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29 February 2000
Northern Territory News headlines - proper NT news at last
'Cyclone watch, west and east' - page 1
The last day of February and the NT gets its first cyclone of the season. Cyclone Steve appears likely to re-form over the Gulf of Carpentaria after having wreaked damage on north Queensland. Remote island and coastal communities have been put on a cyclone watch. Meanwhile a cyclone watch has also been issued as a low develops over the West Kimberley in Western Australia. Road access out of the Territory is now only via the Stuart Highway to South Australia with highways to Queensland and Western Australia cut by floodwaters. Darwin has recorded 663mm of rain in February, double the average of 344mm for the month.
'Beer. Be in it… Meet Norm, Australia's champion boozer' - page 3
'Meet Norm Bloxsome - possibly Australia's biggest beer drinker. Nobody really knows how much XXXX Gold this Territorian drinks each week - but he admits it is a 'copious quantity''. So Castlemaine Perkins has rewarded his effort with a free trip to Brisbane with a tour of the brewery. Apart from outlining the reward for such excess, the story points out that Norm is a road train driver. You have got to be kidding. So next time you see that road train…… And in case you were wondering, he does have an outdoor dunny made of gold cans.
'Money back for NT beer drinkers' - page 3
Good news for Norm. Seems as though the NT Government is considering legislation that will allow beer drinkers to get 5c back on each empty stubbies, or any plastic and glass bottles. This priority has been brought on by the fact that an independent review found that container deposit legislation would be financially viable in the NT. My humourless idea would be to introduce legislation to fund health, schools and housing through a 5c tax on stubbies.
'NT immature, says watchdog' - page 4
Surely not. Quoting from the Northern Territory News 'The Northern Territory has proven itself to be totally immature in its hardline stance on mandatory sentencing, Australia's top human rights watchdog said yesterday'
'NT pollie's school of hard knocks' - page 11
Not quite a pollie yet, but CLP candidate for Port Darwin was outlining the secrets of door-to-door hustling. Visit houses in the morning and units in the afternoon. Avoid visiting units on a Saturday or Sunday because the occupants are likely to have had a hard night. She also says 'I'm not here to argue with people. It's a discussion. In the end we agree to disagree'. The best part of the day was that she was offered a fruitcake and orange juice. As for policy, she received five comments at Bayview on mandatory sentencing, four for and one against. She is concerned that the other candidates are excluding the CLP from preferences and that the ALP might win the seat. Ho hum.
'Insects at large in Darwin' - page 15
This would have been front page news in January. A Darwin woman came home to see a giant 20cm stick insect on her door. Instead of reaching for the insect spray she got her video. Turns out she's from England and this was the first one she'd seen.
'Is this the end of the Wanderers' - two page spread pages 18 and 23
and the sub-headline - 'Credit to the players who stuck it out week after week'
A two page colour pictorial of the end of season gloom at Wanderers and prospects for next year. But amongst the dressing room photos it seems that one unfortunate player takes all the credit for sticking it out - showing off his birthday suit. He has his hand firmly on the real issue though. Shame it might have been the only smiley face in the dressing room.
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