Posts Tagged ‘food & drink’

50 percent of teens on the booze at home

December 31st, 2009
New statistics have revealed that half of all teenagers in the Northern Territory are allowed to drink alcohol in their homes, with the survey’s findings confirming that the issue of under-age drinking is not just widespread across the NT but openly accepted. 49 percent of territory parents said that they were ...

Child held ransom for unpaid pizza

September 10th, 2009
Outrage in Darwin this week, in one household at least, following allegations that a young boy was held ransom by a pizza delivery driver. Local mum, Cindy Paardekooper, claimed that her pizza was delivered an hour late for which she refused to pay the driver. The altercation, which occurred in the ...

Move to Limit Cow Flatulence

September 4th, 2009
Scientist Tony Parker wants to reduce the risk of harmful cow eructations by feeding them seaweed. The James Cook University scientist has launched what he has labeled the ‘reef & beef’ study, claiming that the Great Barrier Reef could benefit in the long run from moves to limit the ungulates from ...

Perth Man Steals Shipping Container of Beer

September 4th, 2009
A court in Western Australia has charged a 34-year-old man from Palmyra with theft following the heist of a sea container full of the Belgian beer Hoegaarden. Police have claimed that in the early evening of the 20th of August two men stole 1349 cartons of the luxury import beer from ...