The Best of the
Northern Territory
09 February 2000
Shame Channel 8 Shame
Where is Richard Ackland or Stuart Littlemore when you need them most. Channel 8's TV news at 6.30pm led with the crocodile story featured on last night's ABC News. Someone obviously didn't do their homework too well did they?
At least the Northern Territory News was on top of things
Recognising that ABC had beat them to the punch and stolen the most obvious headline, the Northern Territory News hid the story of the day on page 3 with this headline 'Girl, 8, attacked: family eats croc'. Once again the croc appears to be the villain but you have to wonder about certain aspects of this story. Why were the family playing near a water course in the wet with a strong possibility of a nasty croc being around? Why was the father unable to move quickly? The answer - he was knee-deep in mud. And what does this idiot reckon should happen now - 'Something must be done' to control their numbers. He was also quoted as having said that crocodiles had been snatching fish catches from the local boat ramp. Derrrr.........
So what was on page 1
'14 years for brutal rapist;
An awful story of a man who raped a social worker twice. He got 14 years, 10 of which were non-parole.
and 'Fuel hits 90c'
Darwin petrol stations are now charging as much as 89.9c/l for unleaded fuel and 91.9c/l for leaded fuel. It appears as though the advertising of leaded petrol prices has also reduced. Funny that.
Candidates for the vomit of the day award
A. What could you do with $10,000. 'A play ground for your pooch' - page 3
$10,000 has been spent to build a new pet playground for dogs, complete with tunnels, swing bridges, jumps and drinking troughs. Some kids would be grateful for a drinking trough in Palmerston.
B. Adventurer Troy: Vote for me' - page 2
Troy Dann has been nominated for a Gold Logie. Maybe his chances would be improved if he took over Pal's sponsorship of the pet playground with his new dog food (see Sunday's report).
Territorian lifestyle under threat again. Check these headlines
'GST slug on beer: up 7pc in the pubs' - page 2
'Bed catches fire: cig blamed' - page 2
'No smoke: better sex' - page 3
'37kg barra is world biggest' - page 4 (from North Queensland - ouch)
And top news story from afar
'Surprise bub in the tub'
A Michigan woman began having cramps, decided to take a bath and guess what, a baby girl popped out. Yes she didn't know she was pregnant. No weights were available for baby or Mum.