The GroceryChoice website shows a trolley full of food on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast is worth about $150, while the same groceries in Darwin and Hobart cost about $12 more.

Brendon Alan Erhardt, 39, told police he “had masturbated while driving” just before he was stopped for speeding and then arrested for possessing drugs worth at least $136,000.

The controversial intervention in the Northern Territory, begun by the former Howard Government, has been operating for just over a year. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he will consider the future of the program after he sees a report from a review team.