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IN YOUR ParliamentNOVEMBER 2009 SITTINGS

BILLS PASSED IN THE NOVEMBER SITTINGS• Construction Industry Long Service Leave and Benefits Amendment Bill 2009

(Serial 58)

• Education Amendment (Youth Participation) Bill 2009 (Serial 59)

• Education Amendment (Non-Government Schools) Bill 2009 (Serial 61)

• Fire and Emergency Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 (Serial 62)

• Revenue Units Bill 2009 (Serial 64)

• Racing and Betting Amendment Bill 2009 (Serial 65)

• Volatile Substance Abuse Prevention Amendment Bill 2009 (Serial 71)

• Local Government Grants Commission Amendment Bill 2009 (Serial 73)

BILLS CURRENTLY BEFORE THE PARLIAMENT• Public Authorities Advertising Bill 2008 (Serial 16)*

• Aboriginal Land Amendment (Inter-tidal Waters) Bill 2008 (Serial 19)*

• Traffic Amendment Bill 2009 (Serial 38)*

• Criminal Code Amendment (Child Sexual Offences) Bill 2009 (Serial 50)*

• Care and Protection of Children Amendment (Reporting Obligations) Bill 2009

(Serial 51)*

• Ombudsman Amendment Bill 2009 (Serial 52)*

• Sentencing Legislation Amendment (Crime of Murder) Bill 2009 (Serial 55)*

• Mining Amendment Bill 2009 (Serial 60)

• Supreme Court Amendment (Mediation) Bill 2009 (Serial 63)

• Payroll Tax Amendment Bill 2009 (Serial 72)

• Health Practitioner Regulation (National Uniform Legislation) Bill 2009

(Serial 76)

• Teacher Registration (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 2009 (Serial 78)

• Rail Safety Bill 2009 (Serial 79)

• Environment Protection Authority Amendment Bill 2009 (Serial 80)

• Trade Measurement Legislation Repeal Bill 2009 (Serial 81)

• Sale of Land (Rights and Duties of Parties) Bill 2009 (Serial 82)

• Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill 2009 (Serial 84)

*Private Members Bill

For Further Details:A summary description of Bills passed and before Parliament is available via the website

http://www.nt.gov.au/dcm/inyourparliament. Alternatively, a copy of the summary

description of these Bills can be obtained by phoning 8901 4079. The full text of Bills can be

found at http://www.nt.gov.au/dcm/legislation/register.html. Once they receive assent,Acts

will be on sale at the Government Printing Office, Railway Street, Parap or via GPO Box 1447

Darwin NT 0801 and the Alice Springs Access Centre, Westpac Building, Todd Mall, Alice

Springs or via PO Box 1071 Alice Springs NT 0871. Legislation (both in print form and

online) can also be accessed at the NT Library in Parliament House, Darwin.

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for I have sinned

EVIDENCE: In this handout photo provided by the Florida Highway Patrol, the interior of the vehicle drivenby Tiger Woods during his accident is seen on December 2, 2009 in Orlando, Florida

CHARGED: Tiger Woods crashed his SUV into the fire hydrant andtree next to his Florida home in the early hours of November 27.Woods was charged with careless driving, which carries a $164 fineand four points on his driving record

FUMING: Tiger Woods’ wife Elin MISTRESS 1: Rachel Uchitel MISTRESS 2: Jaimee Grubbs

‘She loves the attention. She is so hot and she

knows it and she is loving this

’Now aged 24, Grubbs claims sheand Woods had 20 sexualencounters over 31 months,beginning April 2007 when shewas just 21.

Like Uchitel, Woods metGrubbs in a club and like Uchitel,she was reportedly bombardedwith text messages fromthe golfer.

Unfortunately for Woods,Grubbs kept the voicemailmessage he left her two daysbefore his crash. And she playedit for the world online.

‘‘Hey, it’s Tiger ... my wife wentthrough my phone and may becalling you.’’

On their first rendezvous, theymet at the MGM Grand in Vegas.

If the US magazines are to be

believed, the hotel was one ofWoods’ preferred clandestinemeeting spots.

It was here on the weekend ofOctober 22 that he met Las Vegasmarketing executive KalikaMoquin, 27, who, like Uchitel haspublicly dismissed reports ofa tryst.

Either way, his wife Elin isconvinced her superstar husbandhas been playing around.

She reportedly attacked his carwith a golf club after an argumentover his escapades, causing himto crash the car.

Woods claims his ‘‘courageous’’wife tried to help him after thecrash and any other suggestionis ‘‘malicious’’.

Yet she and Woods are nowhaving marriage counsellingamid reports Elin isrenegotiating their prenuptialagreement which will net hersomething between $A22 million

and $A330 million if they divorce.

Whether they will indeed splitremains unclear — his reputationis staked heavily on his familyguy image and the couple havetwo children Sam, aged three, andCharlie, 10 months.

Only this February, they posedfor a heart-warming familyportrait in which everyoneis smiling.

Who knew that within 10 shortmonths, the picture would bevery different.

Woods and Nordegren met atthe British Open in 2001 whenNordegren was working as ananny for pro golfer JesperParnevik. Having left herhomeland of Sweden, where shestudied child psychology and

worked as a model, Nordegrenbecame a regular on the touras the pretty minder ofParnevik’s kids.

In 2001, she shared a drink withSergio Garcia, who later had arelationship with Greg Norman’sdaughter Morgan Leigh.

Eventually Woods, who hisStandford classmate nicknamedUrkel after the Family Mattersnerd Steve, plucked up thecourage to ask her out.

But he was so shy, he had amate ask her on his behalf.

‘‘Her reaction was: ‘What thehell was that?’’ a friend toldSports Illustrated in a rareinterview in 2004.

‘‘She thought that it was soweird and pathetic. Of course shesaid no.’’

Besides, the well-educated twindaughter of a Swedishgovernment minister had nointerest in becoming a WAG.

‘‘She is a smart girl, raised in afamily of intellectuals. She hasdreams. She didn’t want to beseen just as a decoration onTiger’s arm.’’

But they grew closer andWoods travelled to Sweden tospend time with her parentsThomas Nordegren and BarbroHolmberg, who divorced whenshe was six.

The couple married beforeabout 200 of their closest friendsat the secluded Barbados resortSandy Lane in October 2004.

The island resort can beaccessed only by boat (Woods’$A22 million yacht is calledPrivacy) and although thewedding was a lavish$A1.5 million affair with rockgroup Hootie and the Blowfish forentertainment, Woods appearedtoo composed to be excited.

‘‘He didn’t act like he was goingto get married,’’ a guest toldPeople magazine.

‘‘He was very relaxed, like thiswas any other day for him.’’

All his professional life, he hasgone out of his way to keep hisprivate life private, rarely givinginterviews and even when hedoes, he is guarded about whathe says.

When asked why he liked scubadiving, he once said: ‘‘Because thefish don’t know who I am.’’

But after this week, perhapsthey do.