Saturday, September 24, 2016

Sydney house prices rise after six months of falls, Perth and Darwin ... and other top stories.

  • Sydney house prices rise after six months of falls, Perth and Darwin ...

    Sydney house prices rise after six months of falls, Perth and Darwin ...
    Sydney house prices rise after six months of falls, Perth and Darwin slip Updated September 20, 2016 12:45:33 New figures show property prices rose in the June quarter, with Sydney posting a rise after six months of falls, while prices fell in Perth and Darwin.The Australian Bureau of Statistics Home Price Index rose 2 per cent for the June quarter, slightly missing analyst expectation, with those polled by Reuters expecting a rise of 2.5 per cent.For the year, prices r..
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  • Warships take part in manoeuvres off Darwin as part of Exercise ...

    Warships take part in manoeuvres off Darwin as part of Exercise ...
    The decks of HMAS Warramunga shook as its guns fired off the coast of Darwin during Exercise Kakadu. The Australian frigate was aiming at a target two nautical miles away and each boom was followed by a splash in the distance as the shells hit their mark yesterday.The live fire was followed by Warramunga manoeuvring between Canadian warship, HMCS Vancouver and Darwin-base patrol boat HMAS Glenelg, before the frigate repelled a mock air attack.Warramunga’s captain, Commander Dugald Clelland said ..
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  • Drug crop to treat 'anxiety' court told

    Drug crop to treat 'anxiety' court told
    A GARDENER who tried to grow 12 lbs of cannabis — which he planned to use to treat his anxiety — has avoided a usually mandatory jail term after going cold turkey from drugs.Jesse Denford, 27, pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court to cultivating a commercial quantity of cannabis following a police raid on his Darwin River home on March 26.Crown Prosecutor Collette Dixon said the drug squad found 29 plants at the rental property, including some in a makeshift grow room.In court, Denford produced a ..
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  • Territory fighters head to nationals

    THE Top End’s best exponents of Tang Soo Tao, a form of Korean Karate, will be in Melbourne this week for the fighting art’s sixth national tournament.The September 23-24 tournament includes a seminar on day one featuring specialist classes for every rank and belt level from white to black belt and eventually master level (4th Dan and above).A 13-strong Darwin contingent will compete in the masters, black belt and several coloured belts divisions.The tournament will comprise a number of differen..
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  • Northern Territory Million Dollar Fish competition starts October 1

    September 20, 201612:14pmCrownBet’s Brad Fanning and Outback Float Planes operator Bonnie Keogh with a freshly tagged million dollar barra. PICTURE: Helen OrrAT a secret location in Darwin Harbour yesterday, one of 101 wild-caught barramundi is measured, photographed, tagged and sent swimming to the mangroves with a $10,000 bounty on its head. Barra like the 61cm specimen on the front page — including two metreys — have been caught and released at popular fishing spots from here to Nhulunbuy; fr..
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  • Zunic ready to win in first New Caledonian appearance

    Zunic ready to win in first New Caledonian appearance
    Jordan Zunic has arrived in New Caledonia the in-form player of the South Pacific Open Championship. The New South Welshman is the most recent ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia champion, having won the Tour's last tournament; the Northern Territory PGA Championship.After taking his first look at the Tina Golf Course, Zunic likes his chances on the layout which he says bears similarities to Palmerston Golf Course where he was recently victorious."I find the grass..
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  • Weather forecast: Rain for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide ...

    Weather forecast: Rain for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide ...
    Heavy rain expected for Eastern Australia 1:47Further river level rises are expected in areas, which are already experiencing flooding along the East Coast of Australia. Courtesy: Weatherzone.com.au Large parts of Australia are due to cop another drenching. Picture: WeatherzoneIF YOU’RE looking outside and happen to see the sun, make the most of it because our soggy September is far from over.In fact, some parts of the country have already received record falls, while further rain is set ..
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  • Value of housing tops $6 trillion

    Australian Associated PressThe value of Australia's housing has topped $6 trillion.Capital city home prices rose an average of 2.0 per cent in the June quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics, released on Tuesday, show.The increase lifts the total value of the housing stock by $138 billion in the quarter to $6.045 trillion and by just over $1 trillion since the first quarter of 2014.The average price of Australia's 9.7 million dwellings is now $623,000, up from $604,700 a year ago.The June ..
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  • Nextgen completes subsea fibre-optic cable for gas platforms

    Nextgen completes subsea fibre-optic cable for gas platforms
    The North West Cable System (NWCS) creates a link from Darwin in the Northern Territory to Port Hedland in Western Australia, and connects the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project’s offshore facilities and Shell’s Prelude FLNG facility to their onshore data centres and business headquarters. Nextgen CEO David Yule said the $US139 million cable system provides essential support for Australia’s offshore oil and gas projects. “High-speed connectivity has now emerged as a vital component to operate a..
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trees being removed 'unnecessarily' after Great Ocean Road fires, residents say .Nomads boss arrested in Darwin .
Major review aims to end debate over taking statins .New Street service to be established in the Illawarra .

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