[Australia] Government defends increased crime rate / ABC News, 25 June 2008
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/25/2285854.htm
"Northern Territory crime statistics for this year's first quarter show a 25 per cent jump in the number of assaults in Darwin, compared to the same time a year ago.
But it is a drop of 16 per cent from the quarter to December, and Justice Minister Chris Burns says that is not just a seasonal trend."