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• Carlie Sinclair death: Darwin woman buried while son waited in car ...

  

  Carlie Sinclair death: Darwin woman buried while son waited in car, trial told Updated August 10, 2016 21:02:43 The man accused of killing Carlie Sinclair in Darwin in 2013 hit her over the head and strangled her with a rag before burying her body in a pre-dug grave while their young son waited in the car, prosecutors have alleged. Danny Deacon, 45, is on trial in the Northern Territory Supreme Court for the killing of Ms Sinclair, 35, on or about June 18, 2013. Deacon ..

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• Darwin backpackers' hostel stabbing leaves man with facial wounds ...

  

  Darwin backpackers' hostel stabbing leaves man with facial wounds, NT police say Posted August 10, 2016 13:51:59 An argument about keeping the noise down in a Darwin backpackers' hostel led to a man being stabbed in the face early on Wednesday, NT police have said.Detectives said the 53-year-old victim was stabbed outside his 12-person dorm at the Frogs Hollow Backpackers."There was an altercation outside of the residence in which the 53-year-old victim suffered injur..

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• Darwin 'space junk' artist having works rocketed to moon as part of ...

  

  Darwin 'space junk' artist having works rocketed to moon as part of US university experiment Updated August 10, 2016 12:04:02 A Darwin academic that recently proposed creating sculptures above the earth's atmosphere is one step closer to having his dream become a reality — except his artwork will be rocketed to the moon instead.Last month, Charles Darwin University visual arts lecturer Dr Ioannis Michaloudis told the ABC about his unusual solution to the 170 million p..

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• Mansion living prospers in Darwin

  

  DARWIN prestige properties have been holding value and achieving solid prices despite and overall real estate slump in the Territory capital. Paul Heron from Belle Property Darwin said Darwin’s elite real estate was located in the waterside suburbs of Larrakeyah, Cullen Bay, Fannie Bay, Parap and Bayview as well as a pocket of acreage in Knuckey Lagoon.The best of the best were restricted to a few waterside streets including East Point Road in Fannie Bay, Larrakeyah Terrace in Larrakeyah and Eme..

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• Tourism operators praise waterfront hotel

  

  THE $250 million Westin luxury hotel to be located at the Darwin Waterfront has been welcomed by longtime tourism operators. The hotel still has to go through the full planning process. Chinese company Landbridge, lessee of the Darwin Port, emerged as the successful bidder following an 18-month process.Longtime Darwin tourism identity Penni Tastula told ABC radio she had been arguing for such a development for 25 years.“If this comes off this is exactly what Darwin needs,” she said. “No high-ris..

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• Darwin Suburbs to watch for good buys

  

  HOUSE hunters chasing a good buy should be looking to the northern suburbs for homes and Parap and the Nightcliff foreshore for units.Chris Deutrom from Elders Darwin said the northern suburbs offered young families big blocks and solid homes in a central location.“We’re finding really great activity in Anula, Wulagi, Moil and Wagaman,” he said.“Prices in those suburbs have come back a little bit over the last couple of years, which has brought them into a really nice little sector of the market..

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• Casino to take punt on live entertainment

  

  SKYCITY Darwin has engaged a consultant to expand its live entertainment offering with a view to including major music days.General manager David Christian, who first worked at the Mindil Beach property in 1984 with the Federals Group, wants it to return to the vibrant entertainment property it has been.“When I looked at the entertainment schedule I saw we were really light on,” he said. “Knowing the lady from Tasmania who had been running the whole entertainment for the Federal group for the la..

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• Darwin heat to worsen: report

  

  THE number of days over 35C in Darwin is expected to increase from 11 per year to up to 69 by 2030 and up to 308 by 2070, according to a Climate Council report released yesterday. The On the Frontline: Climate Change & Rural Communities report found that without global action to reduce emissions there could be 407 temperature-related deaths in the NT by 2100.In Darwin, about two people aged over 65 year died each year from heat-related deaths, but the Climate Council estimated this number could ..

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• Alleged 'temptress' faces spiking charge

  

  AN alleged “temptress” — who police say seduced her victims before spiking their drinks and robbing them — has been denied bail.Kellyanne Skinner, 38, appeared in Darwin Local Court yesterday, having most recently been arrested last Wednesday.Skinner, supported in court by her girlfriend, faces 47 charges across three files, the most serious of which is a single count of drink spiking, which has to be heard before the Supreme Court.Defence lawyer Shane McMaster said Skinner, of Wulagi, would con..

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