Australian politics Archives - Page 57 of 58

Police powers and bikers in the NT – “Trust me I’m a Policeman”

Magistrate Loadman said "[I am] not prepared to make the decision on the basis of statements by police officers, this smacking of that hoary old chestnut, "trust me I'm a lawyer" in this case "trust me I'm a policeman". We do not any longer have courts functioning in the manner of the Star Chamber."

By Bob Gosford|2024-01-07T09:17:52+09:30April 29th, 2009|Australian politics, Northern Territory politics, NT Police, Stupidity, The Law|4 Comments

Ex-NT education Minister meets with Educators – resigns 5 days later

"Our seven-year olds can't learn everything in English! The teacher will be saying "Blah Blah"and the children will be saying "Nha, Nha?". That is not good learning." - Djuwalpi Marika, Yirrkala

By Bob Gosford|2009-02-21T08:03:29+09:30February 21st, 2009|Australian politics, Northern Territory politics|2 Comments

Monsoonal confusion reigns in NT education

I'm sure there are some who'd believe Hendo's assertion that he reshuffled his Ministries because of the GFC - but they are most likely face down in a gutter and barely breathing.

By Bob Gosford|2009-02-07T08:58:40+09:30February 6th, 2009|Australian politics, Northern Territory politics, Uncategorized, Yuendumu|4 Comments

Why the NT needs an independent Police & Corruption watchdog…Part 1

The NT Ombudsman's Report for 2007/2008 details a pretty good justification why the NT needs a standing Commission to conduct independent investigations of misconduct by the NT Police, politicians and government agencies.

By Bob Gosford|2008-12-30T17:09:18+09:30December 30th, 2008|Australian politics, Northern Territory politics, The Law|4 Comments

Web censorship vigilantes rule in the UK…and Australia

Will the the rise and relentless rise of the web vigilante kill the web and eat its children? Recent developments in the UK indicate that over-reactions by self-appointed cyber-nannys and ISPs can seriously disrupt innocent web use.

By Bob Gosford|2008-12-13T07:57:52+09:30December 10th, 2008|Australian politics, Stupidity, The Arts, The Law|28 Comments

Marion Scrymgour – picks ‘big stoush’- gets bloody nose

Marion Scrymgour is Australia's most powerful Aboriginal politician who is fighting for her political life as questions are asked about her fitness and capacity to continue as Education Minister.

By Bob Gosford|2008-11-29T07:55:00+09:30November 28th, 2008|Australian politics, Northern Territory politics, The Law|5 Comments

White trash – and proud of it!

There has been a lot of talk about white trash in the press over the past few days and most of it bad - but I'm proud to be called white trash - but white trash made good - maybe.

By Bob Gosford|2008-11-20T13:57:03+09:30November 19th, 2008|Australian politics, Some places I've been, Stupidity, The Law, Uncategorized|3 Comments

Safe Houses in the NT – a $21 million “massive stuff-up”

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has labelled the NT intervention safe house initiative a “massive stuff-up.” 15 months after Former Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough’s promise to provide safe houses at part of the NT intervention, not one of the 16 shipping-container based safe houses has opened its door for clients and no staff have been [...]

By Bob Gosford|2008-11-18T16:43:40+09:30November 12th, 2008|Australian politics, The NT Intervention, Yuendumu|12 Comments

Garrett’s resale royalty proposal – views from the Aboriginal arts industry

When Big Pete Garrett got to his feet in Parliament last month and announced that he would implement Labor’s long-held commitment to a resale royalty scheme for all Australian visual artists, he told the House that: “This is a landmark and genuinely historic moment for the more than 20,000 Australian visual artists. The decision to [...]

By Bob Gosford|2022-04-05T00:59:46+09:30November 7th, 2008|Aboriginal & Islander Art, Australian politics, The Arts, The Law|9 Comments

Yuendumu: the pool, the press, protocols and permits…and the Code of Conduct for Ministerial Staff

As Crikey and The Northern Myth have reported and discussed on Tuesday and Wednesday this week there are real concerns at Yuendumu and across central Australia about the way that some journalists went about their business reporting on what should have been, and largely was, a good news story. The opening this past Monday of [...]

By Bob Gosford|2024-02-28T13:41:52+09:30October 30th, 2008|Australian politics, Media, Northern Territory politics, Some places I've been, The Northern Myth, the Tanami Track, Yuendumu|11 Comments