October 30, 2009 – 7:15 pm
In any other circumstances Beny and Tahir would be prime candidates for the exercise of long-standing judicial discretions and the application of the ordinary judicial Sentencing Principles that provide clarity and transparency in sentencing.
By Bob Gosford
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Posted in Australian politics, Crime, The Law
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Tagged Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Ashmore Reef, Banyuwangi, Beny, Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation, Con Sciacca, East Java, HMAS Albany, java, Justice Dean Mildren, Kevin Rudd, Lombok, Migration Act 1958, Mohamed Tahir, Muncar, Peter Slipper, Pinkenba, Sentencing Remarks, SIEV 36, South Sulawesi, The Queen v Mohamad Tahir and Beny
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October 29, 2009 – 9:56 am
He must have been a lot more relaxed being held by me because he started eating like crazy and nearly ate my fingers as I was holding the chicken neck! He was very skinny, with bones showing through his skin and I could count all of his ribs..
October 28, 2009 – 8:20 am
Senator IAN MACDONALD—What is your concern about the Tiwi Islands, from the Tiwi Islanders’ point of view? Dr Ajani—I think they have a product which is not well placed in the play that is going to unfold over the next few years as our hardwood plantation resource comes onto the market.
By Bob Gosford
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Posted in Australian politics, Indigenous land management, Northern Territory politics, Northern development, The Northern Myth
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Tagged Acacia mangium, Agricultural Development and Marketing Authority, Agricultural Development Corporation, Alan Chase, Communications and the Arts Committee, Department of Infrastructure, Douglas Daly research farms, Dr Ajani Judith, Dr Bruce R. Davidson, E.J. Hosking, Great Southern Group, Great Southern Plantations, Greens Senator Rachel Siewert, Humpty Doo, Humpty Doo rice project, John McDouall Stuart, Land Clearing in the Northern Territory, Liberal Senator for South Australia, Liberal Senator Ian McDonald, Litchfield Shire Council, McGrathNicol, Minister Harold Holt, New York Times, NT Environment Centre, NT Labor Senator Trish Crossin, Planning and Environment, Senate Environment, Simon Birmingham, Territory Rice, The Northern Myth, Tipperary Land Corporation, Tipperary station, Tiwi Forestry, Tiwi Land Council, Verlyn Klinkenborg, Willeroo Station
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October 27, 2009 – 10:04 am
NT Police officer Acting Sergeant Brad Fox had been charged with aggravated assault in relation to an incident at the Royal Darwin Hospital in December 2007 that ended with the death of film-maker Bob Plasto.
By Bob Gosford
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Posted in Crime, NT Police, Northern Territory politics, The Law
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Tagged ABC Darwin, Acting Sergeant Bradley Fox, Alfred I Dupont Award, Bob Plasto, Bronwyn Hendry, Darwin Magistrates Court, Director of Mental Health in the NT, Dr Cromarty, Dr Lai Heng Foong, Dr Oh, Four Cirners, In the Name of God, Iran - Behind the Veil, NT Coroner Greg Cavanagh, Nurse Natasha Roberts, Police Custody Manual, Police General Order, Quentin McDermott, Royal Darwin Hospital, Therese De Groot
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October 26, 2009 – 7:23 am
This is a disaster of not only local, but regional and international proportions. The impending arrival of the seasonal monsoonal cycle in the coming months will substantially change the nature and location of the impact of this massive spill.
By Bob Gosford
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Posted in Animals, Birds, Northern development, Uncategorized
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Tagged Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), Fairfax Press, Jakarta Post, Kolbano, Pasir Island, PTTEP Australasia, Rote Island, Rote Ndao regency, Senator Bob Brown, South Central Timor, Timor Sea, Toni O'Loughlin, West Atlas, West Timor Care Foundation, World Wildlife Fund Australia, WWF
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October 25, 2009 – 10:55 am
Armadillos make common roadkill due to their habit of jumping to about fender height when startled – such as by an oncoming car.
By Bob Gosford
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Posted in Ethnoornithology, Photography, Roadkill, Some places I've been, Uncategorized, Writing and writers
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Tagged African Elephant Shrew, Arabuko Sokoke Forest, Armadillo, Backwoods Bound, Broad-winged Hawks, HawkWatch International, Kenya, Mercy Njeri, Mississippi Kites, River of Raptors, Solitary Hawk, Swainson's Hawks, Turkey Vultures, Veracruz
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October 24, 2009 – 5:23 pm
“spastic c**t”; “stupid f**king idiot”; “god, he f**king stinks”; “shut your face.”; “dumb f**k”; “f**king loser”; “d**khead over there”; “… no brain”; “f**king retard”; “piece of s**t that he is”; “you f**king wanker”; shut the f**k up”
By Bob Gosford
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Posted in Australian politics, Crime, NT Police, Northern Territory politics, Stupidity, The Law
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Tagged Bruce Wernham, Carolyn Richards, Glen Dooley, NAAJA, North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency, Northern Territory's Acting Police Commissioner, NT Ombudsman, NT Police, NT Police Statement of Ethics, The ABC
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October 22, 2009 – 9:22 am
It is not right that these horrible things were done when the Church was supposed to be protecting children. I think it should be investigated, we shouldn’t just let it go. There was, and still is, a real fear of the church at times.
October 22, 2009 – 7:17 am
By the way, I’m only moving into a different house because my sweetie and I want to buy one together that is truly ‘ours’ if you know what I mean – Roger Stolle, Cathead Music with a new twist on why you’d sell a house
By Bob Gosford
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Posted in Art, Fun stuff, Music, Some places I've been
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Tagged Cathead Music, Clarksdale, Hernando de Soto, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Quapaw Canoe Company, Quiz-Quiz, Roger Stolle, Sunflower River
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October 21, 2009 – 9:40 am
Every Secret Thing is one of the best books written about life in the Northern Territory since Xavier Herbert’s Capricornia – that’s a pretty big call but I reckon this book is just as funny, brave and deadly serious as that grumpy old curmudgeon’s masterpiece.
By Bob Gosford
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Posted in Fun stuff, Some places I've been, The Arts, Writing and writers
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Tagged central Arnhem Land, David Unaipon Award, Every Secret Thing, Mainoru River, Marie Munkara, NT Literary Awards, Tiwi Islands, University of Queensland Press, Xavier Herbert's Capricornia
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