Vale Wojeiech Jacek “Jack” Karczewski KC
This is a guest post by legal commentator Hector Lung. Jack Karczewski KC was admitted to practice in the NT in 1984 and provided almost 40 years of service to the Territory’s criminal justice system. [...]
Batchelor to Darwin – a photo essay
A few weeks back I went for a drive down to Batchelor, an old uranium mining town an hour’s drive south of Darwin that remade itself as a town dedicated to tourism—the wonderful Litchfield National [...]
Musical Dispatch from the Front — Thirroul
This Musical Dispatch from the Front is a guest post by my old—in both senses of that word—friend Frank Baarda,* a long-term resident of Yuendumu. For decades we have made our annual trek up and [...]
First (Australian) cab off the electoral rank for 2024 – the Northern Territory
2024 will be a big year for elections, with some estimates stating that half (really?) the world population will get the opportunity to vote in 2024. Time magazine reckons that 64 countries—and the European Union—will [...]
Tradie leaves locals ‘outraged, shocked, bemused & befuddled’ after reserving restaurant table with a pair of shades
EXCLUSIVE TO THE NORTHERN MYTH NEWS SERVICE DARWIN, Thursday, 18 January 2024 A Darwin Tradie has left patrons and management at a local restaurant outraged, shocked, bemused and befuddled when he reserved his table with [...]
Governor Chris Christie’s Town Hall speech ending his 2024 Presidential bid
Following is the lightly edited text of Governor Chris Christie’s speech at a Town Hall meeting at Windham, New Hampshire on 10 January where he announced his withdrawal as a Republican Party candidate for the [...]
FARRAGO 7: The Bobster abides: Greil Marcus’ Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography In Seven Songs
By Mark Butler.* SOME time in 1970, while I was still pretending to be a student at Macquarie University, I gave a lecture outlining my belief that Bob Dylan would one day be seen as [...]
Australia’s Silent Housing Crisis – Northern Territory Homelands
A guest post by Nathan Evans* The Northern Territory Homelands Movement began in the 1970s and was a visible demonstration of Aboriginal people across the Northern Territory asserting their rights to determine their lives on [...]
“Loser …” Joe Biden launches 2024 re-election campaign, Valley Forge, PA. 5 January 2024
President Joseph Biden’s re-election campaign speech earlier today US time at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania was a speech for the ages and has set the tone for the campaign that will run for the next 10 [...]
Spinning … “Too Bad Jim” by R. L Burnside – a ‘connoisseur of chaos’
Bob Gosford This post is the first in an occasional series looking at music that I’m … Spinning … on my recently acquired turntable. The following text is from the website of Fat Possum Records, [...]