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8 Sun Newspapers WEDNESDAY, September 19, 2012. Absolute Quality Absolute Care Absolute Dentistry Dr N. Lewis | Dr W.L. Wong | Dr D. Gordon | Dr R. Higgins | Dr K. Babu Darwin Phone 8941 1717 Mallam Chambers 26 Mitchell St, Darwin Palmerston Phone 8931 3544 Palmerston Health Precinct, Palmerston Comprehensive Dental Examinations Adult Cosmetic Dentistry Dental Implants Crowns, Bridges White Fillings/ Restorations Teeth Whitening Wisdom Teeth Surgery Dental Hygienist Cleaning Root Canal Treatment smile great Keep your New patients welcome looking 02dw01/11 MANUAL. OPTIONAL PREMIUM PAINT $495 EXTRA. Offer not available in conjunction with any other offers on new Triton vehicles. • 3 tonne towing • Turbo diesel - 131kW • Super Select 4WD • Side & curtain airbags • Capped Price Servicing 10 ONLY IN WHITE. Offer not available in conjunction with any other offers on new Triton vehicles. • 3 tonne towing • Powerful turbo diesel • Capped Price Servicing • AUTOMATIC • INCLUDES DIFF LOCK AND ALLOY TRAY L OPTIONAL PREMIUM PAINT $495 EXTRA O O $ MANUAL $40,990 DRIVE AWAY 1 TRITON GLX-R 4X4 DEMO NLY IN WHITE 10 ON O $36,990 DRIVE AWAY 1 TRITON GLX DUAL CAB 4X4 DEMO See mitsubishi-motors.com.au for further information. Offers at participating Mitsubishi Dealers only. While stocks last. Mitsubishi Motors Australia reserves the right to extend or modify these offers. Offers available on demo vehicles ordered and delivered between 1 and 30 September 2012. Business, Fleet sales by special arrangement. Excludes Government and Rental Fleet customers. See your Dealer for full details. 1. Recommended drive away selling price, which includes balance of registration and 5/10 warranty, CTP insurance, Stamp Duty and Dealer Delivery. LMVD34. TDM1617/NT/6x7 Hurry in! Limited stock remaining. DARWIN MITSUBISHI 8946 4444 Skills expo for prisoners Inmates at the education expo, to help them gain study or work opportunities THE third annual Darwin Correctional Centre Prisoner Education Expo was opened yesterday, with a record 30 education and training providers taking part. Opened by the Minister for Correctional Services, John Elferink, the expo is designed to further equip low security prisoners nearing the ends of their sentences with the skills to study or gain employment on their release. ‘‘Meaningful employment is a proven factor in lessening a person’s chances of re-offending,’’ said DCC Superintendent Kevin Raby. ‘‘That can only lead to a safer community for all Territorians.’’ Prisoners were given skills in resume-writing and self-analysis and were each required to gather contact details from agencies that could assist in achieving post-release education and employment goals. Superintendent Raby said the 2012 expo was a great hit with the prisoners and the growing interest in the event from outside agencies gave the department encouragement that more prisoners would be released to real employment opportunities in the future. Tax office email scam tricks thousands THOUSANDS of Australians have potentially been caught out by a sophisticated home-grown email ‘‘phishing’’ scam that pretended to be from tax officials. Around 70 million emails were pinged out on August 30 — more than one in 25 of all emails sent that day — claiming to be from the Australian Taxation Office and warning people about a problem with their tax return. Anti-virus company Trend Micro said most of the scam emails were blocked by spam filters but many got through. They directed people to enter their personal details on a fake page set up to look like the official ATO website. When users did so, ‘‘key log’’ malware was installed on their computers to access their banking information. Some 8000 Australians visited the phishing website — although it is not clear how many were actually taken in because some people click on the links deliberately to ‘‘mess with’’ the cyber criminals. ‘‘Were 80 per cent just playing with it, while 20 per cent were getting tricked? It’s impossible to say,’’ Trend Micro public relations manager John Papandis told News Limited. Further ‘‘phishing’’ attacks hit in the days following August 30 and, unlike most such scams, the attacks originated from within Australia. Road trip a lesson in life Sophie 11, Lily, 8, Freyja, 7 and Finn, 11 are swapping school for festivals A COUPLE have taken their children out of school for a year to travel around Australia and go to festivals. Kevin and Maddi Parker and their four kids, Finn and Sophie, both 11, Lily, 8 and Freyja, 7, have been to festivals from Canberra to Alice Springs. They are now in Darwin after visiting almost every Territory festival in the past three months. Mrs Parker said her children had learnt a lot. ‘‘Our four children have blossomed this year,’’ she said. ‘‘They’ve grown in confidence — not that they were lacking — and we’re working well as a team.’’ The family makes videos and writes reviews for its website, Festival Australia. Mr Parker said they made some money from advertising but mainly it was a labour of love. The kids may have earned more money from busking. Finn earned $80 rapping at Palmerston Festival and Freyja’s first attempt at country singing scored her more than $50. They were also named the junior bog snorkelling champions at the Julia Creek Dirt’N’Dust Festival, in Queensland. Mrs Parker said the Barthulha Webs textile workshop weekend at the Springvale Homestead in Katherine had been a highlight. ‘‘It was such a fantastic opportunity for the kids to sit with indigenous women and learn to weave with pandanus leaves and hear their stories,’’ she said.

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Page 1: 8 Road trip a lesson in life Tax office · 2019-09-04 · s White Fillings/ Restorations s Teeth Whitening s Wisdom Teeth Surgery s Dental Hygienist Cleaning s Root Canal Treatment

8 Sun Newspapers WEDNESDAY, September 19, 2012.

Absolute Quality

Absolute Care

Absolute Dentistry

Dr N. Lewis | Dr W.L. Wong | Dr D. Gordon | Dr R. Higgins | Dr K. Babu

Darwin Phone 8941 1717Mallam Chambers26 Mitchell St, Darwin

PalmerstonPhone 8931 3544Palmerston Health Precinct,Palmerston

Comprehensive Dental Examinations

Adult Cosmetic Dentistry

Dental Implants

Crowns, Bridges

White Fillings/ Restorations

Teeth Whitening

Wisdom Teeth Surgery

Dental Hygienist Cleaning

Root Canal Treatment

smile great

Keep your

New patients welcome

looking

02dw01/11

MANUAL. OPTIONAL PREMIUM PAINT $495 EXTRA.

Offer not available in conjunction with any other offers on new Triton vehicles.

• 3 tonne towing • Turbo diesel - 131kW • Super Select 4WD

• Side & curtain airbags • Capped Price Servicing

10 ONLY IN WHITE.

Offer not available in conjunction with any other offers on new Triton vehicles.

• 3 tonne towing • Powerful turbo diesel • Capped Price Servicing

• AUTOMATIC • INCLUDES DIFF LOCK AND ALLOY TRAY

L OPTIONAL PREMIUM PAINT $495 EXTRAO O $MANUAL

$40,990 DRIVEAWAY

1

TRITON GLX-R 4X4 DEMO

NLY IN WHITE10 ONO

$36,990 DRIVEAWAY

1

TRITON GLX DUAL CAB 4X4 DEMO

See mitsubishi-motors.com.au for further information. Offers at participating Mitsubishi Dealers only. While stocks last. Mitsubishi Motors Australia reserves the right to extend or modify these offers. Offers available on demo vehicles ordered and delivered between 1 and 30 September 2012. Business, Fleet sales by special arrangement. Excludes Government and Rental Fleet customers. See your Dealer for full details. 1. Recommended drive away selling price, which includes balance of registration and 5/10 warranty, CTP insurance, Stamp Duty and Dealer Delivery. LMVD34. TDM1617/NT/6x7

Hurry in! Limited stock remaining. DARWIN MITSUBISHI 8946 4444

Skills expo for prisoners

Inmates at the education expo, to help them gain study or work opportunities

THE third annual DarwinCorrectional CentrePrisoner Education Expowas opened yesterday,with a record 30 educationand training providerstaking part.

Opened by the Ministerfor Correctional Services,John Elferink, the expo isdesigned to further equiplow security prisonersnearing the ends of theirsentences with the skills tostudy or gain employmenton their release.

‘‘Meaningful employmentis a proven factor inlessening a person’schances of re-offending,’’said DCC SuperintendentKevin Raby.

‘‘That can only lead to asafer community for allTerritorians.’’

Prisoners were givenskills in resume-writing andself-analysis and were eachrequired to gather contact

details from agencies thatcould assist in achievingpost-release education andemployment goals.

Superintendent Raby

said the 2012 expo was agreat hit with the prisonersand the growing interest inthe event from outsideagencies gave the

department encouragementthat more prisoners wouldbe released to realemployment opportunitiesin the future.

Tax officeemail scamtricksthousandsTHOUSANDS of Australianshave potentially beencaught out by asophisticated home-grownemail ‘‘phishing’’ scam thatpretended to be fromtax officials.

Around 70 million emailswere pinged out on August30 — more than one in 25 ofall emails sent that day —claiming to be from theAustralian Taxation Officeand warning people about aproblem with their taxreturn. Anti-virus companyTrend Micro said most ofthe scam emails wereblocked by spam filters butmany got through.

They directed people toenter their personal detailson a fake page set up tolook like the official ATOwebsite. When users did so,‘‘key log’’ malware wasinstalled on their computersto access their bankinginformation.

Some 8000 Australiansvisited the phishing website— although it is not clearhow many were actuallytaken in because somepeople click on the linksdeliberately to ‘‘mess with’’the cyber criminals.

‘‘Were 80 per cent justplaying with it, while 20 percent were getting tricked?It’s impossible to say,’’Trend Micro public relationsmanager John Papandistold News Limited.

Further ‘‘phishing’’attacks hit in the daysfollowing August 30 and,unlike most such scams, theattacks originated fromwithin Australia.

Road trip a lesson in life

Sophie 11, Lily, 8, Freyja, 7 and Finn, 11 are swapping school for festivals

A COUPLE have taken theirchildren out of school for ayear to travel aroundAustralia and go to festivals.

Kevin and Maddi Parkerand their four kids, Finn andSophie, both 11, Lily, 8 andFreyja, 7, have been tofestivals from Canberra toAlice Springs.

They are now in Darwinafter visiting almost everyTerritory festival in the pastthree months.

Mrs Parker said herchildren had learnt a lot.

‘‘Our four children haveblossomed this year,’’ shesaid. ‘‘They’ve grown inconfidence — not that theywere lacking — and we’reworking well as a team.’’

The family makes videosand writes reviews for itswebsite, Festival Australia.

Mr Parker said they madesome money fromadvertising but mainly it wasa labour of love. The kidsmay have earned moremoney from busking.

Finn earned $80 rappingat Palmerston Festival andFreyja’s first attempt atcountry singing scored hermore than $50.

They were also namedthe junior bog snorkellingchampions at the JuliaCreek Dirt’N’Dust Festival,in Queensland.

Mrs Parker said theBarthulha Webs textileworkshop weekend at theSpringvale Homestead inKatherine had been ahighlight. ‘‘It was such afantastic opportunity for thekids to sit with indigenouswomen and learn to weavewith pandanus leaves andhear their stories,’’ she said.