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ALARMING COURT APPEARANCE

JUDGES are usually unfazed when facing down people accused of some of the worst atrocities, but one justice was rattled by a piece of broken plastic.

On Wednesday, Judge Alan Woodcock admitted he had accidentally activated the duress alarm, as the siren started blaring in the Darwin Local Court halls.

“I’ve accidentally set off the panic alarm … it snapped off —

I’m not panicked,” Mr Woodcock told the court as security raced in.

CENTRALIAN SPIRIT

WHILE it’s recently drawn national attention for all the wrong reasons, the country’s Red Centre offers plenty of reasons to feel hopeful.

Territory business Alice Springs Brewing Co was packed to the rafters on Friday evening, full of local families, young people and grey nomads ending their week with a bit of cheer.

Bushie’s spy even spotted a few Territory pollies (of both stripes) enjoying a schooner or two.

WHAT A GOOSE

IT’S HARD to distract Top Enders from their footy, but a magpie goose managed that in the pouring rain at TIO Stadium.

It was the Round 16 NTFL clash between St Mary’s and Palmerston Magpies and as the rain bucketed down the unfortunate goose lost its way, colliding with a billboard.

Dazed and confused and now being chased by a group of kids it tried to recover, but it couldn’t fly high enough to avoid a building.

So, down it went again. And this time it was caught by the chasers. The magpie goose’s fortunes were more than representative of its namesake side from Palmerston, who only managed 16 points.