Tag: Darwin 0800

Coalition pledges to prioritise detention security

September 4, 2010 07:05:00

The Northern Territory Country Liberals Senator Nigel Scullion says if the Coalition wins Federal Government it would immediately increase security at Darwin's detention centre.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, immigration, government-and-politics, federal-government, refugees, australia, nt, darwin-0800

Man's leg cut off in machinery accident

September 3, 2010 20:31:00

A man is in a stable condition in Royal Darwin Hospital after losing his leg in a machinery accident in Kununurra, Western Australia. [MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, workplace-accidents, australia, nt, darwin-0800, wa, kununurra-6743

AFP won't explain why Indonesians left to languish

September 3, 2010 17:54:00

Police are yet to explain why accused Indonesian people smugglers have been held without charge for up to nine months [MORE]

Tags: immigration, refugees, australia, nt, darwin-0800

Man jailed for burning girlfriend with hot stew

September 3, 2010 13:48:00

A Darwin man found guilty of seriously harming his girlfriend by pouring boiling stew over her has been sentenced to seven years' jail.[MORE]

Tags: domestic-violence, courts-and-trials, australia, nt, darwin-0800

Aussies urged to eat more camels

September 3, 2010 12:06:00

The Camel Industry Association is working on a plan to make camel meat a regular addition to the Australian dinner table.[MORE]

Tags: human-interest, animals, rural, livestock, nt, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800

Bumbling crim steals van with man it

September 3, 2010 12:06:00

A backpacker in Darwin had a restful night's sleep interrupted when the van he was sleeping in was stolen. [MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, armed-robbery, nt, darwin-0800

Music lover Mackinolty wins NT art award

September 3, 2010 10:29:00

Darwin printmaker Chips Mackinolty has taken out one of the Top End's richest art awards. [MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, visual-art, awards-and-prizes, australia, nt, darwin-0800

Immigration 'trying to deceive Australia' over Curtin move

September 3, 2010 07:46:00

An asylum seeker advocate has ridiculed Immigration's explanation over why it moved Afghans who broke out of the Darwin detention centre.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, immigration, refugees, australia, nt, darwin-0800, wa, derby-6728, leonora-6438

Water not withheld from Darwin detainees: police

September 2, 2010 14:50:00

Police have denied withholding food and water as part of negotiation tactics to stop Afghan asylum seekers protesting in Darwin.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, immigration, refugees, activism-and-lobbying, australia, nt, darwin-0800, wa

Darwin detention protesters moved to WA

September 2, 2010 14:13:00

The Immigration Department has confirmed that a group of Afghan asylum seekers who broke out of the Darwin immigration detention centre yesterday will be taken to the Curtin detention centre in Western Australia.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, immigration, refugees, activism-and-lobbying, australia, nt, darwin-0800, wa

Darwin schoolboy's song performed across country

September 2, 2010 11:36:00

A song co-written by a Darwin schoolboy is being sung by 500,000 students from around the country as part of a national music program.[MORE]

Tags: education, schools, secondary-schools, australia, nt, darwin-0800

Mother flees hospital with newborn baby

September 2, 2010 11:25:00

A new mother who was on the run after taking her six-day-old baby from the special care nursery at Royal Darwin Hospital has been found.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, babies, babies-newborns, nt, darwin-0800

Asylum seekers 'pushed through electric fence'

September 2, 2010 07:18:00

Asylum seekers were able to break out of Darwin's detention centre even though the electrified perimeter fence was turned on.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, immigration, law-crime-and-justice, police, refugees, australia, nt, darwin-0800

Police end asylum seeker stand-off

September 1, 2010 15:43:00

Authorities are deciding whether to charge about 80 asylum seekers who staged a mass protest after escaping from Darwin's immigration detention centre.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, immigration, law-crime-and-justice, police, refugees, australia, nt, darwin-0800

ID checks for all takeaway grog purchases in NT

September 1, 2010 12:11:00

Every time anyone wants to buy takeaway alcohol in the NT, their identification will be scanned, the Government has announced. [MORE]

Tags: government-and-politics, crime, alcohol, australia, nt, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800, katherine-0850, tennant-creek-0860

Ceremonies remember Battle for Australia

September 1, 2010 08:10:00

Ceremonies will be held around the country today to mark the Battle for Australia during World War II.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, history, world-war-2, australia, nt, darwin-0800, melbourne-3000

Asylum seekers stage break-out protest

September 1, 2010 07:45:00

More than 90 Afghan asylum seekers have broken out of the Darwin detention centre and are holding a mass protest.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, immigration, refugees, australia, nt, darwin-0800

Greens compare Darwin centre to Gitmo

September 1, 2010 07:16:00

The Greens say the Federal Government is inviting accusations that it is running a Guantanamo Bay-like regime.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, immigration, government-and-politics, federal-government, political-parties, greens, refugees, australia, nt, darwin-0800

Beach reopened after bacteria outbreak

August 31, 2010 17:35:00

A bacteria outbreak at Darwin's Nightcliff Beach has subsided.[MORE]

Tags: pollution, health, environmental-impact, australia, nt, darwin-0800, nightcliff-0810

Mills faces instability: ex-CLP committee member

August 31, 2010 17:25:00

A resigning member of the Country Liberals management committee says the party's leader Terry Mills is likely to face more challenges.[MORE]

Tags: states-and-territories, australia, nt, darwin-0800

Teen boys abusing young girls in NT: report

August 31, 2010 16:38:00

A submission to the Northern Territory's child protection inquiry suggests children are abusing other children in one community. [MORE]

Tags: child-abuse, sexual-offences, australia, nt, darwin-0800, katherine-0850

Kakadu visitors drop by 20 per cent

August 31, 2010 15:33:00

Kakadu National Park staff say a slow down in tourism across the Top End has caused visitor numbers to drop by about 20 per cent this year. [MORE]

Tags: travel-and-tourism, national-parks, australia, nt, darwin-0800, jabiru-0886

Man brandishes fake gun during fight: police

August 31, 2010 14:23:00

A man brandished a fake gun during a fight at housing commission flats on Darwin's Smith Street last night, police say.[MORE]

Tags: crime, australia, nt, darwin-0800

Man admits driving car into Darwin hospital

August 31, 2010 13:00:00

A Darwin man has pleaded guilty to driving his car into the entrance of the Royal Darwin Hospital, narrowly missing a patient in a wheelchair[MORE]

Tags: vandalism, australia, nt, darwin-0800

Police officers interviewed over fraud allegations

August 31, 2010 12:47:00

The Northern Territory Police Commissioner says two officers have been interviewed over allegations of fraud.[MORE]

Tags: fraud-and-corporate-crime, police, australia, nt, darwin-0800