Friday, August 26, 2016

Darwin charity initiative turning one man's trash into jobs for people ... and other top stories.

  • Darwin charity initiative turning one man's trash into jobs for people ...

    Darwin charity initiative turning one man's trash into jobs for people with disabilities Posted August 23, 2016 13:23:27 In a giant shed among milk crates and clanking bottles, an environmentally friendly initiative sees one man's trash turned into jobs for Darwin people with disabilities.Kyle Adams is among the bright orange uniformed workers there."We pick up from people's houses, we deliver it, we get money for it," he said."We collect bottles with 10 cents. We don..
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  • Darwin Police search for four men who released three crocs into ...

    Darwin Police search for four men who released three crocs into ...
    Northern Territory police are searching for four men who were caught on security vision releasing saltwater crocodiles into a school in Humpty Doo, a town 40 kilometres from Darwin.The footage shows the group smash a door to an administration building and drop three crocodiles into an office before ransacking the place. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Crocodiles dumped in school office Trump pledges probe of Clinton Foundation Bali death:..
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  • Four months added to conwoman's sentence

    Four months added to conwoman's sentence
    A SERIAL conwoman who wrote nearly $60,000 in rubber cheques has had her jail sentence extended by four months, after another $5000 of her dodgy dealings emerged.Soutsakhone Phoneyiem, also known as Lucy Phoneyiem, 40, pleaded guilty to eight counts of obtaining benefit by deception last month, but was committed to the Supreme Court for sentencing because the new charges were so closely related to her old ones.“Of course, all matters could have been dealt with at the (same) time,” Supreme Court..
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  • Danny Deacon trial: 'I don't regret it', husband of Carlie Sinclair tells ...

    Danny Deacon trial: 'I don't regret it', husband of Carlie Sinclair tells ...
    Danny Deacon trial: 'I don't regret it', husband of Carlie Sinclair tells undercover officer Updated August 23, 2016 19:51:58 A man accused of killing his partner said "I don't regret it at all" during a recorded conversation in which he appeared to confess to her murder to an undercover police officer, a Darwin court has heard.Danny Jack Deacon, 45, is accused of murdering his long-term partner and mother of his child, 35-year-old Carlie Sinclair, on or about June 18, ..
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  • CLP promises to weatherproof Smith St Mall

    CLP promises to weatherproof Smith St Mall
    MEETINGS will start to design a weatherproof Smith Street Mall if the Country Liberal Party is re-elected on Saturday.CLP candidate for Port Darwin Rohan Kelly announced the party would invest $300,000 into a design for a mall that would include more shade, cooling elements and entertainment.“We’re not going to get anything done if we don’t sit down together with council, government and the relevant stakeholders,” Mr Kelly said.“That $300,000 is to get some design work done so we can figure out ..
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  • Record number of Perth residential rental vacancies

    Record number of Perth residential rental vacancies
    Record number of Perth residential rental vacancies Posted August 23, 2016 18:51:17 Perth's residential rental vacancy rate has hit a record high of 5.2 per cent according to new figures from property group SQM Research, which found 10,738 houses and units available for lease.Perth's vacancy rate for the month of July was more than double the national level and almost twice that of Darwin, which had the second highest vacancy rate in the country.It comes after Perth o..
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  • Taxi drivers protest Labor's free ride for Uber

    Taxi drivers protest Labor's free ride for Uber
    Northern Territory Labor’s promise to bring in ride-sharing service Uber is “un-Australian” and threatens small business, taxi drivers say. About 50 drivers gathered outside Labor Opposition Leader Michael Gunner’s office in Darwin on Tuesday, saying that if Labor wins Saturday’s election it should commit to a level regulatory playing field.“It can’t go and favour multinational organisations like Uber; that’s un- Australian to be giving favouritism to multinationals like that, and it’s anti- sma..
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  • Chasing nurseryfish and avoiding crocodiles in Adelaide River

    Chasing nurseryfish and avoiding crocodiles in Adelaide River
    Chasing nurseryfish and avoiding crocodiles in Adelaide River Updated August 23, 2016 11:16:25 An American scientist from the University of Ohio has made his career out of studying unusual fish in Northern Australia.Tim Berra is a Professor Emeritus of Evolution Ecology and Biology, who has been travelling to the Top End for almost 15 years. Since 2001 he has spent much of his field work scouring the Adelaide River for the elusive nurseryfish."This is the very bizarre ..
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  • NT Labor spruiks first home-owners' grant

    NT Labor spruiks first home-owners' grant
    Territorians looking to buy an existing property as their first home will be eligible for a $24,000 grant from September 1 if Labor wins Saturday's election, Labor promises.Opposition Leader Michael Gunner on Tuesday said the grant would apply to properties worth up to $650,000, while people buying a newly constructed home would still be eligible for a $26,000 grant.Buyers of existing homes would be eligible for $10,000 grants for renovations, and all first-home buyers would be able to access $..
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  • Court told Deacon confessed to murdering partner

    Court told Deacon confessed to murdering partner
    DANNY Deacon confessed to murdering the mother of his child, Carlie Sinclair, to an undercover police officer, a court has heard.Deacon, 45, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Ms Sinclair on or around June 18, 2013, at their decorative concreting business in Parap.The jury in the Carlie Sinclair murder trial watched the video in which her alleged murderer, Danny Deacon, told the officer he “knocked her out and choked her out” before wrapping her lifeless body in plastic.Deacon told the officer ..
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Huge boost in SA's giant cuttlefish .Posties dogged by paws and effect .
Darwin council repeals al fresco smoking ban .Batemans Bay teen's car crash death after relative's frantic hospital dash .

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