Australian politics Archives - The Northern Myth

The NT News was right 56 years ago – the NT’s “first citizen” is redundant

The 24th NT administrator, on a soggy day in Darwin. 1 March 2026 The NT News Editorial was pretty blunt. The new administrator was a nice bloke, “a personable man,” but it went on to damn him with the faintest of praise, saying he had “more abilities in other directions than he is likely to [...]

By Bob Gosford|2026-03-03T17:29:48+09:30March 3rd, 2026|Australian politics, Northern Territory politics, Stupidity, The Law, The Northern Myth|0 Comments

The $1 billion question: Who controls Aboriginal futures?

A guest post by Nigel Browne, CEO of Aboriginal Investment NT It has been just over a fortnight since the Garma Festival, the annual celebration and gathering that showcases Yolngu people, culture and Country. What usually transcends the days after Garma is positive uplifting of our culture, our Country and more importantly, of Aboriginal Territorians [...]

By Bob Gosford|2025-08-28T16:33:05+09:30August 28th, 2025|Australian politics, Indigenous land management, Northern development, Northern Territory politics, Some places I've been, The Law, The Northern Myth|0 Comments

The March for Australia: A March Against Us

Patriotism, Outsourced By Andrew Morrison, Gunditjmara 100 per cent AI The March for Australia promises to be the greatest celebration of contradictions since the invention of “Aussie” lamingtons (a New Zealand dessert wrapped in an Australian flag). Expect a sea of Made in China flags fluttering proudly above convoys of Japanese SUVs and German sedans, [...]

By Bob Gosford|2025-08-25T19:59:42+09:30August 25th, 2025|Australian politics, Racism, Stupidity, The Law, The Northern Myth|0 Comments

Something’s Wrong With the CLP’s Tough Justice Strategy

A guest post by Marion Scrymgour, Member for Lingiari. This post was originally published in the Sunday Territorian on 24 August 2025 and is re-published here with permission. Something is going wrong in the Northern Territory when the government of the day promotes a planned substantial increase in prison numbers as a winning strategy and [...]

By Bob Gosford|2025-08-25T16:58:58+09:30August 25th, 2025|Australian politics, NT Police, NT Politics, The Law, The Northern Myth|0 Comments

You can’t handle the truth!

If the NT wants to silence coroners from exposing systemic racism, then the Federal Government must step in. Coroner Elisabeth Armitage (l) and NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro A guest post by George Newhouse* The Northern Territory Government is preparing a response to Coroner Elisabeth Armitage’s detailed inquest findings into the 2019 police shooting of [...]

By Bob Gosford|2025-08-04T15:29:23+09:30August 4th, 2025|Australian politics, Crime, Lajamanu, Media, Northern development, Northern Territory politics, NT local government, NT Police, NT Politics, Some places I've been, The Law, The Northern Myth, The NT Intervention, the Tanami Track, Yuendumu|0 Comments

‘Munda’

Mandawuy Yunupingu The following is the kind of warm and deeply personal account by Phil O’Brien that can only come from a sustained friendship, in this case with his very good mate, Mandawuy Yunupingu, aka "Munda." Munda was taken from us by a terrible disease just over 13 years ago at the far-too-young age of [...]

By Bob Gosford|2025-08-03T14:25:08+09:30August 3rd, 2025|Aboriginal & Islander Art, Art, Australian politics, Fun stuff, Indigenous land management, Northern development, Northern Territory politics, NT Politics, Photography, Some places I've been, The Law, The Northern Myth, Yuendumu|0 Comments

Chief Minister Dismisses Findings of Institutional Racism in Northern Territory Police Force

A guest post by Paul Gregoire. This article was first published by the Sydney Criminal Lawyers website. Released on 7 July 2025, the 683 page coronial report into the killing of Warlpiri Luritja teenager Kumanjayi Walker by then NT police constable Zachary Rolfe, which was produced by NT coroner Elisabeth Armitage, was so damning in its finding [...]

By Bob Gosford|2025-08-02T18:01:18+09:30August 2nd, 2025|Australian politics, Crime, Lajamanu, Northern Territory politics, NT Police, NT Politics, Some places I've been, The Northern Myth, the Tanami Track, Yuendumu|0 Comments

The NT Police Force – 45 years of ‘coons’ and ‘niggers’

I don’t think I’m alone in thinking that racist terms of abuse like ‘coons’, ‘niggers’ and the like have long been consigned to history’s dustbin of common usage. However, from the recent revelations in Coroner Armitage’s Report into the death of Kumanjayi Walker it seems that was naïve and, at least among a small group [...]

By Bob Gosford|2025-07-18T13:09:11+09:30July 18th, 2025|Australian politics, Media, Northern Territory politics, NT Police, Racism, The Law, The Northern Myth|0 Comments

Early Days of the Garma Festival – Part Two

By Phil O’Brien In Part One Phil O’Brien talked about his early days working at the crocodile farm in north-east Arnhem Land and meeting up with the leader of the Yothu Yindi band and the sowing of the seeds for the first Garma Festival. If you haven’t already you can read Part One of this [...]

By Bob Gosford|2025-07-16T22:21:56+09:30July 16th, 2025|Aboriginal & Islander Art, Art, Australian politics, Fun stuff, Indigenous land management, Music, Some places I've been, The Arts, The Northern Myth|0 Comments

Early Days of the Garma Festival – Part One

By Phil O’Brien In the first part of this tale Phil O’Brien introduces us to his early life in north-east Arnhem land, some of the locals – and not-so-locals – and the early days of the Yothu Yindi band and the formation of the Garma Festival. You can read Part two of this tale here [...]

By Bob Gosford|2025-07-16T22:23:34+09:30July 16th, 2025|Aboriginal & Islander Art, Art, Australian politics, Fun stuff, Indigenous land management, Northern Territory politics, Some places I've been, The Arts, The Northern Myth|0 Comments