Helpless cat dies after being shot through head with bow and arrow at Nightcliff >>P6

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(inset) an x-ray showing the
arrow through its skull
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THERE’S something about a eccentricity are the Official
British general election that Monster Raving Loony Party,
Gurrumul has brings out oddballs, loons and which has been blowing rasp-
won star backing eccentric buffoons who berries at politics for decades.
for a first US tour dream of making it to parlia- Their leader, Alan “Howling
ment. Laud” Hope, dresses in a
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cians are sharing the hustings sette and a leopard-print bow
with quirky candidates poking tie.
SOCIALS fun at the whole election rit- The Loony “manicfesto” in-
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ed as flat and stage-managed, ditioning on the outside of
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SUNDAY MAY 3 2015
Like a virgin, please
THIS sticker was spotted on a car entering
Coolalinga Shopping Centre recently.
Bushranger was told the driver was an eld-
erly man.
Delia misses Anzac duty want to show your face,” said the man pleased when a bloke parked near them Chandler, on Facebook, you’d never have this year’s Budget papers. Featuring
A NOTICEABLE no show at the North Dar- who’s only recently returned from the poli- before sunrise early last week. Under- known he’s just been overseas for more shades of blue, the front cover also had the
win RSL dawn service was the Member for tical blood bin. standably, he had his headlights on, wak- than two weeks. He and the missus visited Government’s Budget message and full-
Karama and former opposition leader Delia ing the group. Despite the colourful London, Scotland, New York, Phoenix, colour pictures of seven Territorians. One
Lawrie. Delia’s name was called to lay a Laneway too crowded language about their right to a decent Vancouver and Hawaii. While he was away of the seven was Evie Temple-Bree,
wreath. Silence ensued. There was an em- POPULAR Parap cafe Laneway has Darwin sleep, the bloke in the white ute was either a Pete, or someone purporting to be Pete, daughter-in-law of leading Labor light
barrassing pause before the MC moved on. talking. Known for its great service and oblivious to the comments or simply didn’t dutifully updated his Team Brennan page Dennis Bree. Dennis, former chief-of-staff
Delia assured Bushranger it was all be- making southerners feel like home, the care. on an almost daily basis. For example, at to Paul Henderson, has spent the past
cause of an innocent communication cafe is regularly packed to the rafters. But 1am in one of his four days in Vancouver, week or so helping new Opposition Leader
breakdown. many Darwinites are now asking for an Group stranded on island Pete posted: “We had a visit from Darwin Michael Gunner. Coincidence?
expansion because it’s often so hard to get LOCAL Government Minister Bess Price Jumping Castles and Water Slides’ croc
Showing some sympathy a seat. and her team looked a bit lost when they mascot for the kiddies down at the Palmer- Sting in tale of open day
COULD it be that Delia and Treasurer Dave arrived at Bathurst Island Airport during ston Indoor Sports Centre.” Now, the DARWIN Sailing Club had its open day last
Tollner are soul siblings? Delia didn’t front Beauty sleep broken the week. The arts group they were visit- wording indicates Pete was in Palmerston, Saturday. The tide was right, the dry sea-
for Parliament on Thursday. In a press con- OUR long-grassers seriously appreciate ing forgot to pick them up. as did all posts while he was away. son was in the air. It was almost a perfect
ference after Question Time that day, their beauty sleep. A group sleeping in a day to open the sailing season. One of the
Dave was asked what he thought of Delia’s kiddies’ play area opposite the Beachfront In two places at one time Bree right in the picture first people into the water was stung by a
no show. “Well, I know what it’s like to not Hotel at Rapid Creek were none too IF you follow Member for Brennan, Peter THE Government went for a new look with box jellyfish.
WORST PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK: Business Minister Peter Styles who, in pushing for more pokies in Territory pubs and clubs, likened gambling addictions to women who loved
shoe shopping or blokes who loved fishing. We sort of get what you were trying to say Pete, but don’t be so flippant next time when addressing a very serious issue.
Chief Minister’s new baby joy A little
princess
for Kate
and Will
IT’S A girl! July 2013. The
Kate, the Duchess of Cam- name of the
bridge, has given birth to a n e w b o r n
baby girl. wasn’t expect-
Kensington Palace an- ed to be an-
nounced yesterday that Prince n o u n c e d
William’s wife (pictured) “was immediately.
safely delivered of a daughter” When George
at 8.34am London time, less was born, officials waited two
than three hours after she was days before revealing his name.
admitted to London’s St Betting had for weeks ran
Mary’s Hospital. heavily in favour of the child
The news was greeted by being a girl, despite any appar-
cheers outside the hospital, ent evidence to back that up.
where diehard royal fans had All the top bets for the
been eagerly awaiting news. baby’s name are for girls. Alice
A town crier in elaborate and Charlotte are the clear fav-
costume loudly declared the ourites, followed by Elizabeth,
news at the hospital’s door, Victoria and Diana.
clanging his bell to welcome Prince Charles has signalled
the new royal. — twice — that he was hoping
The baby weighed 3.7kg. for a granddaughter.
The palace added that Kate, 33, The monarchy has not wel-
and her child were both doing comed a princess born this high
well, and that Prince William up the line of succession since
was present for the birth. Princess Anne, the queen’s sec-
The princess is fourth in line ond child, born in 1950.
to the throne and the fifth Princesses Beatrice and Eu-
great-grandchild of Queen El- genie, daughters of Prince An-
Chief Minister Adam Giles and his partner Phoebe Stewart in Alice Springs last night Picture: CHLOE ERLICH izabeth II. drew and Sarah Ferguson,
The statement said that were fifth and sixth in line at
CHIEF Minister Adam Giles is October. The couple started looking forward to being a new Ms Stewart is a former ABC senior royals “are delighted the time of their birth. At 21
set to become a new dad. dating following the break-up dad,’’ Mr Giles told the Sunday journalist and government with the news”. months, George is third in line,
Mr Giles, 42, and his part- of his marriage last year. Territorian. “We are very ex- media adviser. She currently Kate, who wed William in after Prince Charles and Wil-
ner Phoebe Stewart are ex- “I was very sad for my mar- cited about having a Territory works in the Department of April 2011, gave birth to Prince liam. The newborn bumps
pecting their first baby in riage to break up but I am baby.’’ Chief Minister’s digital team. George at the same hospital in Uncle Harry to fifth place.
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Arrivals down as more
old Top Enders take off
ing, fuel, airline tickets, power
and groceries – he does not be-
lieve a clear and total picture
for current trends has yet been
articulated.
“There’s a lot of anecdotal
ideas as to why, but there are
WE have the best employment no real answers,” Mr Giles
growth in the nation, but Aus- says.
tralians are turning their backs “There can be an enormous
on the Territory at levels un- amount of factors. It could be
seen in decades. the economic cycles of Sydney
Most recent statistics from and Melbourne, it could be
the Australian Bureau of Stat- there is a lot more jobs over in
istics show only 2956 people Perth on fly-in fly-out.
arrived from interstate in the “In 2012, it was probably the
September 2014 quarter – the height of housing costs (in the
worst figures since 1985, and Territory) and that was also
well down on the heady mid- turning people off.”
1990s when quarterly arrivals Indeed, population growth
regularly topped 5000. from overseas and interstate
Budget papers released last migration has been trending
week note 17,487 Territorians down since highs in late 2012,
split for the south or overseas when construction of the
last financial year and only Inpex Ichthys LNG plant
14,143 people arrived. The 10- began to draw thousands of
year average intake is 15,937. workers.
Policy makers are now But in the same time as
planning for population population growth has been
growth to decline from 1.8 per trending down, employment
cent this year to 1 per cent over growth has been trending up.
the forward estimates. Beryl and Lex Mulder, aged 73 and 81 respectively, are leaving after three decades here to be closer to family Picture: PATRINA MALONE The lines generally track to-
An increasing share of the gether, making the past two
exodus are seniors such as years historical oddities in Ter-
Beryl and Lex Mulder, who ritory economics.
after 33 years in the Territory A common story is that the
are moving to Melbourne to be scale of people needed at the
closer to their children and Inpex plant has forced up the
grandchildren. cost of housing, which has
“We are leaving very reluc- helped drive or keep people
tantly because we have been away even as the project con-
extremely happy here in Dar- tinues to create thirst for work-
win,” Beryl, 73, says. ers down the chain.
“We really don’t want to This year’s Budget showed
leave but we feel a lot of the housing pressures easing.
services are not going to be suf- Homes completed last finan-
ficient for what we’ll need cial year increased by 51 per
when we get a bit older and cent to 2146, the highest annu-
more frail. al figure since 1999.
“We think being with the ritory within five years. About average of 12 per cent. It ap- memory, crucial in holding the Territory but not be Mr Giles says he has re-
children, so we can get some a quarter of them want to be pears a small number, but sen- governments to account when officially classified as residents. ceived anecdotal evidence
extra help when we need it, is closer to family, while a third iors have long been under- party dominations span the In effect, a statistical error. from the real estate industry
going to be easier for us.” cite cost of living pressures. represented in Territory – the years they have in the Terri- But it is only one of many that rents are down 15 per cent
A CDU report released on Mrs Mulder is particularly youngest jurisdiction in Aus- tory. possible explanations. on recent highs.
Friday called Now You See Us!, disappointed by cuts to senior tralia. The Budget papers show Cost of living is the most With fuel prices also down,
commissioned for the Terri- travel concessions. The COTA NT report that a net decrease in younger commonly cited reason as an perhaps population growth
tory branch of the Council On Budget papers show 15 per warns of losing seniors’ “accu- people could be due to the impediment to growth. will again trend upwards be-
The Ageing, shows 21 per cent cent of those leaving the Terri- mulated wealth, skills, know- trend of fly-in fly-out working, While Chief Minister Adam yond the forward estimates,
of the nearly 2000 over-50s tory are now seniors, com- ledge and their families”. whereby people may spend a Giles says his focus is on easing but the post-Inpex world is un-
surveyed plan to leave the Ter- pared with a long-term Not to mention political considerable amount of time in costs in five key areas – hous- clear.

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NEWS 05
SUNDAY MAY 3 2015
Top End drug flight
Working
families
covered
led to crime empire
in rebate
reforms
EXCLUSIVE
SAMANTHA MAIDEN
WORKING families with a
combined income of up to
$165,000-a-year are the big-
gest winners of childcare re-
forms designed to help
mothers re-enter the work-
force.
Families on low and middle
incomes will secure more as-
sistance under the budget re-
forms.
News Corp can reveal even
those families earning over
$250,000 or more will not be
cut off from assistance to re-
flect their “hard work’’ and
greater contribution to the tax
base.
In the biggest shake up of
childcare in decades, Social
Services Minister Scott Morri-
son will this week unveil a
means-tested childcare pay-
ment paid directly to childcare
centres.
Even families with com-
bined earnings up to $180,000
will “not be unhappy’’ with the
changes, according to govern-
ment sources.
But wealthy families will
face higher out-of-pocket costs
and secure less childcare cash
than lower income families.
Parents may also have to wait
until 2017 for the changes to be
fully phased in.
For low-income families,
Mr Morrison will also guaran-
tee a basic level of access to
some early childhood edu-
cation to ensure disadvantaged
kids are not left behind in pre-
paring for school.
These measures are de-
signed to address fears up to Former policeman Dennis Hart refreshes his memory of a 1978 drug importation attempt outside of Katherine Picture: KATRINA BRIDGEFORD
100,000 families could be
locked out of early childhood when a twin-engined Aero flares into the fuel tanks to set (Timewell). And we grabbed Tait, though, was still hiding
education under a crackdown Fred Commander piloted by it alight, hoping to destroy evi- McNamarra and took both of north of Katherine and was
on stay-at-home parents se- Mccue Donald Tait left Brunei head- dence of his cargo. them back to the cop shop. not arrested until two days
curing childcare rebates. ing for the Top End early on After being alerted to the “On daylight, we went out later when he made the mis-
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The Department of Social January 22, 1978. chase, Mr Hart and colleague to the aeroplane. You could take of waving down an un-
Services has road-tested an in- Tait’s plane was carrying Bill Taylor arrived in Kather- smell the dope that was still marked police vehicle.
come threshold of $160,000 250kg of marijuana. Mr Hart, ine area about 3am. Following smouldering.” From the time of his arrest
voters believed was “reason- FORMER Darwin drug squad who spent 23 years as a police- a check of the aircraft, their “The drugs had been Timewell maintained he was a
able and fair’’ as a benchmark detective Dennis Hart stum- man, is convinced it wasn’t next stop was a motel where packed into drums, so I reckon bit player in the operation.
for families who should be bet- bled across a name he didn’t Tait’s first Top End flight. suspect Peter McNamarra was about 90 per cent of it didn’t His story must have been
ter off under any changes. expect in a recent online That evening, as a RAAF staying. burn at all.” convincing, as he got the light-
Some parents said the in- search for rugby scores and Hercules headed toward Dar- Parked near the motel was a When the two policemen est sentence of the group, only
come threshold should be in- news from his homeland of win, air traffic controllers de- VW Kombi owned by Time- drove back into Katherine, three years. Tait served six
creased to $180,000 to New Zealand. tected an unidentified aircraft well, who at that stage was they spotted Leonard Bartley, years and eight months.
encourage the second income The name didn’t belong to a on their radar. using the name Anthony Scott. 20, who Mr Hart had locked up But Mr Hart remains con-
earner to return to work. rugby player but Kiwi Gregory The Hercules went to inves- “So Bill and I snuck out and previously in relation to a vinced Timewell was the key
According to market re- Timewell, 65, who was just re- tigate the mystery plane, lead- had a look in the Kombi and it massive marijuana crop on player and it was activities
search by Orima, 70 per cent of leased from a US jail after 15 ing to a chase towards was empty but there was an Wollogorang Station in the such as the flights to the Top
parents backed the system years for being a kingpin in a Katherine before lack of fuel aeronautic map with Charles Gulf country. End which saw him hone his
being more generous to par- global drug operation worth forced the Hercules back to Point marked on it,” Mr Hart Bartley was arrested that skills to the point where he be-
ents earning under $160,000. tens of millions of dollars. Darwin. recalled. night, and according to Mr came one of the world’s biggest
When asked if the system Fate determined Mr Hart Tait put his plane down on a “We went and knocked on Hart, “he dropped the bucket marijuana smugglers of the
should be less generous to fam- and Timewell would meet farm north of Katherine, firing the door and lassoed him on the whole lot of them”. past century.
ilies earning $160,000, 67 per
cent agreed.
Man jailed for bashing spouse while children watched on
Parents also told Orima
“many participants felt posi-
tively about continuing the
subsidy for those whose family SHAE MCDONALD other on his female partner. at the man but missed. Mr Bur- physically assault his partner count for his guilty plea and
income was above $250,000 or The Darwin Magistrates Court ton said Bush then “struck her until she threw the brick. the fact he had not assaulted
above (ie not cutting it off) as it A “SAVAGE” domestic viol- was told Bush, 30, and the several times with clenched Mr McMaster also said the anyone between June last year
appropriately recognised the ence attack in front of two woman had an argument on fists to the mouth and right assault on the prisoner, in and his arrest in February this
higher contribution to the tax children has resulted in a 15- June 4 last year. cheek”. which Bush punched another year.
base such families made.’’ month jail sentence for an Bush told the victim “I feel She fell to the ground where inmate twice to the face, was Bush was sentenced to 15
“They’re paying a lot of abusive partner. like smashing you” in front of she was kicked in the head and the result of paranoia from months’ jail, backdated to Feb-
taxes, they should get some- Tristan Bush admitted two her two children. arm. years of marijuana use. ruary.
thing,’’ a Brisbane parent told counts of aggravated assault, Prosecutor Richard Burton Defence lawyer Shane Magistrate Greg Cavanagh He will be eligible for parole
the report. one on a prison inmate and an- said the woman threw a brick McMaster said Bush did not admitted Bush deserved a dis- in December.
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Hunting a sadistic killer
Bow-and-arrow slaughter of cat worries police
dangerous risk to humans.”
Shae Top End Lost and Found
McDonalD has warned cat owners in the
to the property following a dis- arrow either side of its face in managed to remove the arrow, notified police and would file a Northern Suburbs on its web-
[email protected]
tressed call from the residents. order to transport it to the vet. but the cat died shortly after report with animal welfare. site.
The pair had been regularly “The poor cat was really dis- because of haemorrhaging. NT Police duty superin- “Sorry for the horrific pho-
POLICE are looking for the feeding the stray and were tressed,’’ she said. She said she had “no idea” tendent Del Jones has encour- tos but this is a horrific act,’’ it
perpetrator of the bow and considering adopting it. The three-year-old male why anyone would do such a aged anyone with information read.
arrow killing of a cat in the Group co-ordinator Kayla was taken to The Ark Animal thing to an animal. about the incident to come for- “Not only is this a prosecut-
Darwin suburb of Nightcliff. Colquhoun said the arrow – Hospital in Palmerston. Ms Colquhoun said there ward. able offence but these cats will
The black tomcat was found lodged at the back of the cat’s Vet Marie Montgomery- were more humane ways to re- “It’s quite concerning there be dying a long and agonising
stuck in a staircase on Friday jaw – meant it would not fit in a Quin told the Sunday Territori- move feral cats. is someone out there with a death.
night. crate to transport it. an the cat had to be put under “It’s just a terrible way to bow and arrow injuring ani- “It is completely beyond be-
Members of the Top End Ms Colquhoun said one of anaesthetic in order to operate. die,” she said. mals,’’ she said. lief how anybody can act in
Rehoming Group were called her colleagues had to cut the “Ms Montgomery-Quin Ms Colquhoun said she had “It’s also an extremely such a heinous manner.”
Fun-seekers busting out for great weekend treats
KATINA VANGOPOULOS
ANY excuse not to be social
was futile as Darwin was bust-
ling with the sounds and tastes
of a good day out yesterday.
Nightcliff Seabreeze Festi-
val, Seaside Sounds and Brash-
er Nats were among those
events offering something for
all sorts.
The Taste Food and Wine
Festival began yesterday and
Jonathan Michel cooks up a continues today.
treat at the Seabreeze Festival The Nightcliff Seabreeze
Festival saw thousands line the
foreshore as they perused mar-
ket stalls, took in different cuis-
ines and treats and marvelled
at spray-paint murals.
Lisa Cadd from Bakewell
was with daughter Tynesha, 9,
and said it was a unique day.
“We saw some Japanese
dancing, which was beautiful,
and it’s a great opportunity to
see different things and make a
full day of it,” she said.
Musician Rick Graham,
Garden fairies Lexi Harper and who was busking, said he sim-
Jacqui La Croix at Nightcliff ply wanted to contribute to the
day.
“I live in Nightcliff, it’s my
suburb, and I’ve finally built up
the nerve to come out here,” he
said.
Brasher Nats had those
wanting the best in burnouts in
early at Hidden Valley Race-
way, while Seaside Sounds
kicked off later on for the party
crowd at Darwin Ski Club.
Seabreeze organisers said a
record crowd was likely, while
tickets for Seaside Sounds had
Baney Vader, Sky Markus, Lea Santos, Alexx Mudd, Ellen Musk, Charlene Rodrigues and Alicia Mitchell at Seaside Sounds Lisa Cadd and Tynesha, 9, continued to sell well as the
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NEWS 07
SUNDAY MAY 3 2015
Tapsell‘s
ready to
rock the
Logies
Territory girl Miranda Tapsell has been nominated for two awards at tonight’s Logies Picture: STEPHEN COOPER
nel 9 drama series Love Child. (Tapsell’s first feature movie),” happen to win, that’s when it that you tried and I didn’t want for most nominees and win-
The first-time Logies nomi- she said. could go all haywire. to have that regret.” ners.
nee is ready to shine, cement- “But you’ll have to wait and “I’m always big on prep- Leaving her home town was “It will be a big day with lots
ing her position as one of the see (what it looks like) … I want aration.” a chance that paid off, with the of media, hair and make-up
country’s most talented actors, it to be a surprise.” Preparation is something second season of Love Child to and things like that,” she said.
in style. Tapsell has prepared a that has helped Tapsell cata- premiere on Tuesday. “It’ll all be a bit of a surreal
RISING Territory star Miran- “I’m not stopping short of speech in the “off chance” she pult herself from an everyday “I’m at the stage where any- experience at the beginning.
da Tapsell will be a long way glamour,” Tapsell told the Sun- is named the winner in one or Territory girl to one of the thing could happen now, my “The red carpet experience
from the rugged bushland of day Territorian. both of her categories. most familiar faces on Austra- situation could change, the is always a flurry because it
her childhood home in Jabiru “It’s the Logies … I certainly “It may seem presumptuous lian television. acting industry is never cer- happens so quickly and within
when she walks the red carpet won’t be in thongs and shorts, to a lot of people but I would be “You’ve got to take any op- tain,” Tapsell said. a blink of an eye you go ‘did
at the 57th TV Logie Awards in that’s for sure.” so much more confident if I portunity you get with both “I love where I am and am that happen?’
Melbourne tonight. Tapsell said she selected a worked out exactly what I was hands,” she said. just so happy about what’s “It’s like a dream, people
Sydney-based Tapsell, 27, dress by Australian label By going to say on the off chance I “If it means getting out of happening to me.” talking to you and cameras
has been nominated for two Weave to wear to the event. won,” she said. the Territory like it has for me Tapsell has not made a deci- flashing and you go ‘oh my
Logie Awards for her role as “The seamstress did all of “It’s better to be prepared. then you have to do that. sion about attending any of the gosh, people want to know
Martha Tennant in the Chan- the costumes for The Sapphires “If I think ‘I’ll be fine’ and I “Because you’ll forever wish Logies after-parties, a tradition me’.”
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NEWS 09
SUNDAY MAY 3 2015
Choice
Nepal’s
exposes
brekky
sugar
terror
shockers
KAREN COLLIER
SOME breakfast cereals – in- haunts
cluding child favourites – con-
tain up to 40 per cent sugar.
The products have as much
as three teaspoons of sugar per
recommended serve, a review
has found.
The Choice investigation
branded some products “nu- Tanka
tritional nightmares”.
The consumer body’s study
of 204 ready-to-eat cereals
found just over one in four as
top health choices.
Coles Honey Crunch with
Nuts had the biggest sugar
content, followed by Kellogg’s
Frosties.
They contained 100 times
more sugar than the lowest
amounts on the market,
Choice said.
While salt levels were gen-
erally dropping, those still
packing a punch included
Black & Gold Corn Flakes and
Kellogg’s Crispix.
These had 70 times more
sodium per 100g than low-salt
option Uncle Tobys Shredded
Wheat.
Choice spokesman Tom
Godfrey said cereals were “no-
torious for healthy-sounding
claims, often masking not-so-
nutritious contents”.
“Some of the best cereals
will have a mix of high fibre,
wholegrains, and low sodium
and sugar,” he advised.
The Australian Breakfast
Cereal Manufacturers Forum
said the industry contributed
very little towards overall kilo-
joule, total sugar, sodium and Tanka Gajmer with daughter Samikchya, 6, was in Nepal when the earthquake hit and has now returned to Darwin Picture: KATRINA BRIDGEFORD
fat intake.
Choice found high-fibre of- DANI McDONALD south east of the capital Kath- He tried to make his way to- The town stayed intact, un- there was no water – now is a
fers included Goldenvale mandu. wards a tree but stopped half like Kathmandu. terrible time for them,” Mr
(Aldi) Just Bran and Wool- WHILE thousands of people He had been to the shop- way when he realised the tree Mr Gajmer flew to the capi- Gajmer said.
worths Select High Fibre Bran. desperately search for hope ping centre and was walking might fall over. tal city on Tuesday, where The United Nations esti-
It said many kids’ cereals amid devastation, a Darwin home when he stopped to talk “It was terrible,” he said. large parts were flattened. mates 2.8 million Nepalese are
had less than 1g of fibre per local just wanted to get home to some friends in the middle He described the road as “There was just devastation, displaced and more than 3.5
serve, barely denting their to his family. of the road. moving like a wave. and it was so messy,” he said. million people are estimated to
daily requirement. Nightcliff’s Tanka Gajmer “I turned around and Every three to four hours He said a lot of people’s be in need of food assistance.
High-scoring standouts was in Nepal when the 7.8- thought I felt dizzy,” Mr Gaj- another rumble would hit. houses were located on the Luckily, all of Mr Gajmer’s
were Sanitarium Weet-Bix for magnitude quake struck on mer recalled. “I thought, what “Seven times it shook,” he said. ground, and they now found friends survived the earth-
Kids and Freedom Foods Rice April 25. is happening to me.” Buildings managed to stay themselves homeless and suf- quake, but he won’t be heading
Puffs. He was staying in a town “Then everyone started intact because they were made fering. back to the country for at least
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10 NEWS
SUNDAY MAY 3 2015
Workers save pair with
a rope but father dies
DARYL PASSMORE and in water spilling from a creek
KATHLEEN DONAGHEY at Morayfield Rd in Burpen-
gary about 8.30pm on Friday.
AN amazing tale of survival His 68-year-old wife was
has emerged from the fer- found clinging to a tree.
ocious super-storm which Police Minister Jo-Anne
claimed five lives and devas- Miller said: “Everybody in
tated a small community in Queensland, I think, is shock-
southeast Queensland. ed by this loss of life during this
Emmett O’Brien was killed weather event.
when his utility was swept off “For those communities
the road by raging flood waters around Caboolture, and Elim-
just north of Caboolture on bah in particular, those com-
Friday night after almost munities are going to find it
400mm of rain had been very hard to cope with this loss
dumped in the area. of life and be able to heal.”
But two council workers As the sun shone out of a
were able to pluck his 16-year- big blue sky yesterday, the
old son Keegan and 21-year- scene at King Johns Creek was
old stepdaughter Tegan Farrell a heartbreaking reminder of
to safety as they were being the impact of one of the biggest
carried away by a fast-rushing deluges ever to hit the state’s
creek, preventing even greater southeast.
tragedy. The O’Brien and McDon-
The pair managed to escape ald families’ vehicles were
from the vehicle and were propped against the railway
swept under a railway bridge bridge, nose-down in the
towards a road on the other quickly-subsiding creek water,
side of King Johns Creek barely 2m separating them.
where two Moreton Bay Re- Moreton district police In-
gional Bay employees were spector Lee Jeffries said the
working. cars were trapped against the
The workers used a rope to guard rails at the side of the
haul the youngsters out of the road and then swept over and
swirling waters. But sadly there hurled against the rail bridge.
was no sign of Mr Emmett, 49, The Queensland Police for-
and his body was recovered ensic crash unit will investigate
about 100m downstream yes- whether warning signs were
terday morning. ignored. It is understood there
Three people travelling in a was signage at least on the
four-wheel-drive in front of Mr southern side of the creek
Emmett’s car also died in the crossing.
incident about 5.30pm. “The road was well and
Tamra McDonald, 39, her truly flooded and the vehicles
father Tony, 74, and son Tyler, have entered a flooded road,”
5, were from Elimbah — the Insp Jeffries said.
same small town as the O’Bri- He said the five deaths
ens — about 6km from Cab- again highlighted the dangers
oolture. of driving in flood waters.
In a separate incident, a 75- “I would like to never see
year-old man drowned after this type of incident occur
his sedan became submerged again,’’ he said. Four people died in these vehicles after they were carried away by flood waters north of Caboolture on Friday night Picture: TARA CROSER
Sandgate shopping centre in Brisbane’s north goes under Flood victims Tamra McDonald and her son Tyler Callum Mackenzie and Andre Thies at their Stones Corner home
Big spend on Western Front events Elton bows out without Darwin gig
AUSTRALIANS will learn boost spending by taxpayers War Memorial to compile the THE Northern Territory has shows in Brisbane, Melbourne he said. “I am only too aware of
more about the brutal World until 2018 from $250 million to official history of recent cam- missed out on Sir Elton John’s and Adelaide for the tour. just how precious the time
War I campaigns on the West- $285 million, including $88.7 paigns in East Timor, Afghani- tour of Australia in December. The 68-year-old musician ahead is. My sons are growing
ern Front between 1916 and million next financial year. stan and Iraq. Among his Australian gigs said he wanted to scale down up so quickly, their early years
1918 with an extra $35.5 million Funding was due to fall The focus for the extra will be the final show at Syd- his touring commitments after are just flying by and I want to
for commemorative events to away after 2015, but the extra money will be events at Lone ney’s Qantas Credit Union this year’s world jaunt to spend be there with them.
be announced in this month’s $35.5 million will ensure the Pine in August, Fromelles, Arena, where he holds the re- more time with his partner “So this final concert in the
federal budget. nation’s attention is drawn to Pozieres and La Hamel in cord for the most gigs, before David Furnish and their sons Hunter Valley will give me one
In the wake of the Anzac the Western Front carnage. France; Polygon Wood, Belgi- its demolition. Zachary, 4, and Elijah, 2. last chance to say farewell to
Centenary commemorating The budget, to be unveiled um and Beersheba in Israel. It He will also play his final “The simple truth is I want the people who have been so
the ill-fated Gallipoli cam- on May 12, will also include will also support a range of concert at Hunter Valley’s to spend more time with my faithful to me over the dec-
paign the Government will $8.7 million for the Australian events around Australia. Hope Estate and has booked family and less time touring,’ ades.”
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