Macklin should resign as Minister – she has no results to show us, she doesn’t – or doesn’t know how to – listen or talk to Aboriginal people – she should go, and the sooner the better: Richard Downs, Alyawarra leader
READ MOREAugust, 2009
Alison Anderson HAS finally seen the light, gone bush and joined with the “anti-interventionistas”!!
In the weird world that passes for NT politics right now surprises are coming thick and fast. And just maybe Alison Anderson has taken the trenchant criticisms from her constituents at Ampilatwatja to heart.
READ MOREAt least one good reason why the NT should never be a state…
Gerry Wood only needed to make one deal to maintain Labor in power. If he had supported the CLP there would have been three deals – between Wood and CLP opposition leader Terry Mills, between Mills and Alison Anderson and between Wood and Anderson and the risk of any of those three deals going pear-shaped was substantial.
READ MOREThe Australian’s version of NT politics – bizarre, misleading & eccentric
The Australian maintains it’s bizarre position that Alison Anderson was a visionary that could do no wrong and was now a victim of a dastardly conspiracy by a manipulative Gerry Wood and the forces of absolute evil behind NT Chief Minister Paul Henderson.
READ MOREWhy birds, culture and language are relevant…and interesting
The most substantial single source of Aboriginal bird knowledge in the mainstream ornithological literature was John Gould’s “Handbook to The Birds of Australia”, published in 1865. I’ve not been able to find a replacement candidate as the primary source – and much of the information contained therein was collected by one of Gould’s collectors, John Gilbert, who was taken from us too soon in 1845 while on a cross-country expedition with Ludwig Leichhardt.
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Bird(s) of the Week – Pelicans & a Sea Eagle – Merimbula, NSW
These bird sculptures are just about the best bird sculptures I have seen. Made out of the scattered bits of metal that we discard in tips, along the road or just leave to rust where they die, they become a whole lot more than the sum of their parts.
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Tour de Timor – tougher than the rest!
…the race will be one of the toughest in the world. The Tour will be “one of the most challenging bike races anywhere in the world, probably tougher than the Tour de France”, said Timor Leste’s President, Jose Ramos-Horta.
READ MOREIt was a close run thing – but Gerry Woods made the right decision
Below the fold are two pieces from Crikey yesterday. It is trite indeed to say that it was an “extraordinary day” in Territory politics…over at Club Troppo Ken Parish has written about this matter and makes this comment: Gerry Wood’s price was more extensive than you suggest. Not only must Henderson remain CM (an extraordinary [...]
READ MOREA new NT Government by Friday — the fix is in
Henderson has held on by the skin of his teeth for a couple of months — but that all went very pear-shaped when ex-Minister Alison Anderson spat the dummy and left Labor in high, and very curious, dudgeon last week.
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Mutonia – fun & games with stuff in the desert
The north of South Australia has a lot of some things – rocks, sand, caravans etc – and a distinct lack of other things – people, good coffee, humour…except for this little oasis of fun
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