CHRISTMAS LEFTOVERS

It seems the popularity of the Northern Territory Government is plummeting faster than the wok Chevy Chase rode down the ski slope in the great must-see annual classic, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.  After four years of the Mills-stone about the neck of the population ,there could be a gaseous explosion as in the joyous dysfunctional Griswold family gathering. *** With so much attention on and discussion about tucker over the Festive Season , came further news about the growing Indian influence in Darwin . There is a new Indian restaurant at Stokes Hill Wharf ; there is also a Sri Lankan eatery in the Vic Hotel area . And then we noticed a car with the numberplate , PUNJAB .*** Santa brought this writer a bent spoon for stirring cafe lattes and a book EAT MY WORDS A Memoir of Politics, Pig-outs & Pickles , by journalist Mungo MacCallum .  Many moons ago, this writer swapped outlandish tales with Mungo about a certain northern scribe over libations in the non-members’ bar in the old parliament house, Canberra.