'I'd recognise those cheeks anywhere'

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NTPolicespeedcameraswill
beintheseareastoday:
DOCTORSAWARDED
Darwin:BagotRd;EastPoint TERRITORY doctors will be
Rd;GilruthAve;MitchellSt. recognisedatasupportcon-
NorthernSuburbs:Tambling ferencelaterthismonth.
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end from May 26-28 at the
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StuartHighway,BeesCreek;
ion will be on the cards,
StuartHighway,Howard
PilesofrubbishwereleftonDundeeBeachovertheEasterlongweekendleavinglocalsfurious along with Service Recog-
Springs;WhitewoodRd.
nition Awards and NT Gen-
Beach left with litter disgrace eralPractitioneroftheYear,
presentedbyaspecialguest.
CARBONTAXFIGHT
Wakeuptous
FIVE Territory organisations
ByCONORBYRNE gettingareal hidingthelast ‘‘We don’t benefit, except and destroying the sand have expressed their con-
coupleofweekends,’’hesaid. there’smorebloodypeople.’’ dunes,’’ he said. ‘‘They are cern over the impact of the
SOME Dundee Beach resi- ‘‘Squattingonthebeachis He said there was about creating havoc; they come carbontaxonthecostofliv-
dentswereleftankledeepin notaproblemaslongasthey fivecampsonthebeachdur- outfromtownandthinkthey ingintheNT.
rubbish after the Easter hol- taketheircrap. ingtheEasterweekend. canrunamok.’’ TheMineralCouncilofAust-
idayweekend. ‘‘We have a tip here. All Many were in the area for Dundee is in an ‘‘unincor- ralia NT division, Master
Aresidentwas‘‘toldtopiss theyhavetodoisgatheritup the rodeo, but Dundee Pro- porated area’’ that has no Builders NT, Manufacturers
off and mind his own busi- anddumpitonthewayout.’’ gress Association vice- councilgovernance. Council, Chamber of Com-
Call89449901 ness’’ when he asked beach- MrHillsaidvolunteersre- presidentTonyMelvillesaid Rodeo organiser Sven merce NT and the Road
campersabouttheirlitter. moved five tonnes of waste thefive-dayweekendwasthe Payne said the village clean- Transport Association NT
MYSTERYNUMBERCONDITIONS:
Ifyouwin,keepthispaperforverification. DundeeSocialandRecreat- fromthebeachlastyear. reasonpeopletookthetripto up took a few days, but that said the proposed tax was
Callcosts55c(IncGST).Higherfrom
mobile/payphones-DialectSolutions ion Club committee member ‘‘Nowwearebacktowhere Dundee. the beach is littered after ‘‘not appropriate’’ in today’s
Ganrodutpo.uRcehctoomnempehnodnaet.ioSno:mUesemaolbainleds-,line Keith Hill said volunteers westarted,’’hesaid. He said bikes were a huge every weekend. Daly MLA economy.Theysaidthecost
pteocrhtanbiclealafnadulptsaydupehotonreescmepatyioenxperience hadtocleanupthemess. ‘‘The event brings money problemforresidents. Rob Knight has received no of the tax would be $147.5
complications. ‘‘Our beaches have been toorganisers,notlocals.’’ ‘‘They’re a total menace complaintsaboutrubbish. millioninthefirstyear.
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TIT for TOT at Disco
BySARAHCRAWFORD T-shirt competition Tequila But the commission has effective than punishment. goaheadonTuesdayMay31. The Commission wrote
on Tuesdays (TOT), run by chosen not to suspend Dis- ‘‘Thelicenseeshouldbein That is because Discovery that over the past few years
THE Licensing Commission Discoverynightclub. covery’s licence, instead no doubt, however, that any was also found guilty of Discovery has had signifi-
has warned a Darwin night- PatronsknowTOTasTits issuinganultimatum–clean further breach of the Com- breaching its Fire Pre- cantly more complaints
club that it may ban its no- outTuesdaybecausecontest- up the competition or risk mission’s direction in re- cautionLicenceandwastold againstitthanothervenues.
torious wet T-shirt compe- antoftenripoffwetsinglets losingitaltogether. spect to the conduct of TOT toshutonMay31andJune1 Last month Discovery
titionaltogetherifonemore hopingtowinaprize. In its decision the Licens- mayresultinthesuspension aspunishment. nightclubwentintoreceiver-
contestant flashes her boobs Last month the Licensing ingCommissionboardwrote of the licence, or, alternat- The Commission heard ship. Receivers KordaMen-
onstage. CommissionruledTOTbrea- it believed giving the night- ively, a blanket ban on the fireexitswereusedassmok- tha are now responsible for
Yesterday,thecommission ched the guidelines for strip club clear instructions on conduct of TOT events,’’ the ing areas while the main ensuringthenightclubstays
handeddownitsdecisionon and lingerie shows because how the competition should boardwroteinthedecision. emergencyexitwasusedasa onitsbestbehaviour.
theTerritory’sinfamouswet oftheboob-flashing. beconductedwouldbemore Inspiteofthat,TOTwon’t rubbishdump. Wicking’sview:P12
Ochre-letter
day as NT
starts new
plate series
Oneofthenewplates
THE Territory is moving
intoaneraofalphanumeric
registration plates after 32
years of being a numbers-
onlyplacetobe.
Theywillbeginwith‘‘C’’
by decree of the Federal
Government, which does
notlike‘‘A’’and‘‘B’’.
The colour of the plates
will remain ochre and will
beginwith‘‘CA00AA’’,fol-
lowedby‘‘CA00AB’’until
the end of the alphabet be-
fore the second last letter
willincrease.
Transport Minister
Gerry McCarthy said the
Federal Government was
responsible for deciding
that the ‘‘C’’ began the
seriesofthenewplates.
Theplateswillstarttobe
issued in a few weeks, are
included in price of regis- PoliceareonthehuntforthisbanditwhoheldupaPalmerstonsupermarketwithamachete.See
trationandkeeptheslogan videooftheincidentatwww.ntnews.com.au
‘‘NTOutbackAustralia’’.
Mr McCarthy said the Machete threat used in robbery
first ofthe serieswould be
donated to the National
Road Transport Hall of
FameinAliceSprings. ByNIGELADLAM behindthecounter.Policeyes-
He said the new series terday released CCTV footage
would produce 1.5million TWO Palmerston shopkeepers oftherobberyshowingalarge
plate combinations, which weretraumatisedwhenathief maninayellowhoodedjumper
couldlastatleast30years. threatened them with a withthewordsDMCwrittenac-
machete. rossthefrontinwhite.
Theyhurriedlygavetheman Thehoodwaspulledoverhis
Hendo backs $950fromthetill. head and he had a black cloth
The Driver supermarket in wayintoBurnettCt.Seniorser- covering his face. He was also
local councils Driver Ave was robbed at geant Daniel Shean said the wearingdarkpantsandgloves.
7.25pmonWednesday. robbery was a terrible experi- Anyone with information B:
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LOCAL government still P
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Minister Paul Henderson Drink-driver burnout in front of shocked cops
says.
‘‘I just think having one
level of government in POLICE were amazed when a ‘‘We’dliketothinkhedidn’t manbegandoingburnoutsona
the Northern Territory drink-driver did a burnout in know we were there,’’ Senior patch of grassland only a few
would be a bit too auto- frontofthemyesterday. sergeantDanielSheansaid. metresuptheroad.
cratic for most people, so Two marked police vehicles Police were investigating a The man returned a blood-
it’scertainlynotonmyra- — a saloon car and paddy break-inattheWinnellieHotel alcohol reading of .198, nearly
dar,’’hesaid. wagon—couldclearlybeseen. about5amwhenthe31-year-old fourtimesthelegallimit.
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Present Crack
o’ dawn
arms in thief
in court
a hug
BySARAHCRAWFORD
A MAN who broke into a
Darwin pub handed him-
self into police after recog-
nisinghisbumcrackinse-
curitycamerafootage.
of love Labourer Leslie Clarke,
29, did not remember
breaking into the Hidden
Valley Tavern during a
drunken spree until when
herecognisedhimselfwalk-
ing around showing a
generous bum crack in
CCTV footage released to
ByNADJAHAINKE new living arrangements at themedia.
hisLyonshome. Clarke cracked his own
THERE was a bit of hesi- ‘‘Everything has case when he sheepishly
P tation then hugs and tears changed,’’MrsMoonsaid.‘‘I wenttoapolicestationand
U when little Amy Richards willhavetoshowhimwhere told them he thought he
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The Digger had just re- ployed overseas last year to pubandstealing$240worth
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monthdeploymenttoIraq. Soldiers from Afghanis- Clarke’s lawyer Michael
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myfamily,’’MajorRichards dle East will be returning med and embarrassed,’’ by
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: 23 Diggers to arrive at Dar- its six-year military pres- when he threw a rock
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0 win airport just before 7am enceinIraqinJuly2009. through the front doors of
- after a long deployment in Security detachments, or theBerrimahtavernabout
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Corporal Gregory Moon He said the country had Owners said it was the
was relieved to see his wife improved. 100th break-in at the Hid-
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G andthree-year-oldJack. taking charge of security past12years.
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: wardtoacoldbeeronAust- Baghdad, and it is a much News placed a footage still
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clear, in direct contrast to
the previous night, he be-
MajorShaunRichardsiswelcomedhomebydaughterHayley,5,(above)afterreturningto haved in an adult and re-
Darwinfromeightmonths’deploymentinIraq.Left:CorporalGregoryMoonwithchildren sponsible way,’’ Mr Bur-
Jack,3,andJessica,6,andwifeKim Pictures:BRADFLEET rowssaid.
Magistrate Michael
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titutiontothepub.
INDIGENOUS Policy Minister tobeplayedatthe diaeventsintheleaduptothe Mr Carey said Hidden
Malarndirri McCarthy is in MCGbetweenEss- match. ‘‘This match attracts a Valley Tavern owner Ron
Melbournethisweekendforthe endon and Rich- large national audience and Townsendwas‘‘totallysick
Dreamtime At the G AFL mond. there will also be a half-time and tired of people break-
matchonSaturday. Ms McCarthy tourism promotion giving a ingintohisproperty’’.
MsMcCarthyistravellingto and former lucky winner airfares for two, The court heard one of
the Victorian capital to pro- MsMcCarthy Bombers’ star Mi- accommodation and passes to Clarke’s co-offenders also
STARTS THIS motetheTerritory’sCentenary chaelLongarecollaboratingin the Alice Desert Festival in gave himself up after the
year through the annual game a series of marketing and me- September,’’shesaid. footage was broadcast by
SATURDAY the media. He will appear
incourtnextmonth.
Glass-free swimming holes plan
RACING FROM 5PM
GLASS could be banned from free’’. It stated the change nessabouttheglass-freezones.
LitchfieldNationalParkswim- would send a ‘‘clear message’’ Local stores and accommodat- Herecognised
ming holes if a Territory Gov- to visitors about alcohol con- ion outlets at Batchelor would
himselfwalking
ernment draft management sumptionintouristspots. advise people when they pur-
plangetsapproval. The draft identified anti- chased alcohol that glass was aroundshowinga
The draft stated that amend- social behaviour in the nat- not allowed in the park. The
ments to the Territory Parks ional park as a problem and draft plan is open for public generousbum
8 and Wildlife Conservation By- that an education campaign comment until June 17. More
050 laws could result in all swim- would be needed to help the information is available at crack
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er ming areas becoming ‘‘glass- tourism industry raise aware- www.nt.gov.au/consul
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Dog of a
day after
savaging
ByNADJAHAINKE over by a car when they
heardtheviciousattackfrom
A DARWIN businessman theirhomes.
mauled by a vicious pitbull A large crowd soon gath-
‘‘took the bullet’’ to save a Theywouldhave eredaroundthescene.
groupofschoolgirlsfrombe- MrChilmansaidapassing
hadnochance.It
ingattackedearlyyesterday. off-dutyfiremanhadcometo
Peter Chilman, 53, last wasanincredibly hisaidandtiedthepitbullto
night was being praised for a pole but the animal broke
hisheroicaction. strongdog loose.Hepulledamanoffhis
Thefatheroftwowasfran- bicycle before disappearing
tically trying to hold on to downthestreet.
thewilddogasitwent‘‘ber- shoulders of the little pet Gemma Reynolds, 16, who
serk’’ only metres from sev- when Mr Chilman went for wasatthebusstopwithtwo
eral students waiting to thepitbull’scollarandflung younger girls said Mr Chil-
catchtheirschoolbus. himaround. manwas‘‘abighero’’.
‘‘They would have had no But the wide leather band ‘‘He basically saved our
chance,’’ he said. ‘‘It was an brokeandthedogturnedon lives,’’shesaid.
incrediblystrongdog.’’ theaccountingmanager. TheNightcliffHighSchool
But the courageous act ‘‘It was really quite scary studentwasonly11whenshe
came at a high price — Mr andithappenedsoquickly,’’ miraculously escaped seri-
Chilman suffered deep he said. ‘‘In a matter of ousinjuryafterapitbullsav-
wounds to his left thigh and secondsIwasontheground aged a small dog she was
hadtobetreatedathospital. and he had my leg in his walking in the same suburb
The drama unfolded just mouth.Ijustgothimbythe inAugust2006.
before7amnearabusstopon throatandheletgo. The long-haired jack rus-
StoddartDrive,Bayview. ‘‘The big concern was it sell, Zulu, owned by Darwin
Mr Chilman was walking wasrightatabusstopwhere magistrate David Loadman,
hissilkyterrier,Riley,when two young school girls were hadtoundergosurgery.
thelight-tannedpitbullcame standing.’’ Councilworkershadfailed
BayviewresidentPeterChilmanwithhisinjuredleginbandagesafterheandhisdogwere from‘‘nowhere’’. Nearbyresidentssaidthey tofindthepitbullinvolvedin
attackedbyalargerdogontheirmorningwalk Picture:PATRINAMALONE The animal had bitten the thought a dog had been run thelatestattackbylastnight.
Festival events beginning to Unfold
THE Sydney Dance Company set to the music of Italian com- Territory Government this year,
productionofRafaelBonachela’s poserEzioBosso. up$250,000onlastyear.
WeUnfoldwillbeafeatureofthe The Company says it ‘‘deftly Festival artistic director Jo
DarwinFestival. combines rigour, freedom, Duffysaidtheextramoneywould
ArtsMinisterGerryMcCarthy strength and precision into one help secure the high quality
said there would be local, nat- exquisitedanceworkofexplorat- eventsthatwerenowexpected. AUSTRALIAN MADE AUSTRALIAN OWNED
ional and international perform- ionanddiscovery’’. The festival runs from August
ancesatthisyear’sfestival. The 18-day festival received 11to28.Partsoftheprogramwill
WeUnfoldwasinspiredbyand $1million in funding from the berevealedonMay25.
TV tradie in Top End for demos COUNCILONTRACK
DARWIN City Council is doing a
good job, a review it conducted
A CELEBRITY handyman will their confidence to says.In2010/11themajorityof
SPARKLING
be in Darwin next week to con- undertake projects core services progressed as
ductfreeDIYworkshops. in their own home scheduled. Several projects and CARTON
RobPalmerfromBetterHomes and garden,’’ said servicesthatareslightlybehind
and Gardens will conduct the Bunnings Darwin ontheagendaaremainlydueto
workshops at Bunnings Darwin complex manager staff vacancies that occurred
on Wednesday, and at Palmer- RobPalmer JohnHunter. throughouttheyear.Thereport
stononThursday. Both courses will run from —providedbyStrategyandOut-
‘‘Bunnings has been running 6pmuntil9pm. comesmanagerAnneHammond
freeDIYworkshopsforalmosta Bookings are recommended — showed resources were also
decade, and since then we’ve and can be made through divertedfromongoingprogram-
helpedcountlesspeopleimprove thewarehouses. medworkstoaidCycloneCarlos
clean up and recovery. The re-
sultswillbeusedinthefinalpro- LIGHT
Children survive drink-drive crash gressreportagainstthe2010/11 CARTON B:
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to escape injury when a drunk- CommodoreinChungWahTce, MOREthan30indigenousTerrit- Price offer ends 29/5/11
driversmashedintothebackof Palmerston, about 6.40pm on orians have been chosen as
Participating Outlets: Hayes Creek Wayside Inn Wagait Beach Supermarket
theirstationaryfamilycar. Wednesday. finalistsinanationalartscompe-
Karama Plaza Tavern Pine Creek Hotel Cazaly’s Palmerston Club**
Senior SergeantDaniel Shean ‘‘It shows the absolute stupid- tition.Justoverhalfthefinalists Palmerston Sports Club ** Katherine Hotel Howard Springs Supermarket
said: ‘‘It could have ended ityofdrink-driving—itcouldaf- inAustraliahavecomefromthe Noonamah Tavern Tennant Creek Hotel Hidden Valley Tavern
verybadly.’’ fect innocent children,’’ Sen-Sgt Territory. The winners of the Casuarina All Sports Club ** Wagaman Supermarket Katherine Country Club**
Thechildren—agedfourand Shean said. The 58-year-old Telstra National Aboriginal and Corroboree Park Tavern Adelaide River Inn
one — were in a parked Prado driver returned a blood-alcohol Torres Strait Islander Art Award
**Financial Members Only Prices may vary store to store due to freight
with their parents when the readingof.123. willshare$60,000.
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Housing David’s
alluring
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ADARWINmanistheenvy
ofhisworkmatestonightaf-
ter he successfully named
theBeerHunter’stackle.
In a competition run by
blowout the NT News, readers were
asked to come up with a
nameforanewfishinglure
scheduledforfullscalecom-
mercial production by the
BarraClassicbrand.
The winning name,
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DavidGregory,25,ofTipper-
ByELLIETURNER housing stock,’’ she aryWaters,beatalmost1000
said. ‘‘Why is it otherentries.
THEwaitinglistforpublichous- not back on the MrGregorysaidthename
inginDarwinhasblownoutby market?’’ came to him while on a
eightmonthsinthepastyear,ac- Ms Purick said breakatwork.
cordingtolatestfigures. people would not ‘‘I was just sitting around
Families are being forced to KeziaPurick stickaround. with the boys at work on
waitalmost5½yearsforathree- ‘‘The Territory loses 100 resi- smokoandIwasreadingthe
bedroomhome. dentseverymonth—thisisnot paper and decided to send
While tenancy sales were re- goodenough.’’ onein,’’hesaid.
P strictedinAprillastyear,avail- She said the government had MrGregoryisakeenang-
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contributed to the loss of 200 lost200houses,’’hesaid. GL2723rodandCurado200
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Mystery bones find
Horror
cache
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of cliff
ByNADJAHAINKE
HORRIFIEDcouncilworkers
yesterday found what could
be human bones near the
Darwincitycentre.
The origin of the remains
lastnightstillwasamystery.
Police cordoned off parts of
the cliff face at The Espla-
nade near the city’s war
memorial while the bones
wereretrieved.
Theysaidcouncilworkers
made the discovery about
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conduct maintenance and
tree-loppingworks.
‘‘At this stage, we are not
sure whether they are ani-
malorhuman,’’SeniorCon-
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‘‘Until we can identify
them we’re treating this
sceneasacrimescene.’’
Several members of the Authoritiescollectaboxofpossiblehumanbones,whichwerefoundonthebeachbelowTheEsplanade Picture:REGIVARGHESE
verticalrescueteam,intheir
orange NT Emergency Serv- The remains were taken perts are down there assess- picious remains was in Dec- ishbackpackerPeterFalcon-
ice uniforms, took about an away in a plastic container ingthescene.Wewon’tknow emberlastyear. iolastwasseenalive.Police
hourtoretrievetheremains forforensictests.Policewere anythinguntillateron.’’ Theremainswerefoundat said an analysis of a photo- Untilwecanidentify
from close to the bottom of monitoringthescene. TherearenoknownAbor- renowned UFO hotspot graphofthebonesfoundthey
themwe’retreating
the cliff. They had to abseil ‘‘We are collecting the iginalburialsitesinthearea Wycliffe Well on the Stuart were of a large dog, calf
through thick bushes to bones,’’ Sen Const Lisson wheretheboneswerefound. Highway only a short drive or sheep – anything but thisasacrimescene
reachthesite. said earlier. ‘‘Forensic ex- The last discovery of sus- from where murdered Brit- MrFalconio.
Did cop break law?
A DARWIN magistrate says a for the NT Police Elisabeth Ar-
HESAIDIT
police superintendent was mitage argued the police guide-
wrong to use a corporate credit DAYNORTrigg, lines for senior officers on mak-
card to buy seven months park- NTMagistrate ing corporate purchases was not
ingforhersister. circumscribedbywhatyoucould
But Magistrate Daynor Trigg notdobutwhatyoucando.
addedthatitmaynotbeacrimi- MrTriggsaidMrElliott’ssub-
Whatthedefendantdid
naloffence. missionshadsomemerit.
Darwin Superintendent Nouv- wasclearlywrong... ‘‘My dilemma is, yes what the
elle Denise Reed is facing six defendant did was clearly
butisitacriminal
chargesofobtainingpropertyby wrong... It might warrant
deception and making false offence? disciplinary action, but is it a
claimsworth$667. criminaloffence?
It is alleged Supt Reed used a That is the problem, that is
corporate credit card and petty Theallegedoffencestookplace thedilemma.’’
cash to pay for seven months of betweenMarch5,2009,andMay6 The case was adjourned to to-
inner-citycarparkingforhersis- lastyear. daytoallowMsArmitagetimeto
ter, Selina Kliendienst, a police Yesterday in Darwin Magis- prepareherwrittensubmissions.
administrationassistant. trates Court, Supt Reed’s lawyer Supt Reed has been suspended
Supt Reed is also accused of PeterElliottarguedtherewasno onfullpaysinceAugustwhenthe
using a corporate credit card to law stating she could not pur- Ethical and Professional Stan-
buyacapfor$16.95andthenfalse- chase a carpark for a police ad- dardsCommandstartedinvestig-
lyclaimingtheexpenseasfuel. ministration assistant. Lawyer atingtheallegedparkingrort.
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farsideoftheworld,itishoped, him, only Charles Darwin Uni- said. ‘‘I want to meet people in
will help Darwin deal with the versity vice-chancellor Barney Aberdeen to learn from them
Inpexproject. Glover. about how they managed the ec-
ChiefMinisterPaulHenderson This is after a similar fact- onomic impacts and social im-
is visiting Aberdeen, Scotland, findingtriptoSingapore. pacts,howbusinessescapitalised
nextweektofindouthowthecity ‘‘People making multi-billion- on the opportunities.’’ The trip
hasgrowntocopewithmajoroil dollarinvestmentsactuallywant will also involve talks with oil
andgasprojects. to know who they are dealing giantTotalinSingapore.
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Judge seeks mercy for
guilty people smuggler
BySARAHCRAWFORD the Migration Act when she 35km southeast of Ashmore sameoffence.UndertheBor- by Australian officials. But, sentenceof18monthsrather
sent impoverished Indones- IslandsonJune15lastyear. der Protection (Validation hediditanywayoutof‘‘fin- thaneightyears.
A TERRITORY Supreme ian fisherman Edward Nafi Passengers gave evidence and Enforcement) Act 2001, ancialdesperation’’. ‘‘I therefore recommend
Court judge has appealed to toeightyears’jailwithanon- they paid a people smuggler repeat offences carry the Nafisaidhewasextremely that the Commonwealth
the Attorney-General to paroleperiodoffiveyears. network between S$10,000 toughmandatorysentence. worried about how his wife Attorney-General (Robert
show mercy to a repeat peo- Nafipleadedguiltytocap- and US$20,000 each, but the Afirstoffenceisfiveyears and youngest daughter McClelland)exercisehispre-
ple smuggler sentenced to taining a vessel which moneywasnotdirectlygiven withthreeyearsnon-parole. would survive while he was rogative to extend mercy to
themandatoryeightyearsin brought 28 adults and toNafiorthecrew. ThecourtheardNafiknew injail. you,MrNafi,afteryouhave
prisonyesterday. eight children illegally It is the second time Nafi hewasfacingjailinAustra- Justice Kelly said if she served18monthsinprison,’’
Justice Judith Kelly said intoAustralia. has been caught people lia when he captained the had not been bound by the MsKellysaid.
shewasboundbythemanda- Thevesselwasboardedby smuggling. On October 3, boattoAshmoreIslandwith mandatory sentencing laws ‘‘There is no guarantee
tory sentencing laws under thecrewofHMASArmidale 2001,hewasconvictedofthe the aim of getting picked up she would have imposed a thatthiswilloccur.’’
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Asylum seekers
in suicide bids
AN ASYLUM seeker was rushed to amongagroupmovedtoDarwinfrom
hospital after allegedly trying to cut detention in Melbourne earlier this
his wrists at a Darwin detention month.Asylumseekeradvocatessaid
centreovernight. about26menattheMaribyrnongIm-
Anothermanindetentionwastreat- migrationDetentionCentrewerewo-
edatthecentreforattemptingsuicide ken by staff early on May 7 to board
aroundthesametime. flightstoDarwin.
The Immigration Department con- Mostofthemenhadallegedlycome
firmed they had two cases of ‘‘self from other centres only two months
harm’’ at the Northern Immigration earlierandsomewerealreadyreceiv-
DetentionFacilitylateonWednesday ingtraumacounsellinginMelbourne.
andearlyonThursday. Oneofthemenreportedlysplithis
They said neither of the men were head open because he was desperate
seriously injured and security pro- nottobemovedagain.
viderSercohaddealt‘‘appropriately’’ The Immigration Department con-
withthematter. firmedthenthatonemanwasunable
‘‘Alldetaineeshaveaccesstomental to be transferred because he had suf-
health support,’’ spokesman Sandi feredminorinjuries.
Logansaid. Forsupportandinformationonsui-
MG450618
But Mr Logan was unable to con- cide prevention contact Lifeline
firmreportstheasylumseekerswere on 131114.
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