TRIBUTES FOR NOTED ADVOCATE
Dr Bush-Blanasi 19-11-1961—12-11-2023 NT News, 14 November 2023 Long-time Northern Land Council chairman and 2023 NT Australian of theYear Dr Bush-Blanasi has passed away aged 61 following a short illness.He was surrounded by members of [...]
The Swamp. New paintings from Gabbadah by Jane Turner
For various reasons I missed the email from Jane alerting me to the opening of what looks like a great exhibition at the Post Irving gallery in Fremantle, WA. By all accounts the show went [...]
Vale Dr Bush-Blanasi 1961 – 2023
Northern Land Council – Statement on the passing of the NLC Chairman, Dr Bush-Blanasi The following is a statement released this morning by the Northern Land Council Today we mourn the loss of Dr Bush-Blanasi. [...]
No batteries required
By Mark Butler* OUR town’s book nook (motto: “Leave a book, take a book, or both. No batteries required.”) is snugly tucked away in the vestibule of the community hall, and was set up by [...]
The bloke downstairs
By Mark Butler* THERE are two ways to survive while working for a toxic media organisation such as News Corp: either be a fully paid-up member of the team, which means parking your integrity and [...]
Barbie is a sci-fi horror snuff film. Discuss.
© K Roussos, 2023 This is a guest post by artist, curator and barrister-at-law Koulla Roussos* I watched “Barbie” the other night. I took my mother, sister, nephews and a 5 year-old niece and two [...]
My Hong Kong Flying Dream
Koulla, Anna, Eirini Roussos (mum) with Emmanouel, George, & Maria This is a guest post by artist, curator and barrister-at-law Koulla Roussos* Here is a photograph of my first passport pic, taken in 1973. My [...]
Are we there yet? Art Gallery of the Month – Burra Regional Art Gallery, SA
Denise Officer. Tanked. Pitcairn Station SA (2023) Are we there yet? takes its name from the incessant question from kids in the back of the car; the upcoming referendum; and/or from Ithaka, a poem by [...]
Death of a nobody
Warren finally succumbed to his alcohol abuse. He was a benign, permanently shitfaced presence who had found his role as the town drunk.
“He just killed mum.” Eleven years on the NT’s triple-0 service is still in the Stone Age
NT Coroner Elisabeth Armitage at NT police HQ. Photo: Melissa Mackay, ABC In January 2012 Crikey published a piece I wrote ($) looking at the concerns expressed by an Aboriginal law and justice support group [...]