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$2 – EDITION 919, 12 - 18 December 2012
NEWS FOR EAST ARNHEM LAND, INCLUDING NHULUNBUY AND YIRRKALA
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CONTENTS of the stomach of a crocodile trapped at Dhaniya (Cape Bradshaw) on Sunday night were being examined by Police in Nhulunbuy on Monday afternoon. At the time the Arafura Times went to print the results of the examination were not yet available. Last week a nine-yearold boy disappeared from Dhaniya while he was
swimming with a group of people at around midday on Saturday, December 1 when he was attacked. When adults in the group threw spears at the fourmetre crocodile dragged the
boy into deeper water. Police and rangers and wildlife officers searched for the boy in boats and by helicopter but called off the search on Monday afternoon. The situation continued
to be monitored and on Sunday as crocodile was caught in a trap. Two weeks earlier on November 17, a seven-yearold girl was taken by a three metre crocodile at a lagoon at
Gumarrirngbang Outstation. People across the Top End are reminded to remain ever vigilant around all waterways as there are estimated to be 100,000 crocodiles in the NT.
Sam’s winning image of a dragonfly.
POWER OUTAGE Date Friday, December 14, 2012 Time 0900 – 1700 Areas affected SUB 41, 42 & 93 Birritjimi (Wallaby Beach) Boat Club Bunuwal Investments Camp Detention Centre Gunyangara (Ski Beach) Pacific Aluminium will be carrying out essential maintenance to the electricity network during this planned outage. The power may be restored earlier if possible so always treat it as being live. Due to unforeseen circumstances the power outage may be cancelled without notice.
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Sam Drysdale’s first photographic efforts win him a spot on the calendar.
Student’s photo shows he cares for country A NHULUNBUY student will have his first photographic effort included in a resources calendar. Sam Drysdale’s photograph features in the spectacular calendar after he took an amazing photo of a single dragonfly while camping near Turtle Beach in Gove. The 10-year-old, who helps his mother, Vanessa, with natural resource projects for Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation, captured the exquisite beauty of the insect in his first photograph with a proper camera. “I thought it was pretty cool
and I am stoked my photo is in the calendar,” he said. “I think it is very important that we look after the environment or people won’t be able to see animals, birds and insects like these.” The Territory Natural Resource Management (NRM) Sharing Our Stories 2012 Calendar was launched last week to celebrate the efforts of Territorians looking after their country. It was launched at a forum showcasing how people are looking after the land, water, sea, soil,
animals and plants across the Northern Territory. More than 28 people shared their stories at the forum run by NRM including protecting threatened species, controlling feral cats and foxes, protecting swamps from buffalo, monitoring bush tucker in Darwin Harbour and managing fire in sensitive conservation areas. Territory NRM provides expertise, advice and funding through the Australian Government’s Caring for Country funding to help natural resource management projects across the Top End.
Two women arrested with 32kg kava
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TWO women were remanded in custody after they were arrested by Police at Nhulunbuy Airport on Saturday morning fpr being in possession of kava, with a street value of about $32,000. The women, 43 and 46, were intercepted by police after one of the women arrived on the ‘plane from Darwin. The woman was from Darwin and she collected her luggage and was met by a woman from Yirrkala. Both were taken into custody when they were found to be carrying 32kg of kava in the luggage in
the vehicle. Officer-in-charge of Nhulunbuy Police Senior Sergeant Brendan Muldoon said people continue to attempt to bring in this very harmful drug. “Police are determined to apprehend those responsible and stop kava from coming into the communities.” Anything over 20kg is a commercial quantity and the women have both been remanded in custody to appear in Darwin Court this week. The street value of the kava the women tried to bring into the community was about $32,000.
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Nhulunbuy South Industrial Area Pacific Aluminium will be carrying out essential maintenance to the electricity network during this planned outage. The power may be restored earlier if possible so always treat it as being live. Due to unforeseen circumstances the power outage may be cancelled without notice.
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THREE new citizens took the pledge in Nhulunbuy last week. On November 30, Karishma and Vandan Patel and Rhona Woodhead became Australian citizens when they read out the oath at the Nhulunbuy Corporation office. Karishma and Vandan are originally from India and Rhona is from Scotland and is a pharmacist.
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NEWS
Mills sets Wednesday deadline for decision
East Woody’s secret is out . . .
THE Northern Territory Government hopes a decision will be made this week on a plan to help save the Rio Tinto alumina refinery, the ABC reports. The Territory’s Chief Minister, Terry Mills, wants Wednesday to be the deadline for the talks. The Territory and Federal Governments are discussing a plan to pipe gas to the Gove peninsula in a bid to convince the company to keep the plant running. The Territory Government is considering selling some of its gas and the Commonwealth has been assessing the risk of underwriting the pipeline construction and gas conversion, estimated to cost $750 million, the ABC reported.
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. . . named in top 101 beaches in Aust. AUSTRALIA now knows what Goveites have known for years - We have some of the best beaches around. East Woody has made it to 101 Best Australian Beaches along with N o r t h e r n Te r r i t o r y beaches at Mindil and Casuarina. Australia has some 30,000km of coastline a n d 11 , 7 6 1 n a m e d beaches. Minister for Tourism and Major Events Matt Conlan said recognition of the Top End’s beaches provides another reason for visitors to flock to the region. “The Territory has a magnificent coastline that boasts vast expanses of unspoilt sand and spectacular views,” Mr Conlan said.
The three Territory beaches on the list were chosen for their unique attributes: East Woody Beach (Nhulunbuy): Offers visitors pristine white sands with a backdrop of palm trees and azure waters - a magnificent secluded and remote setting. Mindil Beach: Home to the famous Mindil Beach Sunset Markets, visitors to Mindil can sit on the sands, listening to lively beats, smelling the heady mix of Asian food stalls, and watching a spectacular tropical sunset. Casuarina Beach: Popular with the locals, who can be seen jogging, picnicking and walking the dog at the end of the work day.
Bookings 0459 226 078 08 8945 5475 24/7 Territory Wide gove@barrieraviation.com “We’re very fortunate to have three of the best beaches in Australia right here on the doorstep of Territorians,” Mr Conlan said. “The book will be featured in bookstores and airports across Australia, creating fantastic exposure for the Northern Territory.” Co-authors of the
book 101 Best Australian Beaches are Brad Farmer, a pioneer advocate for coastal preservation and founder of Ocean Care Day, and Professor Andrew Short, widely regarded as the world’s foremost authority on beaches. Locally residents commented that the authors of the book
obviously didn’t go out to Cape Arnhem as that is undoubtedly the best beach in East Arnhem if not Australia.
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NOTICE OF PROPOSED Capsicum spray used to subdue three dogs POWER OUTAGE CAPSICUM spray was used to control three, large dogs which chased an off-duty police officer in South on Saturday afternoon The off-duty officer had to seek refuge in a neighbour’s yard as they were chasing him as he walked along Isal Street. Senior Sergeant Brendan Muldoon said they were actively trying to get at him. “It is extremely fortunate that there were no children in the street at the time. “We were called out and officers had to use capsicum spray to get them back into their yard. “We have reported the matter to the Nhulunbuy Corporation who will investigate the matter.” Town Administrator Dr Ross Theedom said the owners were coming in on Monday and the Corporation would assess the situation. “We are clamping down on irresponsible dog owners,” Dr
As a consequence of programmed work to upgrade a backup generator at the Solandra Sewerage Pump Station the power to the below properties will be disrupted on Thursday 13th December 2012 from 8 am to 12 noon.
Theedom said. “We are taking a much stricter line and, if an animal attacks another animal or person, then they will need to be removed from the town lease or euthanised.” Police investigations into the matter are also continuing. Corporation regulatory of-
ficer Rick Stephen met with the dog owner on Monday and the owner indicated he was not aware of the problem. Mr Stephen said he would be getting a statement from the victim and all documents would then be given to Dr Theedom who would make a ruling on the matter.
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ABOVE: The ‘Little Red Boat’ arrives in Daru. INSET: Craig ‘Crackers’ Hand with painted crays caught off Prince of Wales Island during one of his visits to the Torres Strait. LEFT: The map where Crackers Hand was robbed and his boat sunk. PHOTOS: CRAIG HAND.
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By MARK ROY ADVENTURER and one-man charity dynamo Craig "Crackers" Hand is up a creek with no toilet paper after reportedly running into strife during his visit to Papua New Guinea. Crackers passed through Arnhem Land in July and then Torres Strait in October, on his third journey through the straits, en route to the remote heart of the Western Province in PNG to support the Sibidiri tribe. He had been travelling in his trusty 4.5-metre "Little Red Boat", but in his most recent report on his travel blog in early December, Crackers wrote: "Boat was sunk at anchor nearly three weeks ago and Indonesian traders robbed me and tried to bash me. "Lost phones, contacts, toilet paper. "Will walk out of here if I have
to." The founder and director of the Friends of PNG, a non-profit group that raises funds to support schooling, communications and health endeavours for remote tribes in Papua New Guinea, Crackers left Thursday Island on October 10 with fuel for the next leg sponsored by Kellie Thompson from Torres Strait Real Estate. Through his journey Crackers hoped to raise money and provide schooling for 11 remote PNG children, arrange emergency communications for the Sibidiri tribe and develop better healthcare facilities. After passing through Saibai in the Torres Strait, and visiting the local school and the markets, Crackers checked in from Daru into Papua New Guinea's Western Province on October 19. "Head hunting welcoming ceremony in PNG was unreal," he said. "The tribespeople are great. Living on varied diet of coconuts, bananas, yams, cassava, taro, sago, pineapple, cashew fruit, fish, crabs,
bandicoot, wallaby, cassowary, deer, dugong and wild pigs." However he said an anti-litter campaign, such as "Do the Right Thing", and health campaign was needed for the Daru foreshore. "No wonder around 3000 people died of cholera in the South Fly area when I was here two years ago," he said. "TB is a current threat trying to spread. I have seen the unbelievable work performed by Australia's aid workers on the front line of preventing major diseases on Boigu and Saibai islands of Australia in the Torres Strait. "More health aid is needed right now. Less health aid may be needed after litter and health campaigns tidy up the place. "Currently kids play in it and families live in it. I had to walk through the muck to tend to my boat." Crackers also reported he helped a Western Province tribesman with crocodile bite to his foot. "The 10-footer was rounded up by his family, old ladies and all, but it tore flesh off his foot when they caught it," Crackers said.
Life expectancy shorter in the tropics
A WORLDWIDE initiative to define the challenges facing the peoples of the tropics has found life expectancy is lower in the region than in the rest of the world. The group, including James Cook University, has released an early insight of its planned State of the Tropics Report, which will be published in full next year. Professor George Magoha, Vice Chancellor of the University of Nairobi, last week issued “Life Expectancy”, the first of four early insights ahead of the State of the Tropics Report. “We have published today the facts and figures relating to life expectancy in the tropics which show significant improvements over the past 60 years,” he said. “But there is still a substantial gap between the tropics and the rest of the world.” The insight reveals life expectancy in the tropics has increased by 22.8 years to 64.4 years between 1950 and 2010 and the gap between the life expectancy of women and men has widened in favor of women over the same period. Infant mortality in the tropics fell from 161 deaths per 1000 live births to 58 over the same period.
However in the rest of the world it is 33 and the rate of improvement has been greater. As a general rule, regions that have experienced large falls in the absolute infant mortality rate also report large improvements in life expectancy. Professor Sandra Harding, the Vice Chancellor of Australia’s James Cook University, which initiated the State of the Tropics project, said that Australia had the largest tropical land mass of any developed country. “In tropical Australia life expectancy is 79.4 years compared with the rest of Australia at 82 years, and 64.4 years for the tropics generally,” Professor Harding said. She said over the past half-century the tropics has emerged as an increasingly critical region. More than 40 per cent of the world’s population now lives in the tropics, and this is likely to be close to 50 per cent by 2050. The region generates around 20 per cent of global economic output and is home to some 80 per cent of the world’s biodiversity. “However, the resources to sustain larger populations and economic growth are imposing ever-increasing pressures,” she said.
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Celebrating abilities at Nhulunbuy High School By JULIE BOYD REMOVING barriers to allow everyone to participate in the community to the best of their ability was the theme at Nhulunbuy High School last week. December 3 was the International Day of People with a Disability and students and staff got behind the day through a full week of activities, Celebrating Abilities Week. During the week the students from the Special Education Centre (SEC) joined with year 7, 8 and 9 students to participate in wheelchair basketball, vision- impaired relays, foot painting, one-handed cooking and paired activities in the SEC to produce Christmas craft and to build the tallest tower from straws and blue tac. These activities gave everyone an understanding of what it would be like to go through life with a disability. The week culminated with a special assembly organised by the Centre. The entire school student community wrote messages to put on the Reflection Tree about the experiences they had through the week, writing quotes or special thoughts. These are a few of the messages: ‘If life hands you rocks you can make the choice to either build a wall or a bridge.’ ‘Everyone’s beautiful in their own way.’ ‘Live your dreams no matter what.’ The special education students introduced themselves on stage and students from middle school spoke of their experiences of the week. It was an outstanding week that highlighted the special abilities of all.
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Magistrate concerned at ‘such large amounts coming into communities’ TWO men appeared at Nhulunbuy Magistrate’s Court last week in relation to charges of possessing a commercial quantity of
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kava, with both receiving suspended jail sentences. Both pleaded guilty and one was sentenced to two months in jail which will be suspended for two years after he serves 14 day,s and the other was sentenced to one month in jail which was fully suspended for 12 months. On November 10 the men were stopped by police at 2pm and found to have 29kg of kava in 160 clip-seal bags in two bags which they were intending to load on a charter plane heading to Galuwinku. The police prosecutor said it was a hire car as the offenders knew that, had they used their own vehicle, it would have been seized. The ‘plane was transporting a deceased person and police said that, once the ‘plane would have arrived at its destination, there would not have been
any chance of apprehending the persons who were collecting the bags because of the nature of the flight. He said the first defendant was well known and that supplying kava to the communities was not tolerated. His defence lawyer said his client had no idea there was to be a deceased person on the flight and had arranged for others to collect the baggage at the other end. The 57-year-old man has lived in Australia for 26 years and in Nhulunbuy for four years. His lawyer said that his business had been struggling financially and that he is responsible for the care of two grandchildren. “He helps out at the church and tried to make some extra money for the community,” he said. “This is the first time he
has attempted commercial supply and his previous offence was for personal use.” The Magistrate, Mr Smith, said it was a concern that kava was coming into the community in such large amounts. “You can make a motza until you get caught,” Mr Smith said. When the accused’s lawyer said his previous conviction was for personal use and part of the man’s culture, Mr Smith said: “What’s going into Indigenous communities won’t be used by Tongans.” He reprimanded the man for undertaking black market, criminal conduct and said many businesses were facing financial difficulties. He sentenced him to two months in jail and suspended the sentence for two years after the man
served 14 days. He warned him that if, he appeared in court on similar charges again, he would go to jail for a lot longer. The second man, 51, had only been in the country for two weeks prior to the offence and was visiting. The man from New Zealand indicated he was not aware of the illegality in Gove and was surprised when they were pulled over by police. The Magistrate said he suspected the man was expecting to get some money from the intended transactions. Mr Smith said kava is used around the world, however studies in Arnhem Land had indicated serious detrimental health impacts on the Indigenous community. He received a fully suspended sentence.
Man orders bike before court appearance Congratulations 2012 Disability Services Award winners and nominees
Winners of the 2012 Disability Services Awards
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A 59-year-old man appearing at Nhulunbuy Magistrate’s Court indicated via his defence lawyer that he hoped a bicycle he ordered was on the barge. The man was pleading guilty to a medium-range, drink-driving charge and was already aware that he would incur a mandatory six months’ disqualification. On November 6 he was stopped by police for a Random Breath Test on Chesterfield Circuit at 6pm.
The man, who had lived in Gove for 18 years, had been to a Melbourne Cup function and thought he was under the limit to drive as he had first returned to work that afternoon. Police drove his car home for him and he immediately went and ordered a bicycle as a means of getting himself to work for the next six months. He was fined $160 and ordered to pay a $40 levy.
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The Territory has highest rates of imprisonment
A MAN was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined $500 when he pleaded guilty in Nhulunbuy Magistrate’s Court last week. On November 21 the man was stopped by police on the Central Arnhem Highway about 2.1km from the Melville Bay Road intersection for a RBT. He recorded a reading of 0.093 and admitted to drinking five medium strength stubbies. The man had been drinking in town and got a ride out to Ski Beach. He knew he had to drive out to the cattle farm later that day and thought the effects would have worn off by the time he left. Magistrate Smith said medium-strength beer “seems to be a trickster”. The man was also ordered to pay a $40 levy.
Unregistered vehicle fine A MAN was fined $1410 when he appeared in Nhulunbuy Magistrate’s Court last week and pleaded guilty to driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle while unlicensed. The man was stopped on August 18 at 5.40pm for a roadworthy check on the vehicle. The registration had run out in March this year and his licence had expired in June, 2011. His lawyer said the man had been visiting Groote for a funeral and was asked to go and get petrol. He did not know the vehicle was not registered or insured. The man said he has since filled out the forms to get his licence renewed.
NT has higest level of imprisonment in Australia THE Northern Territory has by far the highest rates of imprisonment in Australia, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics Data for the September quarter released showed the NT held 822 prisoners for every 100,000 adults, followed by Western Australia with 265 and NSW with 171. Nationally, the average daily imprisonment rate for the period was 168 prisoners per 100,000 adults, up one per cent from the September quarter last year. The average daily imprisonment rate for males was more than 12 times the rate for females. The data showed WA had the highest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander imprisonment rate, at 4057 prisoners per 100,000 indigenous adults, followed by the NT with 2695.
Man charged for spitting at security guard A MAN was arrested in Nhulunbuy on Wednesday night after he spat at a security guard at the Walkabout Tavern. The 37-year-old was refused service and asked to leave the premises.
The man became hostile and spat at the security officer. Police were called and the man was held in custody overnight. He will appear in Nhulunbuy Magistrate’s Court in the new year.
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The view from the top of the lighthouse at Bramble Cay in the Torres Strait, the only home of the Bramble Cay Melomys. Photo KENNY BEDFORD. NORTHERN Australia is home to several of the 96 critically endangered animal species, listed this month by theconvesation.edu.au Author of the article, Jane Rawson, Editor, Energy and Environment, The Conversation, writes: “critically endangered” is the highest threat level that can be assigned to a wild species (lower
Fatality at Jabiru after vehicle rolls
levels are “endangered” and “vulnerable”). These species are either facing an extremely high risk of extinction, or have numbers which decreased (or will) by 80% within three generations. Some of these species may already be extinct. Some of the species common to northern Australia include: A WOMAN was killed in a crash near the town of Jabiru on Thursday. The single-vehicle rollover on El Sharanda Road was reported to Police at 6:35am and Jabiru Fire and Rescue members found two occupants in the Holden Commodore, which was upside down and extensively damaged. A female had died and
Several Top End species on the endangered animals list
Bramble Cay Melomys Melomys rubicola Limited to a small cay in the Torres Strait, this rodent has one of the most-restricted distributions of any mammal species. Carpentarian Rock Rat Zyzomys palatalis A rodent found in sandstone gorges in the Northern Territory, there are thought to be less than 2000 remaining. a male remains in a critical condition. Police are in the process of identifying the two people they believe are in their late teens or early twenties. Watch Commander Louise Jorgensen said the man had been transported to the Jabiru clinic and it was expected he would be flown to Darwin with Careflight.
Leatherback turtle.
Central Rock Rat Zyzomys pedunculatus This rodent is found only in the western MacDonnell Ranges in the Northern Territory. Leatherback Turtle Dermochelys coriacea While this turtle has a world-wide range, its Pacific Ocean population has declined drastically in the last decade. Hawksbill Turtle Eretmo“It is still too early to determine the cause of this crash but it appears that speed may have been a contributing factor. “The car has hit a concrete slab and initial observations suggest the occupants were not wearing seatbelts at the time.” Senior Sergeant Jorgensen said it was tragic to lose any-
chelys imbricata The largest breeding populations of these ornate sea turtles are found along the northern coast of Australia. Mountain Mistfrog Litoria nyakalensis This frog from the wet tropics was last recorded in 1990. Sharp-snouted Day Frog Taudactylus acutirostris A frog from the mountains near
Cooktown in Queensland. Northern River Shark Glyphis garricki A shark found in the tidal rivers and estuaries of northern Australia and New Guinea. Queensland Sawfish Pristis clavata (and Green Sawfish P. zijsron) Two sawfish from northern Australia, these shark relatives have declined due to bycatch.
one in a crash but even more so this close to Christmas. “There will be a family in mourning this Christmas because of this crash. “We implore every road user to slow down, wear seatbelts and drive to your abilities and to the road conditions.” The road toll now stands at 45 compared to 37 at the same time last year.
Students need to drink more water
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The is offering some great Christmas packages to advertisers! Students James Matthew (Cairns), Andrea Dhurrkay (Elcho Island), Shanice Gaykamangu (Elcho Island), Richard Birch (Wyndham), Leonie Mulwat (Millingimbi), Health Nurse Simon Goddard, students Shannon Baker ( Elcho Island), Jordan Tamate (Normanton) and Cameron Gondarra (Elcho Island) are drinking more water. By ALF WILSON WITH summer in full swing and temperatures soaring, students at Townsville’s Shalom Christian College including boarders who live in Arnhem Land are preparing for the heat by drinking more water. Fridges have been installed in all classrooms, water bottles have been donated by Abi Group and the students are working with teachers to improve their hydration levels. Simon Goddard, the school’s Health Nurse, said year 11 and 12 science subject students have produced a pamphlet that will be distributed to around the school in an effort to spread the word about the benefits of drinking enough water.
“Students and teachers are aware that maintaining hydration levels will improve their general health, increase their learning capacity and improve their attention span. “With cold, fresh water being available at all times it is anticipated that student’s hydration levels will be maintained during the summer season and throughout the year,” Mr Goddard said. Included among the students enthusiastic about the health initiative are Andrea Dhurrkay (Elcho Island), Shanice Gaykamangu (Elcho Island), Leonie Mulwat (Millingimbi), Simon Goddard, Shannon Baker and Cameron Gondarra (Elcho Is.). The NT students will take this message back home with them when they return for the holiday break.
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12 - 18 December 2012 – 7
Culling won’t solve the croc attacks
What’s On
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DECEMBER Fri 14. NPS Last day of school. Fri 14. CrossFit Lat12 End of Year Bash. Sun 16. Inflatable up at the Gove Aquatic Centre from 2pm - 5pm. Sun 16. Family Christmas Party at the Gove Boat Club from Noon. Guest appearance from Santa with lollies for the kids. Free sausage sizzle for lunch, icy poles for kids. Sun 16. The Combined Churches presents Christmas Carols at the Nhulunbuy Christian College from 6.30pm. Sausages, drinks and electric candles available on the night. Tue 18. Christmas characters - Nhulunbuy Community Library School Holiday activities start at 10am. Open to children six and above. Children under eight must be accompanied by a parent. Bookings essential phone 8987 0860. Thu 20. Christmas Characters - Nhulunbuy Community Library School Holiday activities start at 10am. Open to children six and above. Children under eight must be accompanied by a parent. Bookings essential phone 8987 0860.
By GRAHAME WEBB Adjunct Professor, Environment and Livelihoods at Charles Darwin University on theconversation.edu.au RIGHT: What keeps crocodiles under control? Bigger crocodiles. Photo Grahame Webb THERE have been two fatal saltwater crocodile attacks on people in the Northern Territory (NT) in the last four weeks. Calls to “cull” the wild population of crocodiles have inevitably surfaced. More school children in the NT will be assigned projects aimed at assessing the arguments for and against culling. More tourists will learn about the NT through the media, and in a macabre twist, there will be an increase in tourist bookings. There is no way of avoiding nor sugarcoating the predatory nature of saltwater crocodiles. If you dive off the Adelaide River bridge, 60 km east of Darwin’s city centre, and start swimming, there is 100% chance of being taken by a saltwater crocodile. It is not the same as swimming with sharks. The central problem is that there are now a lot of crocodiles in the NT, and for many people the solution to the problem of crocodile attacks lies in reducing the number of crocodiles by culling. But it is not so simple. For over four decades the crocodile population in the NT has been increasing, crocodile attacks have been occurring, and calls for culling have been raised. But politicians in the NT, where most crocodiles in northern Australia live, have not authorised a widespread cull. Residents in the NT generally support that decision - although sometimes begrudgingly. Their decision has little to do with ecology, biology, Archesorial ancestry or the intrinsic value of crocodiles, which people such as myself hold dearly. It is because the public and politicians accept that the benefits of abundant saltwater crocodiles ultimately outweigh the costs. Conserving wildlife that prey on people is one of the world’s great challenges. Most predators were
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historically eradicated as pests; if they had a valuable skin, well all the more reason to rid the world of them. It was only as biological extinction loomed - the risk of losing the last one - that the net values changed. Positive values were attributed to avoiding extinction, and because attacks were rare or non-existent due to population depletion, the negative values had essentially disappeared. But where predator conservation action is successful, the threat of extinction dissipates (along with the positive values attributed to overcoming it), and the negative values escalate as more and more attacks occur. Calls for action (culling) escalate and a political problem emerges. People have always seen themselves as having rights to be protected from marauding wild animals. In the NT, depleted saltwater crocodile populations were protected in 1971. Since then the wild population has expanded some 20 times in abundance and 100 times in biomass. The role of competing “values” in paving the way for that recovery was recognised in the early 1980s and remains central to their management today. Commercial use based on both ranching (collecting and selling wild eggs), and limited direct wild harvesting, is clearly biologically sustainable and allows landowners to benefit financially from the increasing number of crocodiles on their lands. Crocodile farming, based largely on ranching (collecting and selling wild eggs), generates some $25 million per year in skin sales for the international high fashion industry and has extensive
commercial flow-on effects in the community. Tourism, based on wild and captive crocodiles, is the mainstay of the “Top End” tourist industry. Tourism is everyone’s business in the NT. It is the second largest industry and biggest employer of people. National and international documentaries and media attention on the NT’s successful crocodile management program is arguably the primary vehicle through which Top End tourism is promoted against competing destinations. Against these positive values, associated with having abundant crocodiles, a refined public education program ensures residents and visitors are well-informed about “crocodile safety”. An active problem crocodile program is dedicated to trying to keep crocodiles extinct in Darwin Harbour, where most people live, and to removing individual crocodiles that cause problems in remote communities - thereby reducing negative values. So there are areas in the NT where abundant crocodiles are favoured and appreciated, and areas where they are not. It is not a perfect system, but it has worked remarkably well. Widespread culling, with the general goal of reducing the total population in all areas, has not been implemented because it would come at a cost to those benefiting from having abundant crocodiles in most areas. Issues like “trophy hunting” are not about improving public safety, but rather about finding more ways in which landowners can gain more commercial returns from killing the same crocodile than they can do now to sell its skin. Steadily improving the problem crocodile program, especially in
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Darwin Harbour, involves strategic culling at a level that does improve public safety - taking out every crocodile possible. A strong case may be made for eradicating saltwater crocodiles that move well-upstream, out of core areas, and become established in new areas from which they have not been known historically - an increasing risk to people. Such management decisions, in the case of the NT, need to be made in the context of risk assessment within the NT. Pragmatism with crocodile management is a critical ingredient. The idea that culling the wild population as a whole would help public safety may be true if the cull was very severe, and aimed at bringing the population back to the pre-protection levels. However, if the population was reduced by say one half: “which politician would say it is now safe to go back into the water?”. It clearly would not be safe. Is it safer to see abundant crocodiles in a wetland, where swimming would not even be considered, or be lulled into a false sense of security by having a lesser number of more wary crocodiles? Then there is the response to culling. It could stimulate an increase in the wild population, as occurred with caimans in Venezuela. It is crocodiles that are controlling the size of the wild crocodile population, and if the larger ones are selectively removed, the population could be expected to expand. In any overview, selective culling has a role to play in the overall management of crocodiles, but is not the public safety panacea that it may superficially appear to be.
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11 adults, 4 kids rescued in boat incidents TWO separate search and rescue operations over the weekend involving three boats have resulted in 11 adults and four children being rescued and returned to their communities safe and well. Sergeant John Pini from the Water Police Section said two fishing trips that set out on Friday ran into trouble. “We had a report from a local fisherman that a boat was stranded on the eastern side of Cape Hotham on Saturday afternoon. At around the same time we heard a four and a half metre tinny was overdue from Maningrida.” Sergeant Pini said the three adults aboard a three metre tinny that had set out from Bathurst Island had become disorientated during an afternoon storm and had ended up 70 kilometres away on Cape Hotham where they had run out of fuel. “A careflight aircraft located them and confirmed that they did not need medical assistance. The PV Darwin River recovered the party on Sunday morning.” In the other incident five adults and four children who left Maningrida to go hunting turtle had their outboard motor fail. They were reported to police as an overdue party and a community vessel with three adults on board went out overnight to search for them but did not return. On Sunday morning police began an aerial search using a Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation aircraft and located both parties near Point Braithwaite, 50km west of Maningrida. Sergeant Pini said Police then accompanied Djelk Marine Rangers to the location. “After being spotted the group had attempted to recover themselves but ran out of fuel and were adrift until they were found by the Ranger vessel.” Constable First Class Scott Aiken who participated in the air and sea components of the search said that he was very grateful for the support from the community during this incident. “The BAC aircraft is excellent for a search like this and the Rangers provided the vessel and crew for the recovery. Using local assets made the response more effective”. Sergeant Pini said that in both situations all of the people were rescued without injury but this highlights what a dangerous environment the sea can be.
‘Complete betrayal’ by CLP in mini-budget ON THE back of massive increases for utilities (30 per cent rise for power), last week’s mini-budget handed down in the Territory parliament further increases the cost of living thanks to the new CLP government. It is a complete betrayal from the CLP, who, in opposition, committed to reducing the cost of living. From January 1, annual car registration will increase with four-wheel drive registration rising by $105 and smaller vehicles $67. In most parts of the Territory, fourwheel drives are not a luxury, they are essential. The introduction of a $20 fee for over-the- counter transactions at MVR are also an outrage and will hurt those
who can least afford it. Around 600 public service jobs have been ear-marked to Renewing registrabe axed but it is still not clear tion online is not an which jobs are to go. option for people who do not have ready acThis, at a time when the cess to a computer (or CLP have increased the budget in the Department the skills to use one) of the Chief Minister by and for those who do $9 million to fund political not have a credit card, and are reliant upon Electoral News advisers (many of them from a cash transaction, by NT Member for Nhulunbuy the former CLP government) LYNNE WALKER such as seniors and on lucrative contracts. indigenous people. Leader of the Opposition Cuts totalling more than $4.8 million and my boss, Delia Lawrie, has stated in the community sector where ser- categorically, that Labor members of vices are delivered by non-government parliament do not support a pay rise organisations, will hurt across the for politicians. board but for disadvantaged people in In fact, it was legislation introduced by Labor in the last term that saw particular.
Groups receive grants funding THE Nhulunbuy Corporation Ltd has approved the first Community Assistance Program (CAP) projects and there were threea successful applicants . • Nhulunbuy Community Library received $2000, • East Arnhem Remote Safety $500, and • Nhulunbuy High School $1250. The Nhulunbuy Community Library was successful with their application for Partnership Program funding under the new CAP. The funding will assist with the upgrading of the public computers at the library and enable greater numbers of residents and visitors to access the free computing facilities at the library. Currently the library has two computers available. This will be increased to four with the funding being provided by the Corporation under the CAP project. The East Arnhem Remote Safety (EARS) and Nhulunbuy High School applied for funding under the Community Support Program segment of CAP. The funding will assist EARS with the installation of several advisory signs at local boat ramps and the Nhulunbuy High School with their garden venture.
wage rises for politicians capped to the same level as NT public servants, not Canberra. The CLP are now considering undoing this and reviewing politicians’ remuneration. WITH the parliamentary year now over, I am really pleased to be home in time for school concerts and presentation nights. I’m delighted to have presented Citizenship Awards to Benjamin Jones and Ella Staude from NPS as well as Bintang Daly and Jasmine Body from NHS and creative art awards to Klara Holland, Hannah Maag and Talor Morgan from NCC. Congratulations and well done to each of you.
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Arafura Times
12 - 18 December 2012 – 9
PACAL CHRISTMAS PARTY
PHOTOS: MARJO HALLOWELL
Pacific Aluminium hosted their annual Christmas Party at the Gove Peninsula SLSC with families enjoying a day of fun and a special visitor in a red suit being a hit with children of all ages.
Gove Operations Christmas party utilised the ideal setting at the Surf Club.
Miriam, Allan, Santa, Holly and Ezzy De Rooy.
Joshua Blundell and his hoop.
Christo, Amelia, Amy and Suzanne Esterhuyse.
Josh, Gavin, Briony and Anya with Santa.
Robyn Bullemor and Michael Maynes. ABOVE: James, Fletcher and Selena Davies. RIGHT ABOVE: Cailin Cross - PPE Relay. RIGHT: Sarah and Robert Gordon. BELOW: BMX club members cooking the burgers.
Kaz Rose and Daniel Coson.
The Variety Queens - expert donut makers.
Showing some brute strength in the tug-of-war.
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Seeing who has the biggest muscles in the tug-of-war.
cdu nhulunbuy graduation ceremony STUDENTS from Charles Darwin University Nhulunbuy graduated at a ceremony held at the Walkabout Lodge on Friday. Before the presentations the winner of this year’s Adrian Wagg Award was announced by the Training coordinator of the Department of Business, Nhulunbuy, Andrew Peers. The Award is for the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student of the year and was named after Adrian Wagg who died in a helicopter crash in 2002. Sally Wagg presented the award to Brian Brown, of Milingimbi. Mr Brown completed year 12 in 1998 and has been working in the field of sport and recreation with the East Arnhem Shire Council where he has developed programs for people aged from five to 80. He has mentored local athletes and has helped them get to local and Territory-wide competitions and has developed after-school care. This year he completed his Certificate II in sport and recreation and is continuing this aiming for a Certificate III and is also undertaking business studies. The EASC was presented the perpetual trophy as his employer and it was accepted by Cherie Forbes. This year a High Commendation was also presented to Lisa Oosen who completed year 12 in 2009. Miss Oosen completed her Certificate II in business administration and is continuing her studies in transport, storage and dangerous good handling. Last year’s winner Bungamana Ganambarr made the presentation to Miss Oosen and Dhangatji Mununggurr, one of the selectors, made the presentation to Mr Brown. Director of VET, CDU, Dennis Tonkin was the guest speaker and said Nhulunbuy was a town where CDU worked with the community. Students were then presented their certificates in front of family, friends and work colleagues.
PHOTOS: MARJO HALLOWELL
ABOVE: The graduating students of Nhulunbuy CDU - 2012. RIGHT: The Adrian Wagg Award presentation (from left): Sally Wagg, Cherie Forbes, Lisa Oosen, Neil Jones, Bunganama Ganambarr, Dhangaty Mununggurr , Brian Brown and Andrew Peers.
Dennis Tonkin with Ross Tihema - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
Denis Tonkin with Sandy Daff - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
Dennis Tonkin with Laura Bade - Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning.
Dennis Tonkin with Brian Brown - Certificate II in Sport and Recreation.
Dennis Tonkin and Sharon Gaminynga Gurruwiwi - Certificate I in Retail Services.
Dennis Tonkin with Waninggirr Linda Bukulatjpi Dennis Tonkin with Nigel Go-Sam - Certificate IV in Project Management. - Certificate I in Retail Services.
Dennis Tonkin with Bukuriya (Johhny) Munungguritj - Certificate III Home and Community.
Arafura Times
12 - 18 December 2012 – 11
THURSDAY 13
5:30 Today 8:30 Mornings 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Danoz 1:30 Days Of Our Lives 2:30 Extra 3:00 Yamba’s Playtime 3:30 Pyramid 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:00 A Current Affair 6:30 The Big Bang Theory 7:00 Getaway 8:00 Person Of Interest: No Good Deed 9:00 CSI: NY: Who’s There 10:00 True CSI: Cold Blood: Ivy League Murder - When two respected professors are brutally murdered in their Hanover, New Hampshire home, police interrogate a host of likely suspects... but the murder weapon and a bloody footprint hold the key to the crime. Can forensic science reveal the culprits? And will a nationwide manhunt catch the killers? 11:00 Weeds: All About My Mom 11:30 20/20 12:30 Extra 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:30 Newstyle Direct 3:00 Alive And Cooking 3:30 National Early Morning News / 4:00 Today
5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Movie: “Shopgirl” (M) 1:30 Today Tonight 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Toybox 3:30 It’s Academic 4:00 Seven News At 4.00 4:30 The Price Is Right 5:30 Seven News 6:00 Today Tonight 6:30 Better Homes And Gardens 7:00 Once Upon A Time - Child Of The Moon - Ruby’s fear about turning into a wolf during the first curse-free Storybrooke full moon is confirmed when one of the town’s residents is viciously murdered, and Ruby is the prime suspect. Decker threatens to expose David as a shepherd, not a prince, and not fit to run the town as sheriff, and Leroy stumbles upon some treasure in the Storybrooke mine that could help bring Mary Margaret and Emma back into our world. 8:00 TBA 10:45 Up All Night 11:15 Cougar Town: It’ll All Work Out - When Jules realises that the cul-de-sac crew didn’t celebrate Thanksgiving together, she decides to celebrate the holiday, even though it’s spring. 11:45 Sons And Daughters 12:30 Home Shopping 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra / 5:00 Seven Early News
5:00 Weatherwatch And Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia 1:30 Maverick Mother 2:30 Parent Rescue: Sweating It Out 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Visions of Scotland 6:00 Food Safari: Thai 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 My Sri Lanka with Peter Kuruvita 8:00 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong 2 8:30 Raymond Blanc: The Very Hungry Frenchman: Alsace 9:35 One Born Every Minute 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 Crazy Horse - Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman explores one of the most mythic and colourful places dedicated to women, the Crazy Horse – a legendary Parisian cabaret club, founded in 1951 by Alain Bernardin. 12:00 Movie: “Counter Investigation” (M a,l) In French. - When detective Richard Malinowski’s daughter is raped and murdered, his colleagues are in a hurry to make an arrest. A suspect, Daniel Eckmann, is quickly brought to trial and sentenced to life imprisonment. From his cell, however, Daniel pleads his innocence in correspondence to Malinowski. Doubts begin to surface - and Richard launches his own investigation. 2:25 Weatherwatch Overnight
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Calder: Sculpteur De L’Air 11:00 Photo Finish 11:30 One Plus One 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Movie: “Magnificent Matador” (G) 2:00 The Forsyte Saga 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Poh’s Kitchen 6:00 TBA 6:50 Audrey’s Kitchen 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Moone Boy: Martin is determined to end his last week of school with a bang. Meanwhile, Martin’s parents must deal with the extra stress caused by the behaviour of his sisters Sinead and Fidelma. 8:30 New Tricks: When someone tries to assassinate Stephen Fisher, Strickland calls the UCOS team together asking for their help. 9:30 Jonathan Creek: The Judas Tree - Master of illusion and lateral thinker Jonathan Creek is back in another spooky tale, and this time he’s in a race against time to clear a young girl’s name when she is framed for a murder most mysterious 10:00 ABC News: Late Edition 10:40 A Very Specky Christmas 2009 12:00 Rage (MA l,d,h,n,s,v)
5:30 Today 7:30 Mornings - Summer Series 8:00 Yamba’s Playtime 8:30 1St Test - Australia V Sri Lanka - Day 1 11:00 The Cricket Show 11:30 1st Test - Australia V Sri Lanka - Day 1 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:00 A Current Affair 6:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Hot Troll Deviation - Wolowitz is embarrassed when a secret of his is revealed; and Sheldon and Raj battle at work. 7:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Desperate Emanation - Sheldon meets Amy’s mother and comes to the realization that he no longer wants to see Amy; and Leonard realizes that everyone is in a relationship except for him. 7:30 Two And A Half Men: A Bottle Of Wine And A Jackhammer 8:00 TBA 10:00 TBA 12:00 Movie: “Agatha Christie’s Death On The Nile” (M) - Based on the novel by Agatha Christie. A string of murders take place on a luxury steamer cruising up the Nile River. The suspects are many and there are numerous versions as to how the murders occurred and who did them. 2:30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 3:00 Danoz 4:00 Good Morning America
5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Movie: “Midnight Run” (M) 3:30 It’s Academic 4:00 Seven News at 4.00 4:30 The Price Is Right 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Seven News 6:00 Today Tonight 6:30 Better Homes And Gardens 8:00 TBA 10:00 I Shouldn’t Be Alive: Killer Crevasse 11:10 Celebrity Juice - Keith Lemon hosts this hilarious celebrity panel show, where guests are quizzed on their knowledge of the entertainment industry and their peers. 12:00 Grey’s Anatomy: Forever Young - The ER is filled with teenagers after a schoolbus crash. Bailey treats a patient who was her high school crush. Meredith and Derek’s relationship gets more complicated. 1:00 Desperate Housewives: Distant Past - Adam Mayfair is shocked when a mysterious stalker from his past shows up on Wisteria Lane. Lynette reunites with her long lost stepfather. 2:00 Room For Improvement 2:30 Home Shopping 3:30 NBC Today
5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Food Lover’s Guide To Australia 1:30 Disable Bodied Sailors 2:00 Comedy School 2:30 Here Comes the Neighbourhood 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: GSM in Bamako 6:00 Food Safari: Lebanese 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Trevor McDonald: Mighty Mississippi 8:30 When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions: Ordinary Supermen 9:30 As It Happened: How To Go To War 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “Novo” (MA s,n,a) In French. - Graham has total memory loss after an accident. He takes on lovers, but can never remember them and must resort to writing notes on everything. Then one day he recognises his son. A lusty homage to the film Memento. 12:50 Kurt Wallander: “Blood Ties” (M l,v) In Swedish. - As the wives and children of the men from a local commune are picked off and murdered, Kurt Wallander links the crimes to a robbery that took place years earlier when only one man, the leader, Roger Riis, was caught and jailed. 2:30 Weatherwatch Overnight
5:00 Rage (PG) 10:30 Rage Guest Programmer 11:30 Eggheads: Last Truma 12:00 Cheese Slives: Gorgonzola/Taleggio 12:25 Movie: “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” (PG) 2:00 Movie: “The Glen Miller Story” (G) 4:00 Basketball: WNBL: West Coast vs Canberra 5:00 Footall: W-League: Melbourne vs Canberra 6:00 River Cottage: Christmas Special 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Doc Martin - After Dr Dibbs leaves, Dr Ellingham moves back into the surgery until a replacement can be found. He also asks Louisa to move into his house so he can help to raise their child. 8:20 Young James Herriot - The Fascist tendencies of Jenny’s parents are cause for concern as James faces a stark choice that may change the direction of his life. 9:20 Upstairs Downstairs - Storm clouds are gathering at 165 Eaton Place, with Lady Agnes’s growing fear over the imminent arrival of her baby. And Sir Hallam makes a discovery that will change his life forever. 10:20 Silent Witness: Voids Part 2 11:15 Waking The Dead: Mask Of Sanity Part 1 12:10 Rage Guest Programmer 5:00 Rage
5:30 Weekend Today - Saturday 8:30 1St Test - Australia V Sri Lanka - Day 1 11:00 The Cricket Show 11:30 1st Test - Australia V Sri Lanka - Day 1 4:30 Getaway: Ben goes on a crazy tour of Norway; Dermott heads to Ireland to trace his family tree; Catriona joins a tour that combines surfing and gourmet food and also takes a beautiful drive around the Tea Gardens region north of Sydney. 5:00 4WD TV 5:30 National News Saturday 6:00 Austalia’s Funniest Home Videos 7:00 TBA 9:00 TBA 11:05 Movie: “When Time Ran Out” (M) - Academy Award winner Paul Newman stars as an oil-company geologist who tries to warn the owners and guests of a resort hotel of imminent disaster. But no one will heed his dire warnings until the volcano erupts in a torrent of lava, trapping everyone. 1:20 Movie: “King’s Ransom” - Hoping to foil his own golddigging wife’s plan, a loathsome businessman arranges his own kidnapping, only to realize that there are plenty of other people interested in his wealth as well. 3:00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 3:30 Danoz Direct 5:00 Wesley Impact
5:30 Saturday Disney 6:30 Weekend Sunrise 9:30 The Morning Show - Weekend 10:30 Ghosts Of Time 11:00 Ghosts Of Time 11:30 Sea Princesses 12:00 Movie: “Barbie: The Princess And The Pop Star” 1:30 That ‘70s Show 2:00 V8 Xtra 3:00 Seven’s Motorsport 4:00 Hart Of The Barbecue 4:30 Creek To Coast 5:00 Queensland Weekender - Dean Miller and his team cover the length and breadth of Queensland with great suggestions for weekends, short breaks and holidays. 5:30 Seven News 6:00 TBA 8:00 TBA 12:00 Grey’s Anatomy: Crash Into Me - Part 1 Of 2 - An ambulance loses control after the driver has a seizure and crashes into another ambulance right outside Seattle Grace. 1:00 Desperate Housewives: Something’s Coming - The residents of Wisteria Lane are forced into basements, cellars and safe rooms to weather a tornado that destroys homes and lives forever. 2:00 Housecalls To The Rescue 3:00 It Is Written Oceania 3:30 Home Shopping 4:30 Beyond Tomorrow
5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Passione: A Musical Adventure 2:40 Piano Notes: Domenico Scarlatti: Three Sonatas 8’30 2:50 Michelangelo Revealed 3:55 Photo: German New Objectivity 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: Rich Stein 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Amazon with Bruce Parry 8:30 Hunted: Kismet 9:30 Real Humans - The Lord Shall Be Our Companion - In a parallel present day, robots have become so human it is barely possible to distinguish them from real people. In this episode, the rogue hubots take refuge in an old church, where the pastor offers them sanctuary in the vicarage, believing that hubots would never harm humans. 10:40 Movie: “Dragon Tiger Gate” (MA a,n) In Cantonese. Based on Tony Wong’s long-running comic book series. Dragon and his brother Tiger emerge from the back streets of Hong Kong to help the powerless fight injustice. 12:20 Anatomy For Beginners: Circulation 1:20 Dave in the Life: Politician - In tonight’s episode, Dave is on a mission to find out what makes a politician tick. But has he got it in him to become one? 1:55 Weatherwatch Overnight
6:00 Rage (MA) 6:30 Children’s Programs 9:00 Weekend Breakfast 11:30 Songs Of Praise: A Dickensian Christmas 12:00 Best Of Landline 1:00 River Cottage: Christmas Special 2:00 Young James Herriot 3:00 The Private Life Of A Christmas Masterpiece: The Adoration Of The Christ Child 4:00 10 Aussie Books To Read Before You Die 5:00 David Attenborough’s First Life: Arrival 6:00 Schools Spectacular 2012 7:00 ABC News 7:30 The Manor Reborn - Work at Avebury Manor finally gets under way, but will the National Trust accept the outlandish colour scheme being proposed for the Queen’s bedroom? 8:30 The Pillars Of The Earth - After a shocking tragedy, Aliena is forced to fend for herself and brother Richard, and in doing so asks Richard to make a huge sacrifice 10:10 Life In Movement 11:30 Movie: “Two Mules For Sister Sara” (M v) - A two-fisted gunslinger and a whisky-swilling nun reluctantly join forces to aid a group of Mexican revolutionaries. 1:25 British Invasion: Dusty Springfield 3:35 Rage 4:00 The New Inventors
5:30 Weekend Today 8:30 1st Test - Australia V Sri Lanka - Day 1 11:00 The Cricket Show 11:30 1st Test - Australia V Sri Lanka - Day 1 4:30 Antiques Roadshow 5:00 Getaway 5:30 Nine News Saturday 6:00 Frozen Planet: The Ends Of The Earth 7:00 60 Minutes 8:00 The Mentalist: Red Rover, Red Rover - Jane receives a message from Red John on the eighth anniversary of the deaths of his wife and daughter. Jane then gets distracted from the CBI’s latest case, an investigation into the homicide of a brokerage-firm employee. 9:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investivation: Genetic Disorder - When a genealogist is found dead in Dr. Robbins’ bed, the team works on the theory that his wife may have been cheating even though she maintains her innocence. 10:00 Unforgettable: Butterfly Effect 11:00 Southland: God’s Work 11:50 What Would You Do? 12:30 Spyforce 1:30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 2:00 Danoz Direct 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 National Early Morning News 4:00 Today
5:30 Phineas And Ferb 6:00 Jake And The Never Land Pirates 6:30 Weekend Sunrise 9:30 The Morning Show - Weekend 10:30 Kochie’s Business Builders 11:00 Special: Reece Mastin Live and Lost 11:30 Ghosts Of Time 12:00 Ghosts Of Time 12:30 Minute To Win It 1:30 Movie: “Ice Princess” 3:30 Fat Family Diet 4:30 Drive Thru Australia 5:00 Great South East 5:30 Seven News 6:00 TBA 8:00 Bones: The Sin In The Sisterhood - A practicing polygamist, shot dead, is found disguised as a scarecrow in a remote cornfield. 9:00 Nazi Hunters - As the Gestapo chief in Lyon, Klaus Barbie has the blood of 10,000 French Jews on his hands. But rather than being imprisoned after the war, he is instead hired by the CIA as an anti-communist agent. Eventually Barbie escapes to Latin America where he works for dictators and drug barons and lives undetected for decades. That is, until a middle class German housewife and mother vows to track him down. 10:00 Law & Order: LA 11:00 Parking Wars 11:30 Movie: “Death Becomes Her” (M) 1:30 Home Shopping 2:30 NBC Today 3:30 NBC Meet The Press 4:30 Sunrise Extra / 5:00 Seven Early News
5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:30 World News 8:30 PopAsia 10:30 Football Asia 11:00 FIFA Futbol Mundial 11:30 Speedweek 1:30 Al Jazeera News 2:30 The Russian Enigma 3:30 Trawlermen 4:30 ADbc 5:00 Cycling Central 6:00 Thalassa: A Disappearing Village 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Lost Worlds: The Crusades: Holy War 8:35 Stephen Hawking’s Grand Design: Did God Create the Universe 9:30 Under African Skies: Paul Simon’s Graceland - Paul Simon returns to South Africa two and a half decades after visiting the country to work with local musicians. At the time, a cultural boycott was in place, which stirred up anger amongst the forces opposed to the apartheid regime. Simon visited in 1985 and released Graceland in 1986. 11:10 Movie: “The Light”(M s,l) In French. Tells the story of an Algerian war veteran who comes to work in a lighthouse on an island off the coast of Brittany. When he has an affair with the lighthouse keeper’s wife, the lives of all are deeply affected. 1:00 Movie: “A Way of Life” (MAV s,v,a) A gritty film about a teenage mother struggling to bring up her small daughter and deal with her role in a violent hate crime. Set in a small community in South Wales, this dark but moving tale looks at the area that exists between black and white, good and evil, child and adult. 2:35 Weatherwatch Overnight
4:30 Art Nation 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Catalyst 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 10:00 Menzies And Churchill At War 11:00 Best Of Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 The Manor Reborn 1:30 Meerkat Manor 2:00 The Forsyte Saga 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Poh’s Kitchen 6:00 Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Christmas 6:50 Audrey’s Kitchen 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Family Confidential: The Jacobsens 8:30 Country House Rescue: Tapeley Park 9:15 Dream Build 9:30 Fake Or Fortune? 10:30 ABC News 10:40 Gandhi: The Road To Freedom - Journalist Mishal Husain explores the last years of Gandhi’s life, which ended in his assassination. She questions why Gandhi was revered as Father of the Nation, when India turned its back on his blueprint for the country? 11:35 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Hickory Dickory Dock 1:20 Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Christmas 2:10 British Invasion: Gerry And The Pacemakers 3:25 Rage 4:00 Movie: “Chance Of A Lifetime” (PG) 5:30 Eggheads
5:30 Today 7:30 Mornings - Summer Series 8:00 Yamba’s Playtime 8:30 1st Test - Australia V Sri Lanka - Day 1 11:00 The Cricket Show 11:30 1st Test - Australia V Sri Lanka - Day 1 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:00 A Current Affair 6:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Hot Troll Deviation - Wolowitz is embarrassed when a secret of his is revealed; and Sheldon and Raj battle at work. 7:00 TBA 8:00 The Mentalist: The Crimson Hat - In the season finale, Jane deals with his latest loss to Red John by hitting rock bottom in Las Vegas and hooking up with a cocktail waitress. Meanwhile, the CBI tries to solve a John Doe’s homicide. 9:00 House Husbands 10:00 Unforgettable 11:00 Nikita: London Calling 12:00 The Avengers: Joker 1:00 Extra 1:30 Danoz 2:30 Newstyle Direct 3:00 Alive & Cooking 3:30 National Early Morning News 4:00 Today
5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Movie: “Kid Cop” (PG) 1:30 Today Tonight 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Toybox 3:30 It’s Academic 4:00 Seven News At 4.00 4:30 The Price Is Right 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Seven News 6:00 Today Tonight 6:30 Better Homes And Gardens 7:00 Motorway Patrol 7:30 SCU: Serious Crash Unit 8:00 Castle: Demons - Castle & Beckett confront the possibility of paranormal foul play when a world renowned ghost hunter is mysteriously murdered while investigating a haunting at a legendary New York mansion. 9:00 The Amazing Race 11:00 Whitney 11:30 Grey’s Anatomy: Crash Into Me - Part 2 of 2 12:30 Home Shopping 3:00 The Real Seachange 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra 5:00 Seven Early News
5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 rena: Magical Mystery Tour Revisited 2:00 Magical Mystery Tour 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 PopAsia 5:30 Global Village: Visions of Sicily 6:00 Food Safari: Mexican 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Mythbusters: Mattress Mayhem 8:30 Derren Brown: The Experiments: Guilt Trip 9:30 The Arecibo Message - In 1974 The Arecibo Message was broadcast into space. Composed by the finest scientific minds of a generation, its mission was to give intelligent alien civilizations knowledge of the people of Earth. 10:00 South Park: Red Sleigh Down 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 The World Game 12:00 SOS: Revolution - Valentine, Gala, Daisy, and Brice are all 30-something, trendy environmentalists who share an apartment in Paris. But Brice has just made a serious mistake: he threw a chicken bone in the wrong trash can. 1:00 La La Land 1:30 South Park: The Early Years 2:05 South Park: The Early Years 2:35 Weatherwatch Overnight
5:30 Today 7:30 Mornings - Summer Series 8:00 Yamba’s Playtime 8:30 1st Test - Australia V Sri Lanka - Day 1 11:00 The Cricket Show 11:30 1st Test - Australia V Sri Lanka - Day 1 4:30 Alive & Cooking 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:00 A Current Affair 6:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Desperate Emanation 7:00 Hamish & Andy’s Euro Gap Year 8:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Stag Convergence 8:30 2 Broke Girls: And The Pretty Problem 9:00 Two And A Half Men: The War Against Gingivitis 9:30 Mike & Molly: Surprise 10:00 Survivor: Phillipines 11:00 Weeds: Thwack - Faced with the aftermath of Shane having murdered Pilar, Nancy grabs Shane and Silas and head north. Andy is then met with the decision to split town with his family or stay and fight for Audra’s affection. 11:30 20/20 12:30 Extra 1:00 Danoz Direct 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:00 Good Morning America 4:30 National Early Morning News / 5:00 Today
5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Movie: “Crimes Of Passion: Voice From The Grave ” (M v) 1:30 Today Tonight 2:00 Medical Rookies 3:00 Toybox 3:30 It’s Academic 4:00 Seven News at 4.00 4:30 The Price Is Right 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Seven News 6:00 Today Tonight 6:30 Better Homes And Gardens 7:00 Once Upon A Time: Queen Of Hearts - Cora does everything in her power to steal the compass away from Mary Margaret and Emma in her quest to find the entrance to Storybrooke. 9:00 Grey’s Anatomy: Run, Baby, Run 10:00 Four Weddings - Move over Dixie Chicks, country singer Tamika’s throwing a classic country wedding hoe down. Straight shooter Ingrid is having a masked ball, as they do in Venice. Sparks fly when this sophisticated city slicker meets the country queen. 11:00 I Just Want My Pants Back 11:30 Desperate Housewives 12:30 Home Shopping 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra 5:00 Seven Early News
5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Katherine Jenkins: Live at Llangollen 2:20 A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra 2:50 Spacefiles: Sun, Powerhouse of the Solar System 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Visions of Sicily 6:00 Food Safari: Turkish 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Finding Your Roots: Michelle Rodriguez, Adrian Grenier and Linda Chavez 8:30 The Truth About Looking Younger 9:30 Forensics on Trial 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “Marock” (MA l,s) In Arabic. Set in Casablanca in 1997, Rita, the daughter of wealthy Moroccan parents, falls in love with Youri, a rebellious youth. The only problem is that Youri is Jewish, and even in easy-going cosmopolitan Casablanca, Arabs and Jews tend to keep to their own. To complicate things even more, Rita’s brother Mao returns from London a born-again, devout Muslim who disapproves of her Westernised ways. 12:55 Mad Men: Out Of Town 1:50 Mad Men: Love Among the Ruins 2:50 Weatherwatch Overnight
5:30 Today 8:30 Mornings 9:30 TBA 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Danoz Direct 1:30 Days Of Our Lives 2:30 Extra 3:00 Yamba’s Playtime 3:30 Pyramid 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:00 A Current Affair 6:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Irish Pub Formulation 7:00 TBA 8:00 TBA 10:00 Anger Management: Charlie Tries To Prove Therapy Is Legit - Charlie falls for Jen’s hot new business partner, Lori - played by Charlie’s real-life ex, Denise Richards - only to find she thinks therapy is a scam. 10:30 Anger Management 11:00 I Hate My Teenage Daughter 11:30 Eclipse 12:00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 12:30 Extra 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:30 Newstyle Direct 3:00 Good Morning America 4:30 National Early Morning News 5:00 Today
5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Movie: “Volcano: Fire On The Mountain” (PG) 1:30 Today Tonight 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Toybox 3:30 It’s Academic 4:00 Seven News At 4.00 4:30 The Price Is Right 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Seven News 6:00 Today Tonight 6:30 Better Homes And Gardens 7:00 TBA 8:00 Grimm: Game Ogre / Of Mouse And Man - An escapee returns to Portland seeking revenge against those who put him behind bars. His unusual strength and high tolerance for pain makes Nick take notice. As the case escalates Nick and Juliette are put in danger, and Monroe is called into action to help put an end to the convict’s deadly rampage. 10:00 The Cult 11:00 Olivia Lee 11:30 Sons And Daughters 12:30 Home Shopping 3:00 The Real Sea Change 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra 5:00 Seven Early News
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CROSSWORD No. 128
SUDOKU No. 128
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SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st) You may be surprised at all the attention you get this week. This is an excellent time to get your thoughts across to other people. Romance. You should be in a very romantic mood today. Your partner may be a little too tired to respond. Surround yourself with those who complement your mood.
CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th) Don’t stop until you have gotten to the bottom of a recent mystery. A new field of enquiry may lead further than you expect. Perhaps you suspected it all along. Romance. Don’t let the needs of your family take up too much of your emotional energy. Save some time for yourself.
AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th)
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Your self-confidence may be low at the moment. A pleasant surprise later in the week will put you back on your feet. Try to see in yourself what others see in you. Romance. You may get a little anxious if things don’t quite work out according to plan. You will have to be flexible and patient this week.
PISCES (February 20th - March 20th) You may behave a little irrationally. Try to calm down. Take a breath and think through the issue at hand. Romance. What seems to you to be a casual flirtation could be very serious for the person concerned. Figure out your interests before you unknowingly lead this person on.
ARIES (March 21st - April 20th)
A fault that you find in a friend may be one that you yourself are guilty of. Don’t be too hard on this person. It’s not infrequent to criticize others for the same flaws. Romance. You will be in the mood to take a few risks. Make sure you know what lies ahead as you’re bound to leave your comfort zone.
TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st) A person who is important in your life may be going through some difficulties at the moment. Your support will be appreciated. Romance. A chance comment will help you to put recent events into context. Be careful not to miss an important detail. Keep your ears and heart open.
FINDWORD No. 128 A LAUGH WITH LOTSA
GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st) Don’t feel bad because of something a friend has said. Try to work out what was behind the remark. It’s possible that it was meant to be constructive. Romance. If you want to criticise your partner for something they have done, try to do so as gently as possible and be sensible about the situation.
CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd)
- Why was the Egyptian girl worried? - Because her daddy was a mummy!
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MUDDY RIVER
A group of people that you hardly know will be surprisingly friendly. There is nothing to be suspicious of, however. They’re just what you need this week. Romance. You will have to take the initiative in starting a new relationship. If you wait, you could miss the chance. Isn’t it nice to be making decisions?
LEO (July 24th - August 23rd)
You will find that people are more open and optimistic than usual at the moment. Now is the time to get any new ideas off the ground. Romance. The Moon/Uranus Midpoint presently in your sign will could bring an interesting new person into your life. Be aware of those around you.
VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd) A very positive development may take an unusual form. Don’t be put off by appearances! Romance. A person whom you know casually may be much more serious about you than you are about them. Set aside all previous thoughts about this person and allow yourself to be surprised.
LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd)
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works is the family. – Lee Iacocca
SOLUTIONS No. 128
Don’t give up, just because you have had a small set-back. Your luck is about to turn. This is your week! Romance. An air of mystery will intrigue your friends, and may help to hide the fact that there is not really much going on! Keep them wondering about your situation.
SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd)
You will be surprised to find out how much you have in common with an old acquaintance. Time has allowed you both to grow into who you were meant to be. Romance. A difficult aspect between Mercury and Juno could create a misunderstanding in an area that you and your partner normally agree about.
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Organisation Laynhapuy Homelands Aboriginal Corporation was established to provide opportunities and maintain Yolngu culture within our Homelands in north-east Arnhem Land, the Yirralka Rangers’ management of the Laynhapuy Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) represents a continuation of our responsibility to care for country. The Laynhapuy IPA encompasses some 4,500 square kilometres of land and 480 kilometres of coastline, it is an area of high natural and cultural value and an important part of Australia’s National Reserve System. Town of Nhulunbuy Nhulunbuy / Gove is approximately 600 kms from Darwin, on the eastern-most tip of the Gove Peninsula and is home to approx. 4000 people. The Gove Peninsula encompasses nearly 100,000 square kilometres of land owned by the Yolngu Aboriginal people and is famous for spectacular beaches and great fishing. Opportunity LHAC has a permanent full-time or part-time opportunity for an administration officer with a passion for Indigenous culture to join the Yirralka Ranger team to provide high quality administrative assistance to the Department. The successful applicant will be responsible for sustaining all administrative functions of the IPA Department including but not limited to: • Maintaining financial records • Coordinating staff timesheets and other various payroll tasks • Maintaining the vehicle and asset registers • Maintaining staff, training and document databases • Project support This role comes with many benefits attached, and LHAC will reward your commitment with excellent remuneration $55,000 - $60,000 plus an additional 9% superannuation, plus the ability to salary sacrifice up to $16,050 of your income! You will also enjoy the following benefits: • 6 weeks annual leave with loading at 17.5% • Shutdown over Christmas • Annual airfare assistance up to $1,250 (after 12 months of service) • Professional development encouraged Applications Close: COB 21 December 2012 All applicants will need to obtain an application package and address the selection criteria pertaining to this role. Please contact Kathryn Bellinger by email at hr@laynhapuy.com.au or by phone (08) 8939 1804 should you wish to obtain an application package.
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12 - 18 December 2012 – 15
NEWS
Independent schools funding Territory rivers are becoming more saline
INDEPENDENT Territory schools will receive identical support to that of Government schools to help meet the cost of increased electricity tariffs. Education Minister Robyn Lambley said the Government is prepared to assist independent schools because of the important role they perform in the community. Schools will have to meet half of the tariff increase, with the other 50 per cent being met by the Government. The money will be paid to independent schools in the
form of a grant, and be based on the average ‘per student’ cost of the revised tariff. “Unlike the previous Government - which offered no support for Independent schools when tariffs were raised in 2009 - I want to minimise the impact of the increases on all school communities,” Mrs Lambley said. “I would like to acknowledge the efforts of all those who I spoke with in pushing for similar arrangements as those in Government schools.”
RESEARCHERS at Charles Darwin University are modelling the possible future impacts of sea-level rise on some of the Northern Territory’s iconic river systems. CDU Water Resources Engineer Mike Miloshis said the rivers of the Top End were at risk from saline intrusion due to sea-level rise, which is believed to be caused by an increase in greenhouse gas emissions. “All our coastal wetlands are within elevations that are vulnerable to sea-level rise,” Mr Miloshis said. “Saline intrusion to freshwater wetlands has already caused the loss of large areas of dense aquatic and semi-aquatic vegetation, including significant forests and woodlands on the Mary River.
“It is likely that sea level rise will exacerbate problems and cause losses of large carbon stores.” Mr Miloshis said that the extensive estuaries, freshwater wetlands and floodplains, which were typical of Top End river systems, were home to a variety of wildlife endemic to the NT. “Saline intrusion has been occurring on a significant scale since the 1960s in a number of locations including Kakadu, The Finniss and the Mary River,” he said. “Expansive areas of the Mary River system that were once fresh water paper bark forest are now hypersaline mudflats harbouring little biodiversity.” As part of the project, Mr Miloshis is using hydrodynamic models of sections of the Mary
River and Arafura Swamp under different sea-level rise scenarios to look at the potential detrimental effects of saline intrusion on Top End systems. “Our focus is on interactions between channels and determining locations that are most active for future intervention sites to prevent further damage,” he said. “The Mary River wetlands are the most vulnerable in Australia. “Our model shows that by 2100 salt water inundation due to sea-level rise on areas of the Mary River could be up to 25 kilometres inland during spring tides. This is based on a predicted sea level rise of 0.8 metres. Further upstream, Corroboree Billabong will be severely affected by salt water intrusion.”
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Incentives to employ an apprentice or trainee By employing an apprentice or trainee your business may be eligible to receive incentives worth up to $4000. For more information contact Australian Apprenticeships NT on 1300 137 130 or visit www.dob.nt.gov.au/training
Study grants for 2013 applications open Higher Education Scholarships, Vocational Education and Training (VET) Scholarships and the Bernie Kilgariff Memorial Scholarship study grants are now open. Terms, conditions and application forms are available at www.dob.nt.gov.au Applications close Friday 1 March 2013. Smoke from fires can be seen in the Northern Territory on Sunday, December 9. Shifting wind directions cause the smoke to spread over large areas, making it difficult to pinpoint individual plumes.
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING Closing 09 Jan 2013 T12-1857 - East Arnhem Region - Lot 257 Ramingining Construction of 1 x 2 Bedroom Duplex.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MISCELLANEOUS Closing 16 Jan 2013 D12-0445 - All Centres - Remote Health - Provision of Section 100 Pharmacy Services for a Period of 36 Months - Inspection on 13/12/2012 at 09:00.
POWER AND WATER MISCELLANEOUS Closing 09 Jan 2013 PED01808-12 - All Centres - NEW QTOL ENABLED - Provision of In-Service Safety Inspections, Testing and Tagging of Electrical Equipment for a Period of 36 Months. PPD01776-12 - All Centres - Panel Contract for the Supply, Installation, Support Services and Maintenance of Communications Systems, Equipment and Ancillary Items for a Period of 36 Months.
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NEWS
Crazy ants problem to be attacked from the air By BEN HOFFMAN
we conduct the work. The delays to traffic will be minimal (maximum two minutes) while the helicopter operates over the main road. Unfortunately we cannot set an exact date, because the timing will depend upon the prevailing weather and staff availability. Thanks to the help of Conservation Volunteers, we have managed to declare the ant eradicated from 26 sites throughout the region, covering 295 ha. The ant is also believed to have been eradicated from many other sites that have either not yet undergone assessment, or are too large to assess. Following the treatments over the next nine months, we believe that more than half of the ants will have been eradicated from the Gove Peninsula, putting us well on track to isolating the ants to a region greater than 30km from Nhulunbuy. A new PhD student based in New Zealand has just commenced research on yellow crazy ant in Nhulunbuy and elsewhere, investigating factors that reduce its population. Specifically she will be searching for viruses and pathogens that have passed from the environment to the ant, as well as investigating the
OVER the next couple of weeks, the yellow crazy ant management program, a collaborative effort between Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation, CSIRO and Rio Tinto Alcan Gove, will be conducting the largest aerial baiting program to date at 15 sites covering over 600 ha. This will be the first of three treatments conducted at each site until August 2013. One location, near the Yirrkala turn off, will require a road block to ensure that vehicles are never underneath the helicopter. We will conduct this work during an afternoon so as to avoid the morning traffic to the airport, and we ask for everybody’s patience while
Volleyball grand finals played THE Volleyball grand-finals were held on Friday at the High School. Indecision had a decisive win over Airtime 3-0 in A Grade. B Grade winners were Energisers who defeated Congo 3-2. The season will start up again in February and all teams are urged to keep an eye out for registration dates for the next season
effects of fire. We do know that fire does have a short-term suppression effect by making the environment less favourable (hot and bare) for yellow crazy ant, as well as removing food resources from below the canopy (Acacia and bugs), but these effects have yet to be adequately measured scientifically.
Everybody is encouraged to report any suspected sightings of Yellow crazy ant. The ant is medium-sized (about 3-4 mm long), yellow and fastmoving. However it can be easily confused with the native yellow tyrant ant which is similar in size and colour. The main distinguishing features of yellow crazy ants are:
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Nhulunbuy Community Guide Community organisations Arafura Dance Assoc. Contact: President Lesley Tankard P: 8987 2136 A/H.
Nhulunbuy Toy Library Contact: Lorretta Peirce M: 04130913 127 E: westrett@optusnet.com.au Lodge Arafura Contact: Secretary P: 0418 831 120 or 0437 272 210
Arnhem Early Learning Centre Contact: Director 8987 1004 E: aelcdirector@bigpond.com Arnhem Gun Club Contact: President, Grub Stevens E: grub.gove@bigpond.com Arnhem Land Bowls Club Contact: Isobel Murray P: 0435 822 107, 8987 2120 Arnhem Writers Contact: Ian Maclean P: 0417 601 490
Australian Breastfeeding Assoc. Contact: Meaghan Kennedy P: 0438 175 260 Helpline:1800 686 2686 E: nhulunbuyba@gmail.com Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre P: 8987 1701 E: art@yirrkala.com Captain Cook Comunity Centre Captain Cook Community Centre President: Richard Webb M: 0404 351 839 E: richard.webb@riotinto.com Endeavour Room Bookings: Contact: Lorretta Peirce M: 04130913 127 E: westrett@optusnet.com.au Gove Arts Theatre Contact: Chris Andrews P: 0428 856 392 E: sma44324@bigpond.com Nhulunbuy Playgroup Contact: Cassie McIllree P: 0418 322 719 E: nhulunbuyplaygroup@gmail.com
Gove Peninsula Surf Life Saving Club Contact: Chris Putland P: 8987 8083
East Arnhem Land Tourism Association Contact: John Tourish P: 8939 2000
Gove Peninsula Tennis Club Contact: Nicky Mayer P: 8987 2640
East Arnhem Rugby Union Contact: Eddie P: 0407 002 357
Gove Touch Footy Contact: Bec Thomson E: secretarygtouch@hotmail.com
8EAR Community Radio (Gove FM) Contact: Alicia Scobie P: 8987 1500
Auskick Contact: Cameron Knight P: 0488 508 577
Gove Peninsula Festival Contact: Ian Maclean P: 0417 601 490 E: govefestival@yahoo.com.au
Gove 8 Ball Contact: Adam White P: 0438 809 620
Gove Country Golf Club & Gove Country Golf Club - Juniors Contact: Jamie Henderson E: manager@gcgc.com.au P: 8987 3191 Gove Golden Oldies Contact: Ria Ngamoki P: 8987 3530
Gove Volleyball Assoc. Contact: Fred Rowe - Pres P: 0417 080 579 E: fredntash@froggy.com.au
MOPS Contact: Katie Hovenden P: 8987 1607
Nhulunbuy Child Care Services Inc. Contact: Tracey Chrzanowski P: 8987 3311
Northern Territory Emergency Service P: 0427 392 264 Oasis Play Time Contact: Nisha P: 0437 141 291 Old Codgers: Contact: Shane Ogg P: 0423 172 139 Queens Bus (Variety NT) Contact: Angie Moyle P: 0408 838 498 or Facebook us at: Queens - Variety NT
Nhulunbuy Amateur Swimming Club Contact: Steve Dowzard P: 0417 833 060
RSPCA: Contact: Sarah Howland P: 0437 526 502
Thu 13
Time 0021 0643 1330 2009
Time 0135 0741 1431 2107
Ht 1.38 3.13 0.74 2.71
NEW MOON
Gove Junior Rugby Contact: Jon Regan P: 8987 8094 Gove Netball Assoc. Contact: Helen Clark - Pres P: 8987 3728 M: 0438 873 728
Nhulunbuy Motorcycle Club Contact: Maria Akapita P: 08 8987 2191 E: ncnc@email.voicetalk.com.au
Ht 1.45 3.27 0.55 2.83
Fri 14 Time 0249 0836 1526 2201
Sat 15 Ht 1.46 3.39 0.42 2.92
Time 0349 0927 1618 2251
Ht 1.44 3.48 0.35 2.97
Sun 16
Mon 17
Tue 18
Time 0442 1017 1706 2338
Time 0529 1106 1753
Time 0021 0616 1153 1838
Ht 1.40 3.52 0.35 2.98
Ht 1.36 3.49 0.40
OASIS Christian Assembly Pastor Phil Sampson – Ph: 8987 1522 / 8987 1369 Seventh-Day Adventist Church Ph: 8987 2375 / 0419 465 045 Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga Hala Tupou – Ph: 8987 3553 Nhulunbuy Baptist Church Sundays 9.30am at Town Hall – Ph: 8987 1256 Uniting Church: Sunday Service 9.30am Hazel Trudgen – Ph: 8987 3545 Mobile 0413 536 877 Forward in Faith Ministries Sunday: 10am – 12.30pm. Library at the Nhulunbuy Christian College. Ph: 0434 059611 or 8987 8268. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Brother Forbes 0428 767 616 – Sunday 10am.
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NHULUNBUY
W/E Dec 2 W/E Dec 2 Variance Actual Usage Target Usage
Day
Total Per head Total Per head Total Per head Kilolitres of Pop: Lt Kilolitres of Pop: Lt Kilolitres of Pop: Lt
Rotary Club Nhulunbuy Contact: TBA P: TBA
Monday 26/11
7063
1859
5800
1526
1263
333
Scouts Nhulunbuy Contact: Group Leader E: gl.nhulunbuy@nthq.scouts.com.au
Tuesday 27/11
7662
2016
7100
1868
562
148
Wednesday 28/11
5114
1346
6300
1658
-1186
-312
Thursday 29/11
6153
1619
6600
1737
-447
-118
Friday 30/11
6828
1797
7500
1974
-672
-177
Saturday 01/12
6261
1648
7200
1895
-939
-247
Sunday 02/12
7831
2061
5700
1500
2131
561
46912 12345 46200 12158
712
187
Squash Club Contact: Donna Marie P: 8987 1272 Tae Kwon Do Nhulunbuy Contact: Paul Macloy P: 0407 106 525 T.S. Melville Naval Cadet Training P: 8987 2562
Tide times – Gove Harbour (Melville Bay) Wed 12
Church services
Sacred Heart Catholic Church Father Barry Hanson – Ph: 8987 1533 Vigil Saturday 6.00pm, Sunday Service 8.30am
Runners North Contact: Vanessa Drysdale P: 8987 8005
Nhulunbuy BMX Club Inc Contact: Donna Leahy, Secretary P: 0409 173 562 Nhulunbuy Community Neighbourhood Centre Contact: Maria Akapita (NCNC Director), P: 08 8987 2191 E: ncnc@email.voicetalk.com.au
Gove Junior Football Club Contact: David Hill P: 0438 861 599
Nhulunbuy Child Care Centre P: 8987 3311 E: jaklwill@bigpond.com
Nhulunbuy Speedway Contact: Ben Hurst P: 0410 833 292
Junior 8 Ball Contact: Marian Richter P: 0402 355 499
Gove Astronomy Club Contact: Ian Maclean P: 0417 601 490
Nhulunbuy Regional Sport Fishing Club Contact: Paul Grover, P: 0400 978 114
very long antennae and legs, no smell when the ant is crushed, they do not bite when disturbed, and the nests have no mounds of soil. If you think you have seen this ant, or would like further information, please call Dhimurru. Information and identification sheets are also available at the Dhimurru office.
Ht 2.97 1.33 3.40 0.50
NOTE: these are predictions only, subject to change due to prevailing weather conditions. It is recommended you use this table as a guide only.
TOTAL
Other Cities Av. Consumption / Head of Pop. Brisbane 270 • Darwin 1100 • Perth 340
Weather details Temperature (oC) Max Min Rainfall Monday 3 34.7 23.3 NIL Tuesday 4 34.9 22.3 NIL Wednesday 5 34.7 23.2 NIL Thursday 6 35.6 24.7 NIL Friday 7 34.0 27.7 NIL Saturday 8 34.0 25.2 0.6 Sunday 9 32.8 23.8 NIL Monthly total rainfall to date: 0.6 mm
Weather details supplied by the Bureau of Meteorology – Gove Airport from Monday, Dec. 3 to Sunday, Dec. 9
Mean sea level pressure Max: 1012.8 hPa on Friday Min: 1006.6 hPa on Tuesday Averages for the month of December Max temp: 32.9 Min temp: 24.6 Rainfall: 181.3 mm
Arafura Times
12 - 18 December 2012 – 17
SPORT
OMG: A Grade winners.
B Grade winners: Us Mob.
Gove Touch football ends for the season By BEC THOMSON
Jan O’shea, life member, and president Mick Martin.
GOVE Touch said a sad farewell to former president Al and Wendy Fanning and their newest life member Jan O’Shea . A special thanks went to the Golf Club for donating vouchers for award winners, non-playing referees Scott Morris and Scott Smith and last, but not least, the amazing Pidgy and Sarah who mark out lines each week. Season Awards kicked off with our Referees’ Award, won by Scott Morris for a second year in a row.
Player’s Player Awards in teams: OMG - Will Picket; Shufflers - Max Griffiths; Whanau - Tyrell Forbes; Foreplay - Peter Mastin; MGM - Ben Saukura; Yeah boi - Laura Povey; Could’ve One - Andrew Ellis; Our Mob - Josh Hutchinson; ALERT - Lance Gibson; Tigers - Coreena Molony; That Team - Kahn Haynes. Best and fairest men’s player for the season was Matt Waterson. Best and fairest women’s player
for the season was a tie with Olivia Lynch and Layna Busch. Individual award for mostimproved male player was Nigel Goodson from Shufflers, with Karyn Laverty from Us Mob taking out the most-improved female player. Male highest try scorer was William Pickett and Olyvia Lynch was the female highest try scorer. The club’s newest award, the Jan O’Shea rookie of the year award, went to Dakota Priestley. The B Grade grand final match was against Us Mob V That Team The score was close 3-2 and Us
Mob came away with a deserving win. The most valued player in this match was Nick Munnings. The A Grade grand final match was against Yeahboi V OMG These two teams have had an awesome season. The score was 8-4 and OMG took out the A Grade title. The most valued player in the match was Davianne Munro. Congratulations to all players for a fabulous season and see you all in 2013. From the Gove Touch Footy Committee - Merry Christmas.
Marathon runners head to Tokyo AFTER a month of uncertainty following the dramatic last-minute cancellation of the New York Marathon, the 2012 Indigenous Marathon Project (IMP) squad’s marathon dreams are still well and truly alive, with their sights now firmly set on running the world famous Tokyo Marathon. Two athletes from Arnhem Land, Justin Gaykamanga (left) and Grace Eather (right), are on the squad. Thanks to a number of extremely generous donations, the team will prove that nothing can keep them down when they line up together at the start of one of the world’s biggest marathons on February 24. Ramingining’s 29-year-old Justin couldn’t contain his excitement when his mentor Andrew broke
the news that he was being given another chance to travel overseas and run a marathon. “I am so excited,” Justin said. “I have heard that Tokyo is big like New York, and it will be my first time there. It is going to be great, and I am so proud to be given this opportunity. “When I returned home from New York everyone was really upset for me as they had heard the news and they were expecting to see me on TV. “ I now have even more motivation to keep training hard, especially in the heat,” Justin said. IMP founder Rob de Castella said that the team had worked hard and deserved the chance to run an international marathon and that the opportunity presented to the runners
demonstrated that despite the many setbacks that they had faced they could still go onto achieve their marathon goals. “These amazing young men and women are truly an inspirational bunch, and learning to cope with the decision to cancel New York and head home to continue their training has been tougher than any marathon that they will ever run,” he said. “The way they have stuck together as a team, gone back to their respective communities, put their heads down and continued with their training in some really tough, hot conditions in the middle of summer is a credit to every single team member.” The team will arrive in Tokyo on Friday, February 22, for the marathon on the Sunday morning.
Arnhem Club Bowls Club retains trophy against the Darwin Club A COMPETITION was held in Nhulunbuy recently as visting Darwin Bowls Club tried to regain the annual title. The fourth annual competition was won for the second year by the Arnhem Club Lawn Bowls team after the Darwin club had won it the first two years.
ABOVE: Bowls comp. was fun for all. RIGHT: Dave Maiden from Arafura and Jeff from the Darwin Club. FAR RIGHT: Presentations at the Bowls Comp.
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The friendly games sees competition between Gove and Darwin with each club taking it in turn to host the event. Bowls is played at the Arnhem Club every Wednesday night at 6pm and there about 25 players in the club. New members are always welcome.
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Eastern Arnhem Sports Awards close: Now for the judging “What she has shown is exceptional talent, to be playing at a high level and at such a young age. “The way that Katelyn conducts herself on the course, at training and in competitions is very pleasing to see. She has the level of commitment needed to succeed in golf. In reflecting on her achievements so far, Katelyn has to be the best female golfer that Gove has seen and she has a bright future ahead of her in golf and in life.”
NOMINATIONS for the East Arnhem Sports Awards closed on Friday and the following nominations were received by the deadline.
Volunteer ALLEN FANNING Allen is being nominated for his work as Junior Golf Coach. As well as golf he is also involved in touch football and squash Recent Golf Achievements: 2012 - NT Men’s Open Golf - B Grade Winner 2012 - A number of silver and gold medals at the 2012 Master’s Games. Allen Fanning has been a resident of Gove for eight years and is a talented all-round sportsman who plays golf, touch football and squash. In 2010, after many years of inactivity, Allen Fanning and Mitchell Banks (a long-term local) re-started Junior Golf with just three juniors. Initially the program focused on fun with an aim to promote family membership at the Gove Country Golf Club. As junior numbers increased Allen extended the program to encourage youngsters learning life skills as well as golf skills. In the three years of being a volunteer coach, Allen has seen the children develop beyond his expectations. In 2012, 45 juniors have participated in a grassroots program that promotes golf as a game for life. This year the success of junior golf has been most apparent as juniors have shown great improvements in becoming confident golfers who can now play in club competitions. At the Gove Club juniors participated in the Gove Gulf Open, Mixed Foursomes, the Closing Day Ambrose and the LJ Hooker Junior Open.The many volunteer hours Allen has put into junior golf is commendable. In December, Allen Fanning moved to Darwin for work and he will be missed by all. Allen Fanning has built a strong foundation for Gove Junior Golf. His connection with the juniors has helped them to keep on loving golf and always doing their best. With a new coach and the support of committed parents Gove Junior Golf will continue its journey, which rings true to the saying that ‘From Little Things, Big Things Grow.’ Thanks Coach Al.
Volunteer OWEN GRILLS Owen Grills is a volunteer green keeper at the Gove Country Golf Club. Long-term Nhulunbuy resident from 1985 Owen started playing golf in 1986 and became a regular volunteer with several mates who played and performed voluntary work on the course. Volunteer work included mowing, repairing and maintaining machines, carrying out improvements to the course, assisting with installation of the in ground watering system and providing general assistance around the club house when needed. In 2008 took on the Role of Course Director as it was heartbreaking to see the efforts put in on previous years going to waste. In 2012, for most of the year the Golf Club hasn’t had a greenkeeper. Owen and his team of volunteers put many hours into getting the course ready for the Gove Gulf Open. Their work was greatly appreciated by all who competed in the event. For the first five months of this year, outside of normal work, Owen has put in 400 hours of volunteer time at the Golf Club. This has involved achieving the lease of new greens, a fairway mower and organising improvements to the tractor compound and areas of the course. Junior Sports person U18 Award and Encouragement Award KATELYN RIKE Katelyn Rika is 10-years-old and a keen golfer. Katelyn Rika’s first encounter with golf began as a toddler, when she would watch dad (Johnny) practicing in the back yard to play in the St Gove’s Invitational Green Jacket day, which had been organised by her uncle Kenny Gentle. In 2010, Katelyn (aged eight) joined her then six-year-old cousin Maciu Gentle at junior golf and has not looked back since. In June 2011, Katelyn and two other Gove juniors represented Gove at the annual Palmerston Mid-year Clinic.
At this event, the Pros chose Katelyn to attend the Srixon International Classic in NSW (for eight -18-year-olds). However, she did not attend due to Golf NT’s existing policy, concerning NT representation and age criteria. This set-back did not deter Katelyn’s passion for golf. In November 2011, at the Gove Country Golf Club, LJ Hooker Junior Open, Katelyn won in her age-group and also received the Club Champion U12 Sheild. In January 2012, by invitation, Katelyn competed in the inaugural Alice Springs U/21 Junior Open and Paul Pearson Cup. In this two-day, 73 par event, Katelyn competed in a field of 12 girls older than her and scored her personal best gross 117 for 18 holes. This result secured her the Under 12 Gross Winner trophy. In June 2012, Katelyn now 10 years, played in the three-day Gove Gulf Open, competing in a field of 90 players. On day two Katelyn scored a personal best gross 116 for 18 holes. In the Ladies competition Katelyn came fifth out of 18 women on an overall nett score of 236 and another female won the Open on a nett 213. Two weeks later, at the annual Palmerston mid-year clinic, Katelyn scored another personal best gross 111 for 18 holes. In November 2012 Katelyn won the Gove Country Golf Club LJ Hooker Junior Open. Twenty-three juniors participated and Katelyn also achieved a personal best for nine holes with a gross 48. She was also presented with the 2012 Club Champion Juniors Shield. In golf Katelyn loves the challenge of competition but also enjoys playing for leisure. Her goal in golf at present is to keep scoring personal bests in all aspects of the game. Katelyn will be returning to Alice Springs in January 2013 to defend her Paul Pearson Cup Open trophy. Coach Allen Fanning said: “In nominating Katelyn for these awards I encourage her to continue with golf.
Junior Sports Person KALKANI PEHI Kalkani has shown commitment, dedication in his chosen field of Rugby Union. He is a proud Govite and has strong ties to this community. Kalkani is Indigenous Australian and Maori. To date Kalkani has represented: * Northern Territory representative - Toowoomba * Northern Territory Indigenous Teams in Sydney and Brisbane * Gove East Arnhem Ruby Union - Cairns (2) and Darwin (2) * Nudgee Boys College A Side 15 * Metropolitan North Representative He has recently been accepted into the Junior Gold Squad a development team for Union and is constantly in training towards his chosen sports. Kalkani has lived in Gove for eight years and has been blessed with a scholarship to Nudgee Boys College. He returns home to Gove every holidays. He supports junior rugby union by assisting with training of the juniors. Kalkani hopes one day to represent Australia in Union.
OUT FOR A RIDE: Peter Bailey and Mitch Whitmore at the Nhulunbuy Motor Cycle Club presentation Day on November 25.
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