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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
How The North Was Lost: the Country Liberal Party loses Lingiari (again)
Lisa Siebert & Marion Scrymgour In the 2025 Federal election the NT CLP took one step forward, two steps back … Sometimes too much of a good thing is a bad, bad thing … It [...]
Truck Of The Week: Freightliner Argosy – Dunmarra Roadhouse, NT
Freightliner "Argosy" – Dunmarra, NT This week's truck is a Freightliner Argosy that I caught up with on a recent road-trip from Darwin to Alice Springs and return. Freightliner is a truck manufacturer based in [...]
Make Australia Grate Again. Part Two – “Revenge Digs Two Graves, Makes A Young Person Old”
Jacinta Price. Sky News, 7 May 2025 Be careful what you dream on, dreams come trueBe careful what you dream on, they can turn on youRevenge is a dish they say best tasted coldBut revenge [...]
Make Australia Grate Again. Part One – Ain’t That A Kick In The Head!
Jacinta Price on Sky News. 7 May 2025 Be careful what you pray for, you just might get itBe careful what you pray for, you might regret itYou get your hands on that glittering prizeNow [...]
“Who me?” Was this the worst election night interview ever?
Starting at about 8.20 pm (NT time) last night the ABC broadcast an interview by Sarah Ferguson and Bridget Brennan with NT Senator Jacinta Price after the Coalition’s devastating – to put it mildly – [...]
“You come at the king, you best not miss.” ABC Darwin takes a swing at Albanese – and misses
Anthony Albanese at Binjari, NT March 2024 On Saturday just passed ABC Darwin broadcast a piece by local reporter Olivana Lathouris about housing at the small Aboriginal community of Binjari. Binjari is a fly-speck town [...]
“A $1500 pair of flip-flops?” (NOT an April Fool’s Day joke)
"City Flip Flop in Leather" — $US890 Yeah, you read it right first time. There is a "fashion" retailer in the US that wants you to pay $AU1500 for a pair of flip-flops — what [...]