Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Darwin's Coral Warriors and other top stories.

  • Darwin's Coral Warriors

    Darwin's Coral Warriors
    Darwin's Coral Warriors Posted September 09, 2016 12:28:22 It's all about creating awareness about global warming and coral bleaching through art. I met with craft groups around Darwin and went to them with a concept. I was blown away by their enthusiasm. Jasmine Jan, creative director of the Crochet Reef Project I'm absolutely in awe of the colours that we have around us and the inventiveness of all these ladies. Barbara Williams, Darwin..
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  • Wellcamp airport announces exciting new route

    Wellcamp airport announces exciting new route
    BREAKING: A new route from Wellcamp Airport will give the region direct access to one of Australia's most spectacular tourism destinations. Magnetic Island will be just over an hour's flight away when a direct service between Toowoomba and Townsville starts on November 28. The additional three weekly Toowoomba-Townsville services will be operated by Airnorth, Australia's second longest-running airline. Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport general manager Mr Phil Gregory said the new service..
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  • Violent killer Albury refuses to talk

    Violent killer Albury refuses to talk
    CONVICTED killer Andy Albury remains in a Darwin prison and continues to act in a petulant manner in a bid to be moved south.Albury is serving life without parole for the brutal 1983 murder of 29-year-old Gloria Pindan on Mitchell St.He stabbed her 28 times, cut off her nipples and pulled out one of her eyes.Albury told the NT Supreme Court in July he had “been waiting for the right weapon” to physically injure someone in prison since he was moved north from Alice Springs.However, a Department o..
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  • Listings fall in August as vendors prepare for spring selling season

    Listings fall in August as vendors prepare for spring selling season
    Residential property listings fell across Australia during August, however the fall was likely a seasonal occurrence as sellers prepare for the traditional spring selling season.   Figures from SQM Research show there were 333,123 residential listings across Australia in August, representing a monthly fall of 4.3%.   In year-on-year terms, listings were 0.4% lower when compared with August 2015.   Over August, Hobart saw the largest monthly fall in listings at 7%, follow..
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  • Sydney Swans rookie Colin O'Riordan will be cheering from the ...

    Sydney Swans rookie Colin O'Riordan will be cheering from the ...
    WHEN the Swans take on the Giants in Sunday’s NEAFL grand final, an Irishman will be giving instruction from the bench. Colin O’Riordan would prefer to be on ground. But a freak collision left him with a punctured lung when the Swans reserves played in Darwin last month. His season ended prematurely.He was unable to fly back with the team and embarked on a monumental road trip to Sydney with welfare manager Dennis Carroll instead.LISTEN TO THE LATEST FOX FOOTY PODCAST BELOW, OR TAP HERE TO SUBSC..
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  • Tom Wolfe: The true origins of speech

    Tom Wolfe: The true origins of speech
    The Kingdom of Speech by Tom Wolfe.  The Kingdom of SpeechTom WolfeJonathan Cape, $32.99When eight heavyweights in evolutionary theory announced that they had failed to solve the mystery of the origins of our capacity for language, Tom Wolfe sniffed a good story. Writing in his signature comic-book, stream-of-consciousness style, Wolfe opens with the race between Alfred Wallace and Charles Darwin to lay claim to the theory of natural selection. Questions about the acquisition of language bec..
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  • Keeping worlds apart

    Keeping worlds apart
    DON Knowler always writes delightfully and passionately about birds. After checking to see that the editor hasn’t toned down my minor intemperance, Knowler’s On the Wing column is the first thing I read.His charming description of the small silvereye or waxeye made me ashamed of once using those lovely little creatures for shanghai practice. With my seven-year-old brutish playmates, we loved the way those tiny birds would explode in a puff of feathers.It is indefensible, I know, and I have been ..
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  • Dingoes and detainees: Why this royal commission has its work cut out

    Dingoes and detainees: Why this royal commission has its work cut out
    Dingoes and detainees: Why this royal commission has its work cut out By Kate Wild, senior reporter, NT royal commission Updated September 09, 2016 18:30:47 At the Northern Territory's last royal commission, women sported pageboy haircuts and men were in long socks and shorts.It was 1986 and commissioner Trevor Morling's remit was to investigate the soundness of criminal convictions against Lindy and Michael Chamberlain over the death of their daughter Azaria. Lin..
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  • Don't panic: Abbott denounces Turnbull rush to call inquiry

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  • Dolphins name newcomers for opener

    Dolphins name newcomers for opener
    THE Gold Coast Dolphins will parade two of their off-season signings when they open their Queensland Premier Grade campaign today. Top-order batsmen Cameron Francis (formerly with Valley) and Emmanuel “Lucky” Peterson (ex-South Brisbane captain) will don the sky blue Dolphins caps for the first time in a 50-overs clash with ­Sandgate-Redcliffe at Trevor Hohns Field at Deagon in Brisbane’s outer northern suburbs.Francis and Cameron ­link-ed with Gold Coast for the same reason – fresh starts to re..
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