Dear Mike Rann, Show us the money…please
Mike Rann to Crikey: “Any payments associated with teams or cyclists taking part in the Tour Down Under are commercial in confidence. This has been the case since the inception of the race 11 years ago”.
“fake”, “genuine” and “authentic Aboriginal art” all have their day out in Court
Maybe the last word on what “fake”, “authentic” and “genuine” all mean should be left to ADC’s Tony Athaniou. Athaniou told Yuko Narushima and Joel Gibson of The Age that: "The thing is there's various interpretations of authentic. Authentic to me means that it is hand-painted." "Ubanoo is not a real name, it's a pseudonym for the artist to paint that style.” “The fake or misleading advertising I’ve been doing is for an artist who doesn’t even exist.”
“Doomed to failure”: NT local government reform goes “crazy” – Part 2
From every perspective, timing, project management, from every perspective it was doomed to failure...there were some very strange things happening....the time-frame was crazy...a lack of planning, proper control, and engagement; it was just never going to work.
From the NT government – how NOT to do local government reform, Part 1
Ms SCRYMGOUR: You would not mind paying that amount of money if...Ms CANNON: If it worked! Ms SCRYMGOUR:...it actually worked and provided the kind of information you needed. Ms CANNON: I would not mind paying my $1.2 million if it worked...Ms CANNON: Oh, yes. It has not been a good process.
How Canberra keeps the NT’s “rivers of grog” flowing
in ordinary circumstances under the previous regime, Ms Nudjulu would have been a prime candidate for a custodial sentence. She had previous convictions for possession of alcohol contrary to the Liquor Act - and was currently subject to a suspended sentence.
Meet Kevin Rudd’s “scum of the earth” – 5 years in Berrimah for $560
In any other circumstances Beny and Tahir would be prime candidates for the exercise of long-standing judicial discretions and the application of the ordinary judicial Sentencing Principles that provide clarity and transparency in sentencing.
The NT Police and the “tragic and unnecessary” death of Bob Plasto
NT Police officer Acting Sergeant Brad Fox had been charged with aggravated assault in relation to an incident at the Royal Darwin Hospital in December 2007 that ended with the death of film-maker Bob Plasto.
NT Police to be charged with murder…of the English language
“spastic c**t”; “stupid f**king idiot”; “god, he f**king stinks”; “shut your face.”; “dumb f**k”; “f**king loser”; “d**khead over there”; “… no brain”; “f**king retard"; “piece of s**t that he is”; "you f**king wanker"; shut the f**k up”
The Weekend Australian, Nicolas Rothwell, and the art of fantastic journalism
What Rothwell is of course talking about here is localised Aboriginal self-determination, an aspiration that he has frequently condemned to the dustbin of Australian political history: “For some time it has been clear Aboriginal self-determination has had its day.”
What is a homeland? One White insider’s view – a guest post from John Greatorex
What is it that is so important and special about homelands for their traditional custodians and that underpins the successful outcomes of living in their small communities?