug of war, kept the crowd ­entertained.The culmination of the Beer Can..

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• Tears for return and mate who didn't

  

  THREE-year-old Connor McLaughlin couldn’t contain his tears of joy as he finally got to kiss and hug his mother Sarah for the first time in almost seven months yesterday — her longest deployment since joining the navy.Connor was joined by his grandparents, who had travelled from Queensland for the emotional reunion, just one of many as HMAS Darwin docked in Sydney yesterday morning after duties in the Middle East for Operation Manitou.media_cameraSailors wave to those waiting as HMAS Darwin arri..

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• Neurofibromatosis: How photography and friendship helped a ...

  

  Neurofibromatosis: How photography and friendship helped a Darwin child with rare tumour disorder Posted July 18, 2016 14:57:21 With a tiny curtsy and a big broad smile, Libby Elliott is these days the comfortable star of backyard photoshoots led by her shutterbug neighbour Lochlan Batty.However, just months ago Libby was shying away from cameras."I got a bit nervous," she said.Five-year-old Libby and nine-year-old Lochlan have been friends since early 2015, when the ..

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• NT's Hannibal Lecter vows to play up

  

  THE violent murderer known as the NT’s Hannibal Lecter has promised to continue “playing up” until he is moved out of Darwin Prison, where he is kept in almost total isolation for the protection of other inmates.In the Northern Territory Supreme Court on Monday, Andy Albury said he had “been waiting for the right weapon” to hurt someone in prison since he was moved from Alice Springs.Albury is serving life without parole for the brutal 1983 murder of 29-year-old Gloria Pindan on Mitchell St.He s..

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• Shooters take aim at Rio in Darwin

  

  DARWIN is the perfect location for shooters to train in preparation for the Rio Olympics, according to 2004 Athens Bronze medallist Adam Vella.The entire Olympic shooting squad have been in the Top End since last week, training in conditions similar to the ones they will encounter in Brazil.Vella, the most experienced member of the team, said the time spent training at the Darwin Clay Target Club had been fruitful.“The main thing for us up here is to get good weather and to be taken us out of ou..

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• Tigers red hot for swing at finals

  

  NIGHTCLIFF can suddenly seriously contemplate ending their nine-year Darwin Baseball League flag drought.Jason Ellery’s red-hot Tigers drew level with Tracy Village on nine wins from 15 matches, recovering from a 5-1 deficit to defeat the Rebels 8-6 on Friday night.media_cameraNightcliff’s Jason Ellery. PICTURE: Elise DerwinThe teams clash again on Sunday, with the winner moving into outright second spot.“We got a bit lucky,” Ellery said.“They made a couple of errors in the middle innings and we..

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• Paul's taking the tube to Madagascar

  

  MADAGASCAR seemed like the obvious place to sail from the Top End for one Darwin local. Paul Hubicka, 72, finished his custom-made 4.5m vessel to sail from Darwin to Antsiranana in Madagascar after 14 months of hard work.“I used to live there and have friends there and it’s the logical place to go from Darwin,” he said.He tested the vessel on Friday to make sure it would float before setting sail today.“(If it doesn’t float) it’ll be a submarine,” Mr Hubicka said.The vessel built by Mr Hubicka f..

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• Alleged preference demand a sign of the times

  

  INDEPENDENT candidate for Port Darwin Carol Phayer has had her campaign signs ­removed from a fence at the Smith St roundabout and was allegedly told by a CLP official she could re-post them if she preferences the party on the August 27 election ballot.Ms Phayer says she had an arrangement with Traveller’s AutoBarn to display her election material on their fence, but that the CLP went over the renters’ heads and appealed to owner Tomazos Group to have the signs taken down and replaced with CLP s..

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• Coldest morning in a decade

  

  DARWINITES shivered through the coldest July morning in a decade Monday, when the temperature dropped to 13.8C.Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Jackson Browne said despite the chilly temperatures, the Top End will be warming up again for next week.“It’s going to be gradually getting warmer this week and the current forecast is minimums hanging around 17C and increasing to 22C by the end of the week,” he said.“At this stage it will be at least a week until another cold air mass comes through.”How..

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• South China Sea, Counter-terrorism to feature in Turnbull-Biden talks

  

  Vice-President Biden has been promoting the economic, investment and research links between the two countries during his first visit to Australia. Darrian Traynor Translating a crucial judicial decision on the laws of the sea into a strategy for dealing on a day-to day-basis with Chinese brinkmanship in the South China Sea will form a key part of discussions when US Vice-President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull meet in Sydney on ..

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Can-do attitude prevails .	Veteran yachtsman Peter Charles, 73, rescued at sea after accident ... .
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