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http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/women-sentenced-to-14-days-jail-after-throwing-vomit-bag-at-nurse-at-alice-springs-hospital/news-story/ab7137a938aae86c9bb1f2fe24396b43

A WOMAN  Bloody Boong! who threw a vomit bag in the face of an emergency department nurse has been sent to jail for the "disgusting" act.


Valerie Twobob pleaded guilty to one count of assaulting a worker where the victim did not suffer harm, at the Alice Springs Magistrates Court last week.

Police prosecutor Steve Haig said an ambulance had been called to a town camp at 10.50am on Saturday April 9 to treat Twobob, who was drunk and complaining of chest pains.

The 27-year-old was assessed at the Emergency Department of Alice Springs Hospital at 10.58am where she was given a vomit bag, into which she put a number of tissues which she had spat into.

She became agitated when asked for personal details and she threw the vomit bag to the ground "in a forceful manner".

"The defendant picked the bag up and threw it at the victim," Mr Haig said.
The victim cried out 'don't do that stuff here, I'm here to help you'."

The defendant apologised but was charged with assault later that day.

When Twobob's lawyer, Bryn Overend asked for a non-conviction Magistrate Daynor Trigg responded with: "good luck".



"People working in hospitals don't need to be assaulted by stupid drunk people," Mr Trigg said.

Mr Overend explained his client lived in Papunya with her aunt, and her partner was in prison. He suggested his client's offending was at the "lower end of the scale".

"It's disgusting, disgraceful behaviour," Magistrate Trigg said.

"I'll get a bag of spit and throw it at you. That's at the lower end of the scale?"

Prosecutor Haig said a conviction was entirely appropriate.

"The court needs to protect community health workers from this sort of behaviour," he said.

Sentencing Twobob to 14 days' imprisonment, Mr Trigg said being drunk provided an explanation but not an excuse.

In addition to the sentence, Mr Trigg restored 14 days of a suspended sentence for drink driving in 2014.

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation NT secretary Yvonne Falckh said there was "no excuse for the lack of respect and the risk they put those health workers under while doing their every day job".

Well that is life in Alice, Boongs have no repsect for people or property full stop!

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/only-in-the-territory/dashcam-catches-terrifying-moment-man-nearly-hit-by-car-at-high-speed-on-stuart-highway/news-story/15be402c15209feae42ce26dcec4b8ed

DASHCAM vision has caught the terrifying moment a pedestrian was nearly hit by a car at high speed on the Stuart Highway.


It was the same stretch of road where a man was killed less than two weeks later.

The footage, captured on April 9 near Allora Gardens, showed the man stand up from lying in the centre of the Stuart Highway as several cars swerved to avoid hitting him.

The grey-haired, bearded man appeared unfazed as a car sped past while he was bent over to pick up his belongings.

The car narrowly avoided him before he trundled slowly off the road in front of a halted bus.

On Wednesday, a man was killed and another woman seriously injured after walking into traffic on the same stretch of road.
Duty Superintendent Shaun Furniss urged pedestrians to take responsibility for their lives and pay attention to their surroundings near roads.

"You've got a two-tonne piece of metal coming down the road at 80km/h," he said.

"If you're around a road you need to take certain amounts of caution and know your surroundings and know what possible outcomes your behaviours may be.



"It's quite simple — look before you walk on the road."

Supt Furniss said police regularly received calls about near misses and dangerous pedestrian behaviour on Territory roads.

Police can issue $150 infringement notices for walking without due care on a road.

"We do know (some) of our population on occasion don't have all their senses about them due to substances and the like, but all road users have a responsibility to make sure these types of collisions don't occur," Supt Furniss said.

He advised motorists to consider their own safety first before assisting people obstructing the road.

"If they do come cross a person lying on the road there is a duty of care to make sure the person is okay but it all depends on the circumstances of what is happening at that time,"

he said.

[/Oh! well who ever though a silly boong would just go sleep on the road like that?color]

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/rosalie-lalara-sentenced-to-jail-over-475k-theft-from-the-groote-eyelandt-aboriginal-trust/news-story/21680fe1f0bd2313656ea60f079d7d0c

ROSALIE Lalara will spend at least 18 months behind bars for the "sad, pathetic" theft of nearly $500,000 from the Groote Eyelandt Aboriginal Trust.

NT Supreme Court Justice Graham Hiley said Lalara, 58, had breached the trust of her own people while she was the Public Officer for the trust, during which time she purchased dozens of boats, four-wheel-drives and quad bikes for friends.

In sentencing, Justice Hiley rejected an appeal for mercy from Lalara's lawyer, Marty Aust, who had argued, that Lalara's poor health and the dependence of her adult daughter — whose name is suppressed and who suffers from cerebral palsy — merited a lenient sentence.

Justice Hiley found that Lalara was to blame for her own "sad pathetic story", made worse by her repeated sacking of lawyers, her dubious, last minute apology and her failure to pay back any money to the trust.


Another boong who can't be trusted to handle tax payer's money! Then they complain they are so hard-done-by by the White Man but it's not us! Their own scum breeds steal from their community chest!

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/brazen-pram-theft-last-straw-for-shop-owner/news-story/e1f0358e1964d8ef7d19b108971a2d77

"It was just 'oh my god it's happened again'. And then within another 20 minutes we got hit again by some juveniles," he said. "It's heart breaking. You work so hard and it's constantly at you the whole time eating away at you."

Mr Barling said crime has gradually become worse in the three years since he took over the business.

"People question why so many people come and go in the Territory," he said
"I can tell you, from a retail perspective, I asked myself sometimes 'why do we bother?'. We've moved up from Tasmania to give it a go up here and you're just up against it the whole time."

He said the lost income and constant thefts made him question the long term viability of his business.

"When you start to accumulate that kind of loss it takes a lot of sales to recoup that money. It's substantial."

"I've never encountered anything like that down in Tassie. Although there is theft everywhere in Australia but it starts to get to the point where it's quite damaging.

"The overwhelming majority of the community were fantastic and you can have your product out on display and honest people come and buy it.

"The centre is doing everything they can. They must be pumping in so much money in with security and there is a strong police presence and that certainly makes a big difference, but they can't be here 24/7."

The woman allegedly stole shoes from Intersport store only minutes before targeting Mr Barling's newsagency.

Part owner Luke Tyrell said thefts were common place at his shop. "They'll just walk past and nearly every day we'll find someone trying to steal something," he said.

"It just happens all the time, so we've got to police it better."