Friday, July 29, 2016

Darwin youth stage musical Secrets depicts 'really frightening' reality ... and other top stories.

  • Darwin youth stage musical Secrets depicts 'really frightening' reality ...

    Darwin youth stage musical Secrets depicts 'really frightening' reality ...
    Darwin youth stage musical Secrets depicts 'really frightening' reality of drug ice Updated July 29, 2016 16:45:28 With high-energy dance routines, in-sync choreography and blaring pop music, the new Darwin stage production Secrets is in many ways a typical high school musical.Yet it also features a "disturbing" content warning, with graphic depictions of domestic violence and a teenager desperately smoking a glass pipe. Eighteen-year-old Macon Riley plays the characte..
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  • Pitch Black 2016 begins

    Pitch Black 2016 begins
    EXERCISE Pitch Black 2016 will see Germans on the ground, an Australian drone in the sky and a Singapore missile system challenging planes. Air Commodore Joe Iervasi officially launched the biennial training exercise on Friday at RAAF Base Darwin.“This year’s exercise will see 115 aircraft and 2,500 exercise participants including complex segment on the ground,” he said.“We’ll be exercising not only advanced combat tactics and integration with emerging and fifth generation capabilities, but we’l..
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  • Montalto ruled out of Darwin Cup

    Montalto ruled out of Darwin Cup
    HIGHLY fancied Port Lincoln raider Montalto is out of Monday’s Darwin Cup.The Angela Forster-trained six-year-old won the Alice Springs Cup in May and impressed in three runs this preparation, including a last-start fourth behind Our Valdivia in the Metric Mile.Montalto was the third favourite for the 2000m feature race, but vets discovered a small tear in the tendon of the horse’s off fore leg during a routine inspection on Friday morning.Forster’s Cup hopes now rest with Moon Devil.Michael Hic..
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  • US Marines, Aussie forces enjoy successful Exercise Hamel ...

    US Marines, Aussie forces enjoy successful Exercise Hamel ...
    US Marines, Aussie forces enjoy successful Exercise Hamel defence operation at Cultana Posted July 29, 2016 17:35:59 Lieutenant Colonel Steven Sutey jokes about having to grab a fork to comb his hair before appearing on camera for interview.He brought 600 of his Marines from their temporary base in Darwin to join 8,000 Australian soldiers in a major training operation, Exercise Hamel, at the Cultana training area at the top of Spencer Gulf in South Australia.Interview..
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  • Caravan, car and bike crash patients flown to Darwin

    Caravan, car and bike crash patients flown to Darwin
    Five patients were flown to hospital in Darwin following four separate vehicle crashes at remote Top End locations late on Thursday. A CareFlight King Air aircraft on a strip ready for action.Five patients were flown to hospital in Darwin following four separate vehicle crashes at remote Top End locations late on Thursday.Health clinic and CareFlight teams combined to treat patients injured in the crashes near Mataranka, Umbakumba, Borroloola and Robinson River.A 63-year-old man w..
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  • Into the dark heart of the Don Dale Detention Centre

    Into the dark heart of the Don Dale Detention Centre
    The guards gathered in a tight pack by the isolation cells, with tear gas canisters and a German shepherd security dog barking and pulling at its lead. From the other side of the reinforced door came the sound of a 14-year-old boy smashing the concrete walls with a broken light fitting. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Spotlight on the Northern Territory Online rape threat troll avoids jail Lindt cafe siege: what police said Rudd ..
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  • August sky guide: Five bright planets, Perseid meteor shower, and ...

    August sky guide: Five bright planets, Perseid meteor shower, and ...
    August sky guide: Five bright planets, Perseid meteor shower, and Aquila Posted July 29, 2016 16:12:48 In August, all five bright planets grace the evening sky for the last time until 2018, the Perseid meteor shower is visible in northern Australia, and Aquila the Eagle flies high in the north.Early this year, we were treated to the sight of all five bright planets in the early morning sky for the first time since 2005.In August, all five will be on display again — t..
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  • Clarke has the 2 favourites in Darwin Cup

    Clarke has the 2 favourites in Darwin Cup
    Leading Northern Territory trainer Gary Clarke will saddle up the two top fancies, Lightinthenite and Finke, in the $200,000 Carlton Mid Darwin Cup (2000m) at Fannie Bay on Monday. Tommy Berry, above, will ride Royal Request in the Darwin Cup at Fannie Bay. Photo by Race Horse Photos Australia. Finke is in line to collect a Ladbrokes Triple Crown $100,000 bonus if he can win the Darwin Cup and is currently fighting for favouritism his stablemate Lightinthenite. Both Clarke runners’ prices are f..
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  • Is there something fundamentally wrong with detention?

    Is there something fundamentally wrong with detention?
    Why did it take graphic footage of abuse, dehumanising violence and even torture at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre in Darwin to arouse both public outrage and political will? After all, such treatment has been widely reported in the recent past. Scott Stephens and Waleed Aly discuss the case with Martha Nussbaum.Why is it that our moral imaginations can only be provoked by extreme images?Perhaps we have long-since stopped thinking about our various layers of incarceration and state-sanctio..
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  • Around the world Atlantic Rally for Cruisers race anchors in Mackay ...

    Around the world Atlantic Rally for Cruisers race anchors in Mackay ...
    Around the world Atlantic Rally for Cruisers race anchors in Mackay, north Queensland Posted July 29, 2016 15:19:02 Amateur sailors taking part in an around-the-world race anchored in north Queensland earlier this week. A total of 19 yachts taking part in the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers [ARC] World Race sailed into Mackay, north Queensland, on Thursday. The fleet, which comprised of amateur sailors from Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe, orig..
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Footage shows tear-gassing of children at Darwin centre .Darwin Cup hopeful sensationally scratched .
Can-do attitude prevails .Baird's ban could mean taxpayers feeding thousands of greyhounds .

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