This week, prominent Indigenous leader Pat Turner, criticised the Morrison Government in an address to the National Press Club, labelling its process for a Voice for Indigenous Australians “disjointed, conflicted, and thus counterproductive”.
Letters to the Editor
Heightened concerns of a fractured and unstable NT Police force, a note for Chief Minister Michael Gunner and controversial RSL plans in this week’s Letters to the Editor.
Good n’ gammon XXIV: The saluting the court jesters of democracy edition
Welcome to Hotel Northern Territory, where you can check out anytime you like but you can never leave. From travel bubbles to disappearing vice-chancellors to the Gunner Government’s Pauline Hanson defence for its banning the free press. This is what is good and gammon this week.
Good n’ gammon XXIII: The tell ’em Fylesy sent ya tourism revival commemorative edition
Another week in the Territory and don’t they all just blend into each other. From the rain coming down in some parts, to a Tourism Minister quickly becoming more iconic than Crocodile Dundee to the Police Commissioner extending the Chief Minister’s violation of the free press. This is all that is good and that is gammon this week.
Good n’ gammon XXII: The Boundless F*#king Possible edition
Another week in the NT and a new four letter word government strategy. From the old school ex-CLP minister who might be a closet greenie, to Sweary Mick stepping up his game, to who is the best swearer, the Chief Minister or Mischief the talking cat?
Good n’ gammon XXI: The one about the politically neutral Administrator edition
Another week in the Territory and doesn’t democracy feel good? From the law firm of Collins,Tippett and Schwarzenegger, to the festival of Satan’s jocks, to the NT Administrator Vicki O’Halloran joining the festival of banning the free press.
Atomic Salvation: Tom Lewis’s investigation into Hiroshima and Nagasaki
In his new book Atomic Salvation, Darwin military historian Dr Tom Lewis investigates the United States atomic bomb attacks on Japan in World War II and controversially concludes the nation would have suffered far greater casualties of around 28 million if it had been attacked in the same way Germany was defeated.
We stumbled into a new normal: grogless grog
OPINION: First it was frappes at the V8s. Then the raw food vendors hawking celery steaks, or whatever it is that they do. And now a brewer’s trying to pass off non-alcoholic fizzy dingo piss as beer and claim Territorians are gagging for it.
Good n’ gammon XX: The why I stuck the government up my clacker edition
Another week in the Territory and welcome to wherever we are, the long, quiet build up before our new government. From the serenity of a vote counting epoch, to the water-parks-for-all new normal, to why the NT News stuck the NT Government up its clacker. This is what is good and what is gammon this week.
Restoration, the future for remote Aboriginal people and the long-term survival of all Australians
OPINION: From invasion through massacre, assimilation, self determination and the schism between urban and bush Aboriginal people. Now CDU emeritus professor Alan Powell sees a future for remote Indigenous people that rejects neo-liberal projections in a multi-territory and state Central Australian reclaimed zone that puts bush knowledge, environment and culture above profit.
Good n’ gammon XIX: And they call this living edition
Another week in the Territory and a week closer to death. From the call for an Indigenous round AFL game for the NT, to the newly formed Terry-less Alliance party to the sad, sad, passing of Territory icon Sweary Mick. This is what is good and what is gammon this week.
‘I’m angry I’m on the electoral roll’: The saddest election in the NT’s history is wearily observed
OPINION: Nobody wants to admit they voted in this sad election, especially in Humpty Doo where voters are hiding out waiting for the whole sordid affair to be over with, David Wood reports.