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Grabbed by the horns
By BEN SMEE
NORTHERN Territory buffalo will soon be on Asian dinner plates, after the NT Government reached an inprinciple agreement that will
create a new $20 million live
export industry.
The landmark deal — agreed during delicate discussions with livestock importer
Animex in Hai Phong — still
requires a rubber stamp
from the Vietnamese Government.
Deal will see Vietnamese eating our buffalo
But the importer has told
Chief Minister Adam Giles it
wants at least 1500 head of
Territory buffalo a month —
similar to the number of live
cattle it already takes from
the NT.
The livestock could be
worth $20 million a year and
a guaranteed buyer would
give NT farmers the impetus
to expand their operations.
Many of the Territory’s
buffalo would be sourced
from remote communities,
notionally creating new employment opportunities.
Mr Giles, who arrives
home from his two-week tour
of Asia on Thursday, has spoken at length during the trip
about the role the NT can
play providing food security
to Asia.
‘‘Buffaloes have been discussed for a number of
years,’’ Mr Giles said. ‘‘We
have now opened up a very
forthright dialogue with
Vietnam and I expect there
will be very positive outcomes.
‘‘This will create an opportunity to clean up some of the
rogue stock but also restimulate the buffalo industry.’’
Mr Giles was scheduled to
meet with Vietnamese Prime
Minister Nguyen Tan Dung
late yesterday Vietnam time.
He also held meetings with
the country’s vice-ministers
for agriculture and trade.
He said the Vietnamese
government sign-off was the
only thing required before
the buffalo deal was ‘‘100 per
cent’’.
This will create an
opportunity to clean
up some of the
rogue stock but also
restimulate the
buffalo industry
Arrest over
standoff
with police
PUB: NT NEWS
DATE: 29-OCT-2013 PAGE: 4
GUNS were drawn, but police managed to talk down a
man who allegedly tried to
attack them with a knife in
Alpurrurulam last week.
The incident began when
a 20-year-old man allegedly
climbed the fence of the Alpurrurulam Police Station
and smashed the window of
a paddy wagon. He reportedly returned, armed with
a knife, and allegedly yelled
threats to officers, who
were away at the time.
Neighbouring police officers from Avon Downs
and Camooweal were called
in to deal with the man,
who witnesses said was in
an agitated state.
A police spokesperson
said the man approached
the officers with a knife raised in his hand so, fearing
for their safety, they drew
their weapons and directed
him to drop the knife.
‘‘The man complied with
the request and was immediately arrested,’’ the
spokesperson said.
Witnesses claimed the
man had been sniffing petrol prior to the incident.
He was brought to hospital for observation and
later charged and remanded in custody.
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Lab hops to
frog IVF hope
England’s Ian Bell dives to make his ground during the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval on August 25 ... Bell is expected to take the field in Alice Springs
Poms to line up for Red Centre clash
By NICK KOSSATCH
TICKETS for the Chairman’s
XI vs England cricket match
in Alice Springs are set to be
released on Monday.
Pre-sale tickets will be
available from the Centralian Sports Store in Alice
Springs as a two-day package, while single-day tickets
can be purchased at the gate
on match days on November
29 and 30.
A portion of the proceeds
of tickets will go towards the
development of cricket in the
Northern Territory.
Ticket prices per day at
TIO Traeger Park are $10 for
general admission and $15
for grandstand tickets. Pre-
sale tickets for both days are
available for $20 for general
admission and $30 for grandstand seats.
Cricket Australia executive general manager of
game and market development, Andrew Ingleton, said:
‘‘We are looking forward to
bringing elite cricket to the
Red Centre.’’
‘‘The Ashes is one of the
biggest sporting events in
Australia and the opportunity to bring a slice of this to
Alice Springs will have positive flow-on effects for the
cricket community in the region,’’ he said.
The Chairman’s XI team
will be selected next month
by the national panel, in col-
laboration with CA chairman Wally Edwards.
The two-day game will be
followed by the Centralian
Advocate Beach Cricket Carnival to be held at the Old
Telegraph Station on Sunday, December 1.
Members of the Barmy
Army are expected to stay
for the carnival.
A TEAM of Australian and
New Zealand researchers is
hopeful IVF could save endangered frog populations
around the world.
The mysterious fungal
disease chytridiomycosis
has had a huge impact on
the world’s frogs, causing
scientists to look to the lab
for solutions.
Based at the University of
Newcastle, the Wildlife Biodiversity Cooperative Research Centre hopes to produce frogs in the lab and
introduce them to the wild.
Grog seized in airport search
Welfare spies get less work
Bugs save stranded snapper
FOUR men received liquor
infringement notices following an alcohol seizure at the
Darwin Airport.
Sergeant Mark Malogorski of the Drug and Organised Crime Squad said
members from the Remote
CENTRELINK used private
investigators to spy on
about 140 suspected welfare
fraudsters last year — but
that’s well down on the previous year.
‘‘Optical surveillance’’ is
used when there is sus-
A MAN resorted to eating insects after his car was bogged in the bush in West Australia’s South West region.
Christopher Frendo, 31,
who said he was going to the
bush to photograph wildlife,
was last seen refuelling his
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Community Drug Desk were
searching bags on people
travelling from Darwin
to remote communities
on Friday.
‘‘During the search, members located a large quantity
of alcohol,’’ he said.
NT NEWS. Tuesday, October 29, 2013.
picion of fraud or childsupport avoidance.
In 2012-13, the Department
of Human Services hired investigators for 143 cases. Of
these, 137 welfare recipients
were spied on, down from
322 the previous year.
ute in Busselton on Wednesday. He was found by a passing motorist near Nannup
on Sunday afternoon.
Police said it was understood he ate insects and
drank from pools of water to
survive his ordeal.
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