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Denise Bowden: we are prisoners to NT government incompetence and maladministration

Don’t get me wrong - we understand the importance of tourism to the economy but meanwhile in the bush the housing crisis continues, the housing deficit grows, indigenous people are living lives characterised by poverty and neglect and despair. Another child is born to another overcrowded home. Another kid gets no sleep and can’t get to school. Another assault takes place in a house full to bursting point, and so on.

By Bob Gosford|2019-08-06T11:12:52+09:30August 6th, 2019|Australian politics, Northern development, Northern Territory politics, Some places I've been, The Law, The Northern Myth|0 Comments

Peter Sherwin: He liked his revenge served cold

The story this woman tells is the story of their being imprisoned there. The men are only allowed out to work; they cannot get visitors and they cannot visit other people. I find it extraordinary that people could behave so savagely in 1989 against fellow human beings. Justice Nader, NT Supreme Court.

By Bob Gosford|2020-06-04T19:23:55+09:30July 31st, 2019|Australian politics, Crime, Indigenous land management, Northern development, Northern Territory politics, Some places I've been, The Law, The Northern Myth|0 Comments

Catch 22: The case for biodiversity in climate change policy

Nearly 10% of domesticated breeds of mammals used for food and agriculture had become extinct by 2016, with 1000 more breeds still threatened which means the pool of genetic variation which underpins food security has declined. Astoundingly, the Report is the first intergovernmental report on biodiversity and ecosystems that takes into account indigenous knowledge.

By Bob Gosford|2019-07-23T17:58:00+09:30July 23rd, 2019|Australian politics, Fun stuff, Indigenous land management, Northern development, Northern Territory politics, The Law, The Northern Myth|0 Comments

Why are the secrets of the Pitjantjara people for sale in Adelaide?

Foster and Others v Mountford and Rigby Ltd 14 ALR 71 (1976) was an unusual case in a number of respects. Firstly, the plaintiffs were members of an unincorporated association (the Pitjantjara Council) that represented the Pitjantjara people, who live on large tracts of land that spans the south-western corner of the Northern Territory, the north-west of South Australia and the far central east of Western Australia ...

By Bob Gosford|2019-12-16T05:11:04+09:30July 13th, 2019|Aboriginal & Islander Art, Art, Australian politics, Indigenous land management, Northern Territory politics, Some places I've been, The Law, The Northern Myth|1 Comment

The Role of a Speaker in Determining the Opposition: Kezia Purick

In the Northern Territory there was not always an opposition that could be recognised even when the Assembly had two non-government members who were elected as independents. While occasionally styled as ‘in opposition’ they were not recognised and resourced in such a manner (1974-77): Kezia Purick, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory.

By Bob Gosford|2019-07-12T14:20:34+09:30July 12th, 2019|Australian politics, Fun stuff, Northern Territory politics, Some places I've been, The Law, The Northern Myth|0 Comments

Essential documents from Aboriginal Australia: 8 – The 2018 Barunga Agreement

On the 8th of June 2018 the Northern Territory Government and the NT’s four Aboriginal Land Councils signed an historic Memorandum of Understanding paving the way for consultations to begin with Aboriginal people about a Treaty. The MoU was signed on the first day of the Barunga Sport and Cultural Festival and the 30th anniversary [...]

By Bob Gosford|2024-02-16T17:01:07+09:30June 7th, 2019|Australian politics, Essential Documents, Indigenous land management, Northern Territory politics, NT local government, The Law, The Northern Myth, The NT Intervention|0 Comments

Are there legal protections for drinking water in the Northern Territory?
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Are there legal protections for drinking water in the Northern Territory?

Are there legal protections for drinking water in the Northern Territory?

When the next incident of water contamination surfaces, it is important that there are clear public standards for testing, reporting, and remediation with direct lines of legal accountability to residents. Such legislated standards are necessary to reduce the likelihood of such incidences and to protect drinking water for all residents of the NT.

By Bob Gosford|2019-05-31T19:53:16+09:30May 31st, 2019|Australian politics, Indigenous land management, Northern development, Northern Territory politics, NT local government, Some places I've been, The Law, The Northern Myth|0 Comments

Which way? That way! The High Court issues a mud map for native title compensation

Lawyers will be excited and busy this week. Government lawyers will be reading the decision closely and working out how to proceed. Often where States or Territories have granted tenure for specific projects (such as a mine) there is a contractual agreement between the State or Territory and the project proponent that passes compensation liabilities through to the proponent, so there will also be some company lawyers busy assessing potential liabilities. Lawyers who represent indigenous groups will be carefully considering where to go next.

By Bob Gosford|2019-03-14T06:20:26+09:30March 14th, 2019|Australian politics, Fun stuff, Indigenous land management, Northern development, Northern Territory politics, The Law, The Northern Myth|0 Comments

Un-Australia Day: curing the nationalistic itch

An annual psoriatic itch that becomes inflamed mid-January before being soothed by the balm that is the public holiday. The debate distracts us from the real issues we should be considering and doing something about: child protection; an overloaded criminal justice system; the well-being of vulnerable people; adequacy of social services; international obligations; and the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. The list appears endless.

By Bob Gosford|2019-01-15T17:16:12+09:30January 15th, 2019|Australian politics, Northern Territory politics, Some places I've been, The Law, The Northern Myth|2 Comments

When Pot Was King In The NT: Chapter Two – The Wollogorang Station Crop of 1977

By late 1976 Csidei was in real financial and legal trouble, with debtors—including the Bartons—and corporate regulators on his tail. Around this time, while on one of his occasional trips to Sydney, Harald Paech, manager of Csidei's Wollogorang Station, suggested—half-heartedly and after a few too many drinks—that Csidei might investigate the possibility of growing a cannabis crop to raise some cash.

By Bob Gosford|2020-10-03T15:12:36+09:30January 12th, 2019|Australian politics, Crime, Northern Territory politics, NT Police, Some places I've been, The Law, The Northern Myth|0 Comments