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 Armitage’s Report into the death of Kumanjayi Walker it seems that was naïve and, at least among a small group [...]
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 sowing of the seeds for the first Garma Festival. If you haven’t already you can read Part One of this [...]
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 the Yothu Yindi band and the formation of the Garma Festival. You can read Part two of this tale here [...]
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 was a surprise to no-one that the NT Country Liberal Party was short-priced favourite to win the NT general election [...]
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 the US that is said to be the most popular semi-truck in the US, with more than 35 per cent [...]
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 digs two graves, makes a young person oldBe careful what you dream of, dreams come truePaul Kelly, Be Careful What [...]
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 everybody's coming at you from every sidePaul Kelly, 2008Be Careful What You Pray For Northern Territory Senator Jacinta Price had [...]
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 – loss at the 2025 Australian Federal election. Make of the interview what you will but I think it was a [...]
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 just off the main road west of Katherine, 300 kilometres south of the Northern Territory’s capital Darwin. The major premise [...]
"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 we call "thongs" down here in Oz. OK, so they're made of Italian calfskin leather and they have some nice [...]
