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First it's Dingoes ate my baby, now it's Dogs ate my Car...
That was front page news in the papers that just arrived (0450ish)
That's the level of news we get in the local rag, and it makes me dispair of the people here. It seems as though newspapers in australia are being dumbed down, probably in an effort to dumb US down.
oh yes, and from 4 days ago...
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2008/10/18/10365_ntnews.htmlNTNews said:A DARWIN man woke yesterday to discover dogs had eaten his car.
And he says it's not the first time it has happened.
Clayton Dwyer, 47, of Millner, thought his girlfriend was kidding when she woke him up and told him his work ute had been gnawed by a pack of savage dogs. But when he walked outside his Beetson Place home he discovered this was no joke.
His front bumper had been ripped from the car and chewed to bits by the dogs. They had even tried to munch on the front panels.
"You can see the teeth marks," he said.
Asked what he thought when he first saw the damage, Mr Dwyer said: "Doggone it! That's a bit ruff."
The landscape gardener said the pack of wild dogs had been lurking around his neighbourhood for months.
"My girlfriend's car got eaten about three months ago," he said. "At first we thought it had been attacked with a hammer, but we took it to the panel beaters and he said it was dogs. You could see the teeth marks on it."
Mr Dwyer said his neighbours had seen the dogs early yesterday and had chased them away by throwing mangoes at them.
He said he was unsure if his insurance company covered dog attacks.
"I hope they do," he said.
"It's actually a new bumper. I only bought it a couple of months ago.
"I know it isn't the prettiest car, but it didn't deserve that."
That was front page news in the papers that just arrived (0450ish)
That's the level of news we get in the local rag, and it makes me dispair of the people here. It seems as though newspapers in australia are being dumbed down, probably in an effort to dumb US down.
oh yes, and from 4 days ago...
That's one of the many reasons I want to go into politics here. The NT Needs fixing.http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2008/10/14/9385_ntnews.html said:THESE photographs show the state of the vital 11,000-volt electricity transformers that feed Royal Darwin Hospital.
They reveal perished and cracked cable housing, rubbish and leaf litter gathered around the lower wires and a major oil leak from one transformer.
A maintenance electrician who used to work for PowerWater - who did not want to be identified -said the oil leak could cause the power transformer to overheat.
"Their equipment's looking frayed and ill-attended," he said.
"When the system starts failing because it hasn't been properly looked after - people get stroppy."
PowerWater are not responsible for the transformers, which are part of a substation owned by the hospital.
The Health Department and the Department of Planning and Infrastructure are responsible for maintenance.
Royal Darwin Hospital spokeswoman Michelle Foster said the substation was "well maintained and highly functional".
"The substation is to undergo routine regular maintenance work which had been organised prior to this issue being raised in the media," she said.
"The work will include painting and repairing the oil leak."
Ms Foster said the rubbish accumulated there because of littering and public assistance was needed to stop this problem.
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