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How Scrymgour and homelands might undo NT Labor

June 2, 2009 – 2:04 pm

Henderson’s failures are all his own doing, led by a poor set of polices that attack his electoral heartland and a supine surrender to the Federal government’s directions — but he hasn’t been helped by the loose cannons rolling around the deck of what passes for the sinking ship of state in the NT.

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Australian politics, NT local government, Northern Territory politics, The Law, The Northern Myth | Also tagged ABC News, Alison Anderson, Community Engagement Report, Mal Brough, Marion Scrymgour, Murray McLaughlin, Pat Dodson, Paul Henderson, The 7.30 Report, The Age, The Australian, Working Futures | Comments (0)

The NT Government’s “Growth towns” – the desperation of a failed government in a failed state

May 22, 2009 – 7:33 am

No-one in NT Chief Minister’s Henderson’s now-marginal, single-seat majority government has the intellectual or moral wit, rigour or vigour to think outside of the prevailing assimilationist paradigm that now runs in Australia’s management of indigenous affairs.

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Alison Anderson, Centre for Aboriginal Policy Research, indigenous hybrid economy, Jenny Macklin, John Howard, Jon Altman, Mal Brough, Mike Dillon, Paul Henderson, Territory Growth Towns, The Age, The Australian, The Fabian Society, Working Future - Remote Service Delivery | Comments (23)

Outback Stores takes a dump on confidential Centrelink data at Yuendumu

April 30, 2009 – 4:12 pm

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

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Australian politics, Stupidity, The Law, The NT Intervention, Yuendumu | Also tagged ABC News, Centrelink, Mr Mark Vegera, Nguru-Walalja Store, NT Intervention, Outback Stores, Privacy Commissioner, Privacy Principles, Remote Community Stores, Sydney Morning Herald, The Big Shop, the Privacy Act, Valerie Napaljarri Martin, Yuendumu, Yuendumu Social Club Store Inc, Yuendumu Store | Comments (1)

The NT’s new Folk Devils – 12 Hells Angels and a Fink

April 20, 2009 – 6:27 pm

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.

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Birds and people, Uncategorized | Also tagged Commissioner Paul White, Derek Barry, Dr Arthur Veno, Dr Julie van den Eynde, Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland, Hells Angels Motor Cycle club, High Court of Australia, Ken Parish, Moral panics, NT Attorney-General Delia Lawrie, NT Police, OMCGs, Outlaw Motor Cycle Gangs, the ACC, The Age, the Australian Crime Commission, The Blonks Motor Cycle club, the Finks Motor Cycle club, The NT News, Thomas v Mowbray, Woolly Days | Comments (4)

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