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Hospital staff punched, kicked and hit in head with baby scales in mass assault: Union

Hospital staff punched, kicked and hit in head with baby scales in mass assault: Union

Six Katherine Hospital staff members were allegedly kicked, punched, bitten, spat on and chased around the Emergency Department on Sunday in a violent scene, while two staff members were allegedly hit over the head with a set of baby scales by a patient before they were “taken down by a team of nursing staff”, which follows repeated safety warnings the Health Department ignored, the union representing nurses has said.

Happy clappers not so happy after council Christmas pageant ban

Happy clappers not so happy after council Christmas pageant ban

Darwin Council has denied a request from the March for Jesus group to participate in the upcoming Darwin Christmas Pageant, saying the group’s behaviour last year was “overbearing, intimidating and confronting” but the Australian Christian Lobby said the group was simply Christians sharing the “glad tidings and good news of Jesus as they walk alongside other Darwinians, celebrating the birth of Jesus”.

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