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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now, at 10.30 this morning, I don't know if you
have seen in the media, but at Lee Point, there
was a crocodile that tried to take a little dog. Now,
Kathleen Gazzola joins me in the studio. Kathleen, it's your
worst nightmare, isn't it? It is, absolutely. It's bloody scary stuff. Now,
(00:20):
on the National Broadcaster last night, they interviewed Kathleen The
girl whose dog, well, she was a legend. She was like,
I would have jumped in there and I would have
wrestled that crocodile if I had to. And I thought,
you go, girl.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
That is a Territorian through and through.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
But then I'm pretty sure I know the vet that
actually worked on this little dog as well. I'll have
to confirm that over the next day or so, but
I'm pretty sure I know the incredible vet. that worked
on this little dog. And by the look of it,
going to be okay. But we're going to catch up
with Parks and Wildlife, aren't we?
Speaker 2 (00:50):
We are, yes, absolutely. I mean, it is just another
timely reminder of being crockwise on our beaches while you're
out fishing, walking through the bush, whatever it may be,
when the weather heats up. the crocs move about.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Well, and I was one day over the Christmas break
with my son at, is it Buffalo Creek? Is that
near there? Yeah, I was there at Buffalo Creek and
you could see a crocodile a little bit further up. Anyway,
I got talking to a couple of blokes that were
there and one of them said to me that he'd
been attacked by a crocodile back in the day. And
I thought, oh, geez, that sounds wild. Anyway, he introduced himself,
told me his name, et cetera. I Googled him. Absolutely,
(01:26):
he'd been attacked by a crocodile. I thought, what a
lesson for my teenage son to meet somebody who's been
attacked by a crocodile and live to tell the tale.
And it's shown us his injuries. I thought, holy moly,
the people you meet in the Northern Territory, hey?
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Well, I mean, Tommy Nichols, who was head of the
croc management team for a while, he's obviously got three
fingers on one hand after the final two, the ring
finger and the pinky were ripped off by a croc.
That was a pretty cool story whenever you could talk
to Tommy. But yeah, down at Buff Creek, when it's
Low tide, you see people walking out on their sandbank
and going out and throwing the bait net in the water.
(02:05):
I have been thrown off the boat once before and, mate,
I have not bloody moved faster than being like, get
me back in the boat, get me back in the boat. Oh,
my God, I was freaking out. I was freaking out.
And that was around Meckitts Creek just.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Past Shoal Bay. Yeah, bugger that, bugger that. Well, interesting
you say that as well about people with their nets
going out and fishing around there. And I was speaking
to another old Territorian or another woman who's been here
for a long, long time, an Italian, and she said that, yes,
they used to go and catch all sorts of things
with their, you know, all sorts of fish with their
(02:46):
net back in the day. But she said she'd never
do it now in terms of, the crocodiles and the
volume of crocodiles around the place.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Oh, too right. I mean, the stories my parents would
tell me when, you know, back in the late 70s
when they first came up here and go fishing and
you're sitting in the water down at like Finnis and
that kind of stuff. I wouldn't even put my big
toe in those areas these days. Like it's wild. Even
just obviously in the wake of crocodile hunting being banned
and the croc numbers, dad, I mean, he could be
(03:15):
sort of embellishing a bit. Old AB likes to tell
a yarn, but he said even the click of a
beer can could sound like the cocking of a gun
and the crocs would be gone. So, you know, it's
a very different story these days.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
It's a very different story these days. Oh, God, love him.
We must get Andy Bruin on for a chat one day.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Oh, yeah, he'll take up a whole segment for you,
I reckon.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
He would have some stories to tell about the Northern Territory.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
He does, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
No doubt about that. Kathleen, let's take a look at
local news. We know news today brought to you by
Motor Accidents Compensation. Have you moved to the Territory recently?
You must change or update your registration within three months.
Get NT registered today. No rego, no cover.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
A teenager remains on the run after absconding from the
Holtz Youth Detention Centre yesterday evening. NT police say the
17-year-old boy absconded from the facility on foot at about 6.45pm.
General duties, dog operations and drone units were deployed to
the area, but the teen remains at large. If you
have information on his whereabouts, call 131 444. A woman
(04:21):
remains on the run after an alleged domestic violence assault
in Palmerston. NT Police say a man in his 20s
had been assaulted by a woman known to him at
a home in Woodruff on Tuesday evening. The 30-year-old woman
is accused of assaulting the man with a blunt weapon,
causing a deep laceration to his back. She's further accused
of fleeing the scene before police arrived and the man
(04:41):
was taken to hospital in a stable condition. Efforts are
ongoing to locate the woman. NT Police is investigating a
serious assault in Wadair early this morning. Just before four o'clock,
police received a report a 28-year-old man had presented to
the local clinic with an arrow wound to his chest.
It's alleged the man was walking along a dirt track
(05:01):
near the main oval when a vehicle stopped nearby, with
the man allegedly getting out and firing an arrow at
the victim before fleeing. The victim has suffered a suspected
punctured lung and is stable. He will be medically evacuated
to Royal Darwin Hospital for further treatment. Police have identified
persons of interest and investigations remain ongoing, with detectives from
(05:22):
the Northern Investigations Section travelling to the community today. The
future of Luke Gosling's court case remains under a question
mark with the NT Director of Public Prosecution still considering
alternative arrangements. The member for Solomon is accused of assaulting
the NT Administrator David Connolly and allegedly breaching his bail.
According to the ABC, the NTDPP hasn't settled on what
(05:46):
agency will prosecute the case. after a request for the
Commonwealth to take carriage of it was denied. The NTDPP
told the national broadcaster it should not have conduct of
the matter because of a perceived conflict of interest. Mr
Gosling has categorically denied all allegations against him and said
he will contest the charges in court. The court case
(06:06):
is due to be mentioned again at the end of
the month. And speed limits on parts of the Stuart
Highway is set to rise to 130 kilometres per hour
from next week, with a six-month trial starting at Hayes
Creek and Wyclef Well. The limit is currently 100 kilometres
per hour at both locations, with the trial to be
reviewed after six months to determine whether the change should
(06:29):
become permanent. Drivers are being reminded to follow the new
speed limits and take care on the road.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Kathleen Gazzola, thanks so much for keeping us up to
date with all things local news. Lots in there. Lots, yes.
Always plenty going on. Gee, the police, I mean, they're
always busy, but they've been real busy over the last
few days, haven't they?
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Yeah, is it tropo season? People gone a bit mango mad.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Good point, good point. I'll never forget when I was
a baby journalist, just straight out of university and I
worked for the police in their media unit and just
seeing all the, you know, all the different jobs coming
through and thinking, wow, what is going on? And one
of the more experienced media experts lady, Sue Bradley, her
name was. Some long-term Territorians will know her. God rest
her soul. She'd said to me, well, Katie, it's the build-up,
(07:13):
so you're going to see a lot of other situations
like this. Lots and lots of things going through. Mango madness.
And I remember thinking, where have I moved to?
Speaker 2 (07:22):
And that's coming from Mount Isa too.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
There'd be some characters out there.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Exactly.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Oh, there sure is. I'd lived away from Mount Isa
for a while by that stage, so I'd become a
bit cultured living in Perth and other places.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
And Alice Springs as well.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Yeah, exactly. Very cultured. It was, yeah, it's a life experience,
no doubt about that. Oh, yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Being a copper up here, some of the things you'd
see here and experience for sure.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Exactly. Busy times. Kathleen Gazzola, thank you as always for
keeping us up to date with local news.
Now, at 10.30 this morning, I don't know if you
have seen in the media, but at Lee Point, there
was a crocodile that tried to take a little dog. Now,
Kathleen Gazzola joins me in the studio. Kathleen, it's your
worst nightmare, isn't it? It is, absolutely. It's bloody scary stuff. Now,
(00:20):
on the National Broadcaster last night, they interviewed Kathleen The
girl whose dog, well, she was a legend. She was like,
I would have jumped in there and I would have
wrestled that crocodile if I had to. And I thought,
you go, girl.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
That is a Territorian through and through.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
But then I'm pretty sure I know the vet that
actually worked on this little dog as well. I'll have
to confirm that over the next day or so, but
I'm pretty sure I know the incredible vet. that worked
on this little dog. And by the look of it,
going to be okay. But we're going to catch up
with Parks and Wildlife, aren't we?
Speaker 2 (00:50):
We are, yes, absolutely. I mean, it is just another
timely reminder of being crockwise on our beaches while you're
out fishing, walking through the bush, whatever it may be,
when the weather heats up. the crocs move about.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Well, and I was one day over the Christmas break
with my son at, is it Buffalo Creek? Is that
near there? Yeah, I was there at Buffalo Creek and
you could see a crocodile a little bit further up. Anyway,
I got talking to a couple of blokes that were
there and one of them said to me that he'd
been attacked by a crocodile back in the day. And
I thought, oh, geez, that sounds wild. Anyway, he introduced himself,
told me his name, et cetera. I Googled him. Absolutely,
(01:26):
he'd been attacked by a crocodile. I thought, what a
lesson for my teenage son to meet somebody who's been
attacked by a crocodile and live to tell the tale.
And it's shown us his injuries. I thought, holy moly,
the people you meet in the Northern Territory, hey?
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Well, I mean, Tommy Nichols, who was head of the
croc management team for a while, he's obviously got three
fingers on one hand after the final two, the ring
finger and the pinky were ripped off by a croc.
That was a pretty cool story whenever you could talk
to Tommy. But yeah, down at Buff Creek, when it's
Low tide, you see people walking out on their sandbank
and going out and throwing the bait net in the water.
(02:05):
I have been thrown off the boat once before and, mate,
I have not bloody moved faster than being like, get
me back in the boat, get me back in the boat. Oh,
my God, I was freaking out. I was freaking out.
And that was around Meckitts Creek just.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Past Shoal Bay. Yeah, bugger that, bugger that. Well, interesting
you say that as well about people with their nets
going out and fishing around there. And I was speaking
to another old Territorian or another woman who's been here
for a long, long time, an Italian, and she said that, yes,
they used to go and catch all sorts of things
with their, you know, all sorts of fish with their
(02:46):
net back in the day. But she said she'd never
do it now in terms of, the crocodiles and the
volume of crocodiles around the place.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Oh, too right. I mean, the stories my parents would
tell me when, you know, back in the late 70s
when they first came up here and go fishing and
you're sitting in the water down at like Finnis and
that kind of stuff. I wouldn't even put my big
toe in those areas these days. Like it's wild. Even
just obviously in the wake of crocodile hunting being banned
and the croc numbers, dad, I mean, he could be
(03:15):
sort of embellishing a bit. Old AB likes to tell
a yarn, but he said even the click of a
beer can could sound like the cocking of a gun
and the crocs would be gone. So, you know, it's
a very different story these days.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
It's a very different story these days. Oh, God, love him.
We must get Andy Bruin on for a chat one day.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Oh, yeah, he'll take up a whole segment for you,
I reckon.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
He would have some stories to tell about the Northern Territory.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
He does, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
No doubt about that. Kathleen, let's take a look at
local news. We know news today brought to you by
Motor Accidents Compensation. Have you moved to the Territory recently?
You must change or update your registration within three months.
Get NT registered today. No rego, no cover.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
A teenager remains on the run after absconding from the
Holtz Youth Detention Centre yesterday evening. NT police say the
17-year-old boy absconded from the facility on foot at about 6.45pm.
General duties, dog operations and drone units were deployed to
the area, but the teen remains at large. If you
have information on his whereabouts, call 131 444. A woman
(04:21):
remains on the run after an alleged domestic violence assault
in Palmerston. NT Police say a man in his 20s
had been assaulted by a woman known to him at
a home in Woodruff on Tuesday evening. The 30-year-old woman
is accused of assaulting the man with a blunt weapon,
causing a deep laceration to his back. She's further accused
of fleeing the scene before police arrived and the man
(04:41):
was taken to hospital in a stable condition. Efforts are
ongoing to locate the woman. NT Police is investigating a
serious assault in Wadair early this morning. Just before four o'clock,
police received a report a 28-year-old man had presented to
the local clinic with an arrow wound to his chest.
It's alleged the man was walking along a dirt track
(05:01):
near the main oval when a vehicle stopped nearby, with
the man allegedly getting out and firing an arrow at
the victim before fleeing. The victim has suffered a suspected
punctured lung and is stable. He will be medically evacuated
to Royal Darwin Hospital for further treatment. Police have identified
persons of interest and investigations remain ongoing, with detectives from
(05:22):
the Northern Investigations Section travelling to the community today. The
future of Luke Gosling's court case remains under a question
mark with the NT Director of Public Prosecution still considering
alternative arrangements. The member for Solomon is accused of assaulting
the NT Administrator David Connolly and allegedly breaching his bail.
According to the ABC, the NTDPP hasn't settled on what
(05:46):
agency will prosecute the case. after a request for the
Commonwealth to take carriage of it was denied. The NTDPP
told the national broadcaster it should not have conduct of
the matter because of a perceived conflict of interest. Mr
Gosling has categorically denied all allegations against him and said
he will contest the charges in court. The court case
(06:06):
is due to be mentioned again at the end of
the month. And speed limits on parts of the Stuart
Highway is set to rise to 130 kilometres per hour
from next week, with a six-month trial starting at Hayes
Creek and Wyclef Well. The limit is currently 100 kilometres
per hour at both locations, with the trial to be
reviewed after six months to determine whether the change should
(06:29):
become permanent. Drivers are being reminded to follow the new
speed limits and take care on the road.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Kathleen Gazzola, thanks so much for keeping us up to
date with all things local news. Lots in there. Lots, yes.
Always plenty going on. Gee, the police, I mean, they're
always busy, but they've been real busy over the last
few days, haven't they?
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Yeah, is it tropo season? People gone a bit mango mad.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Good point, good point. I'll never forget when I was
a baby journalist, just straight out of university and I
worked for the police in their media unit and just
seeing all the, you know, all the different jobs coming
through and thinking, wow, what is going on? And one
of the more experienced media experts lady, Sue Bradley, her
name was. Some long-term Territorians will know her. God rest
her soul. She'd said to me, well, Katie, it's the build-up,
(07:13):
so you're going to see a lot of other situations
like this. Lots and lots of things going through. Mango madness.
And I remember thinking, where have I moved to?
Speaker 2 (07:22):
And that's coming from Mount Isa too.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
There'd be some characters out there.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Exactly.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Oh, there sure is. I'd lived away from Mount Isa
for a while by that stage, so I'd become a
bit cultured living in Perth and other places.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
And Alice Springs as well.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Yeah, exactly. Very cultured. It was, yeah, it's a life experience,
no doubt about that. Oh, yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Being a copper up here, some of the things you'd
see here and experience for sure.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Exactly. Busy times. Kathleen Gazzola, thank you as always for
keeping us up to date with local news.
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