From the ArcaMax Publishing, Weird News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/weirdnews/s-357538-694048
ALICE SPRINGS, Australia (UPI) -- Alice Springs, in Australia's Red
Center, plans a "Hate Darwin Day" to protest the city on the so-called
Top End of the Northern Territory.
On July 2, municipal employees in Alice will be encouraged to ignore
all phone calls and e-mails from Darwin, the Northern Territory News
reported.
"Darwin is but a pimple on the entire Northern Territory map, but
that's where all the money goes," said Alice Springs Deputy Mayor
Murray Stewart. "I don't blame the people of Darwin -- when you're
basking in the sunshine, you can't help but ask for more. But we're
bleeding dry down here.''
Stewart said he was moved to act when the government decided to build
a new prison in Darwin. He said Alice Springs had already been denied
adequate funding for security cameras and additional police officers.
Alice Springs, close to the geographical center of Australia, is the
second largest city in the Northern Territory after Darwin, the
territorial capital. With a population of about 26,500, it is the only
settlement of any size in central Australia.