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15 February 2000
Northern Territory News headlines - more of the same
'Flood chaos: no need for food panic'
Now Darwin residents are being urged not to panic as food supplies from south dry up with roads remaining cut. The flooding is now described as the worst in a decade.
'Darwin house builder crashes'
Yet another builder in the NT appears to be going down the gurgler. This time it is Bayview Homes. And while the NT Government is busily defending its mandatory sentencing laws it is kind of ironic that the NT is only state or territory jurisdiction in Australia not to have a consumer protection law to cover homebuyers in the event of a collapse such as this. Obviously the absence of such a law is that it's what the voters want (not).
'Feds urge rethink of law'
And so the debate on mandatory sentencing continues to rage and the position of the CLP machine entrenches itself even further. The paper also features a full page of letters from readers having their say. Most intriguing is the letter from a Mr George Brown, I do believe he is the Lord Mayor of Darwin. He manages to almost support the concept of 'you do the crime, you do your time', in criticising Senator Bob Brown's position on the matter. But then somehow he manages to introduce the Planning Act into the discussion. A rather warped comparison don’t you think. I hope you were joking George?
'Lovers blow millions'
So did you succumb to St Valentine's Day yesterday. Well it seems that Australians injected a couple of hundred million into Australia's printing industry and another $100m into the confectionary industry yesterday according to the retail industry. Time to start making those cards and chocolate for next year now.
'Sweet news for lovers'
Nutritionist Glenn Cardwell claims that eating enjoyable foods such as chocolate stimulates the brain to release endorphins. Mr Cardwell is quoted 'The power of chocolate is so delightful and stimulating that it often resembles the feeling of falling in love'. On to the next two stories.
'Aussies get slacker and fatter'
Experts are now predicting an obesity epidemic in Australia as Australians consume more food and expend less energy. Australia is catching up to America in the obesity race with 18% of the population obese compared to 25%.
'Eating habits kill half our old people'
And the National Health and Medical Research Council has found that at least half of deaths of older people were related to poor diet. So keep off that chocolate and be grumpy old people.
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