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WORKPLACE HAR-APP-MENT

GOOGLE has scrapped its Hangouts app, replacing it with Chat. But when searching for the new program in the AppStore, one long-time single discovered their ads being very targeted. Searching for Google Chat, Tinder popped up as the No.1 option. Not quite the work program they were after!

SPEED DEMONS

SCROLLING Facebook this week, an article from Wotif appeared, promoting great spots to visit around Australia that aren’t far from capital cities. First on the list? Kakadu. According to the website, its only 90 minutes from Darwin. Bushie isn’t sure what method of transport the writer was travelling by ... the quickest we’ve ever gotten to Jabiru is just shy of three hours by car.

FACE PLANT CAUSES HEADACHES

CHANNEL 9 editors had their work cut out for them this week after an unnamed reporter returned from the weekend with a facial injury. It’s alleged the journalist sustained a gash to the chin while attempting to do a yoga crow pose at the Darwin races. Either way, you could barely tell when the bulletin went to air.

END IN SIGHT?

SINCE the NT News published a column on the mullet, observers have noted with fear that the mullet is continuing to worsen, with almost daily updates on Michael Gunner’s Facebook page. Get out the shearers already, Chief Minister!

FANTASTIC. WELL DONE SAM

SENATOR Sam McMahon’s Coalition friend Angus Taylor was widely mocked several years ago after he replied to his own Facebook post, “Fantastic. Great Move. Well done Angus”. McMahon took to Facebook this week to post a picture of the young Territorian who won a small business award, whose name is also Angus. But her comment seemed to strike an oddly familiar tone. “Fantastic Angus, well done,” the Senator wrote.

INSPECTORS CALL IN THE DOGS

THE Territory’s biosecurity “line of defence” has gone to the dogs, so to speak. Robotic dog “Spot”, part of a $34,000 trial, inspected Port of Darwin containers and surveyed a rehabilitated uranium mine site for revegetation and radiation in Jabiru. Spot has infra-red night vision, can travel up to 6km an hour, carry up to 14kg of inspection gear, has 360 degree perception capability and sensors to collect biosecurity data.