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19 May 2000
Northern Territory News headlines
10-4 Rubber Ducky
'We've got ourselves a convoy'
'Darwin was brought to a standstill yesterday as the V8 Supercars convoy roared through the city.' Thousands watched, some armed with video cameras, some just wanting to cheer. There was a slight delay which offered spectators plenty more time to buy merchandise.
'NT grog fatalities twice as high'
Another story for when news is the bleeding (no pun intended) obvious. 'Alcohol contributed to 71 per cent of road deaths in the Territory - double the national average, statistics revealed yesterday'. The average is 31 per cent.
'Hunt for croc, but where's he gone'
The incredible shrinking croc. Remember the 3m croc from yesterday. Well Parks and Wildlife estimate the same croc to be between 1.8m and 2.4m, a fair loss in length over the day. Obviously the croc is a very clever shape shifter, most probably evidence of aliens in the NT. No wonder they couldn’t find it, it had continued to shrink. Another lost opportunity for first contact.
'Dann blows .124 and loses licence'.
'Troy Dann flew into Papunya in a helicopter to face court and lost his licence for six months for drink-driving'. In what was obviously a touching speech he was reported as saying 'All I ask is that because of the promotion of the Territory, interstate and overseas, and all the major things happening with the film, I don't have a conviction on my passport, it'll just stop things'. No conviction was recorded. Three buckets were full after I read this story.
'Killer bug: extra threat for men'
Yet another excuse for not gardening. Men who get meliodosis have also a high risk of developing an abscess in the prostate. Ouch.
Politics, politics and politics
Several heartwarming stories to restore faith in the political system. Chief Minister Burke was accused of lying about the secret pay deal with the Chief Magistrate. The Opposition motion to censure Mr Burke was defeated on party lines. Chris Lugg who made the outrageous comment on the Stolen Generation being a fraud apologised yesterday, not for the content of the remark, but sorry if it offended anyone. To top it off though was a verbal brawl between Labor member - John Ah Kit and Government member Mr Mitchell. The full record of the brawl has not made it into Hansard yet. Hmmm.
'Car ram: wild driver jailed'
'A "wild" male driver was found guilty yesterday of ramming a woman's car for about 2 km and sentenced to eight months jail for dangerous driving'. The man has been disqualified from driving for five years. Something to cheer about.
'Para medal bungle'
Would this have happened to Susie O'Neill or Ian Thorpe? Six placegetters at the Paralympic trials were stripped of their medals when officials discovered there were not enough to cover all event winners.
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