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12 June 2000
Northern Territory News headlines
'Shop blaze a mystery'
'Mystery surrounds a fire that gutted a clothing store and damaged another in Darwin early yesterday'. The fire broke out at 12.15am in a city renowned for being well and truly devoid of people after 5pm and the police are at this stage treating the fire as suspicious.
'Thief cuts woman in TAB robbery'
A rather brazen knife-wielding thief successfully robbed the Nightcliff branch of the TAB yesterday morning while the local markets were in progress. The female operator had her hand slashed in the robbery. Mounted police, treating the robbery as suspicious, were quickly on the scene but their efforts failed to uncover any leads. Amazingly no stallholders reported seeing anything out of the ordinary.
'Ballet grace flies in for classic Swan Lake'
The entertainment for Darwin rolls on with 'acclaimed' Russian ballet stars arriving for seven shows of the classic ballet Swan Lake in Darwin. Finding the weather a little hot, Dmitri Zavalishin, was eager for a swim in the warm sea as it would be too cold down south. And what of crocodiles 'I will take my hammer he said.
'Our coast a 'rubbish tip'''
World Wide Fund for Nature has released a report suggesting that the Arafura Sea is a killing ground for fish and bird species due to large amounts of discarded plastic fishing nets, ropes and other marine debris. And what is Government doing about it?
'Man dies during wait for 'survival certificate''
'Colombian bureaucracy proved fatal for an 87-year-old man who died of a heart attack yesterday as he waited in line to collect a government certificate to prove he was still alive'. The death obviously proves the benefits of the policy not to send out pension cheques to people unless they show themselves to be alive.
'Woman refuses to hand in WOG GRL'
'A Darwin woman refused to surrender her number plates on Friday, despite the Motor Vehicle Registry refusing the reverse its decision ordering her to do so'. The lady, Maria Mateus, should be a candidate for Territorian of the Year quoted as saying 'It is ironic that a recent movie titled Wog Boy was highly promoted as well as similarly titled TV and stage shows such as Wogs at Work (sic), Wogarama and Acropolis Now, but I am not permitted to demonstrate my own pride in my heritage. What would happen if I had number plates which read AUSSIE, AUS GRL, or perhaps even VEG MTE?'. A MVR spokesman said the registry would not reverse its decision - humourless bureaucrat. Maybe the Minister might.
'Govt has lost the plot'
Absolutely no news in that when referring to the Howard Government and foreign policy.
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