April, 2009

The documents show the Centrelink account balances of many residents of Yuendumu whose welfare payments have been quarantined under the federal indigenous intervention.

As the ad for this says, Andrew McMillan and I will be at the only independent booksellers – the wonderful Red Kangaroo Books in the Todd Mall in Alice Springs tomorrow evening at about 5.45 pm – depending what time we get in from the airport. Should be a great time – be there or [...]

Magistrate Loadman said “[I am] not prepared to make the decision on the basis of statements by police officers, this smacking of that hoary old chestnut, “trust me I’m a lawyer” in this case “trust me I’m a policeman”. We do not any longer have courts functioning in the manner of the Star Chamber.”

…sometimes it seems from White’s journal entries and from the letters in Selborne that just about everyone abroad in the Hampshire countryside was armed and looking to shoot something.

What does distinguish the members of the so-called outlaw motorcycle gangs from the general population are the strong bonds of loyalty and trust between fellow club members in particular and to others that share their lifestyle more generally – some might argue that these are admirable qualities that the rest of us could use more of.

The latest edition of the National Library Magazine, from the Australian National Library in Canberra has a fascinating article by Penny on the life and works of the French naturalist and ornithologist François le Vaillant.

The NT Writers’ Centre will run the annual Alice Springs Writers Festival, named ‘Eye of the Storm’ in Alice Springs from May 1 to 4 2009.

$5 entry, $3 beer – no fire or liquor licenses or other permits or authorities – and Po’ Monkey vigorously enforces his own strict set of rules – no baseball caps, no guns, no baggy-ass pants – this effectively excludes young teenage gangsters from the lounge – no fighting, no beer bought in and no dope smoking.

The Delta has a rich religious heritage, and is a land where faith- in God, in the future, in grace, and in ultimate redemption – unify all people. Episcopal, Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian Churches are commonly represented in Delta towns.

This series of posters features birds that indicate ecological and social events in four Central Australian Aboriginal languages: Arrernte, Anmatyerr, Alyawarr and Kaytetye.