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27 May 2000
Northern Territory News headlines
'Court frees killer driver'
A speeding drink driver who hit a car, killing the driver, walked free from the Supreme Court yesterday. He was given a suspended sentence of two years and was fined $2000 and disqualified from driving for a year. The man had also sent letters to the dead man's wife demanding that she pay the cost of repairing his four-wheel drive vehicle. The judiciary is corrupt I here you say, in the Denis Burke sense of course.
'In the jaws of a crocodile'
'A Darwin man stuck his arm into the jaws of three crocodiles this week, all in the name of research'. Adam Britton from Crocodylus Park was removing data loggers which are used to record the animal's temperature during breeding. The research is designed to find what temperature is required to prevent deformed crocodiles from being born. The photo on the front page shows him half way down the croc's throat.
'Rider hurt, dog killed in crash'
'A man told yesterday of the fear he would never walk again after his 120kg motorcycle fell on him after he hit a dog yesterday'. The man suffered severe cuts to both knees, legs, elbows and pelvis when two dogs ran in front of him. One of the dogs was killed. I wonder if the 'new' council will make any effort to reduce the numbers of dogs on our roads.
'Lost trio camps on croc-infested bank'
'Three Chinese-speaking fisherman spent two nights on the banks of a croc-infested NT river after becoming lost, police said yesterday'. It is unclear as to why we needed to know that they were Chinese-speaking rather than just fisherman. Nonetheless the camp where they live when they are not lost was raided and 15 illegal fishing nets were found. Implied racism?
'Now, super broccoli to fight cancer'
First there was a bra with a brain, now super broccoli. Plant biologists have produced the super broccoli breeding the normal plant with a wild Sicilian species in the same family. The new plant which looks and tastes like broccoli is packed with sulphoraphane which induces natural protective enzymes to rid the body of carcinogens. Thus far it hasn’t been tested on humans but I'm sure the discovery is well worth several grants.
'Tina show cops caning by critics'
'Tina Arena's London stage debut had a disastrous start when theatre reviewers criticised her for having little "erotic dazzle".' Reviewers generally thought the show was terrible or poor but the prize for the best reported headline went to The Independent newspaper which dubbed it 'The Shlocky Horror Show'.
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