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03 Mar 2000
Northern Territory News headlines
'Cyclone likely to form today'
A cyclone warning was declared for the area from Darwin to Kalumbaru last night as a tropical low moved westwards across the Territory. About 8" of rain was dumped on Katherine with the river there expected to peak at about 17m or just below the bridge. In 1998, there was about 10" of rain and the river peaked at just under 21m.
The Stuart Highway was cut at Cullen River, just south of Pine Creek, leaving Darwin cut off by road once again. Meanwhile, residents of Katherine and Darwin shopped up big fearing the worst. Radio stations, however, were having a bad day. Top FM in Darwin at about 6pm (Thursday) announced that the cyclone watch for Darwin had been cancelled and we could now relax. What they failed to mention was that while the cyclone watch had been cancelled it had been replaced by the more important cyclone warning. ABC News also did quite well, using a cyclone message about 24 hours old in early morning (Friday) bulletins.
'Mozzie dengue worry'
And if the cyclone wasn’t enough, more dengue carrying mosquitoes have been found in Darwin, again off a ship arriving from East Timor.
'Bite: man rushed to RDH'
More danger. An Adelaide River man was bitten by either a poisonous snake or spider and was rushed to Darwin. The man was in a stable condition before being taken to the hospital. Interesting, because normally you find out how the patient is while in hospital.
'Bradley: I'm not a Labor Party stooge'
At last, the final candidate for Port Darwin, Susan Bradley, independent. She has previously been an ALP candidate in Darwin electorates. However, she now believes the Labor party lacks vision and the CLP takes the electorate for granted. She claims she will lift the standard of debate in parliament, be a fierce supporter of the Territory's right to determine its own legislation, apply pressure for a proper planning system (because the current one leads to sewage problems) and campaign for a new police station (already announced by the CLP) in Darwin CBD. It appears that the electorate's message to her previously just hasn’t sunk in.
'Baby born in tree then lifted to safety'
Heartwarmer of the century to date as Sofia Pedro and her newly born baby, Rosita, were rescued from a tree top in flood ravaged Mozambique. Had this happened in America, it is not unthinkable that an 'exclusive' story could have been sold to a newspaper for $1m or more. I hope the journos are writing their cheques right now.
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