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How Canberra keeps the NT’s “rivers of grog” flowing

November 3, 2009 – 10:54 am

in ordinary circumstances under the previous regime, Ms Nudjulu would have been a prime candidate for a custodial sentence. She had previous convictions for possession of alcohol contrary to the Liquor Act – and was currently subject to a suspended sentence.

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Australian politics, Crime, NT Police, Northern Territory politics, The Law, The NT Intervention | Also tagged "prescribed areas", "restricted areas", Fairfax Press, Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin, John Howard, Liquor Act NT, Living Black, Mal Brough, Marie Nudjulu, Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007, NT Licensing Minister Kon Vatskalis, NT Police Association, NTNER Act, Police Federation of Australia, SBS, Stipendiary Magistrate Melanie Little, Vince Kelly, Wadeye | Comments (4)

Alison Anderson HAS finally seen the light, gone bush and joined with the “anti-interventionistas”!!

August 28, 2009 – 3:54 pm

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.

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Australian politics, Northern Territory politics, The NT Intervention | Also tagged Alice Brennan, Alison Anderson, Ampilatwatja, Barkly Shire Council, Deputy mayor of Alice Springs, John Rawnsley, Mal Brough, NT Intervention Task Force, Richard Downs, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Sue Gordon, The ABC, The Australian | Comments (2)

The Australian’s version of NT politics – bizarre, misleading & eccentric

August 25, 2009 – 8:41 am

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.

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Australian politics, Northern Territory politics, Writing and writers | Also tagged Alice Brennan, Alison Anderson, Ampilatwatja, Chief Minister Paul Henderson, Crikey, David Curl, Endeavour Consulting, Gerry Wood, Happy Yess, Julian Ricci, Marion Scrymgour, Natasha Robinson, News Limited, Nick Calacouras, Nicolas Rothwell, Nigel Adlam, Paul Toohey, Richard Downs, The ABC, The Australian, The Presley Boys, VexNews | Comments (8)

Roll up, roll up and watch NT Labor eat itself alive

June 5, 2009 – 4:40 pm

There is the very real possibility that Alison Anderson could follow Scrymgour’s lead and walk – not to the cross-benches – but across the Assembly floor to the CLP – gifting government to the CLP’s Terry Mills.

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Australian politics, Northern Territory politics, Stupidity, The Law, The NT Intervention, The Northern Myth, Yuendumu | Also tagged 7.30 Report, Alison Anderson, Clare Martin, Crikey, Delia Lawrie, Gerry Woods, Jane Aagard, Marion Scrymgour, Murray McLaughlin, Paul Henderson, Working Future | Comments (12)

Great Southern on the Tiwi Islands – Timber, Fear, Intimidation and a great tax dodge

May 26, 2009 – 1:07 pm

Under the Senate’s spotlight are the arrangements between the Tiwi Land Council and Great Southern, the promoter of broad-acre MIS forestry schemes on the islands that have seen vast swathes of virgin tropical savanna transformed into a monocrop of the fast growing Acacia mangium.

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Australian politics, Indigenous land management, Northern Territory politics, Northern development, Some places I've been, The Law, The Northern Myth | Also tagged ABC News, Acacia mangium, ANU Wild Country Research and Policy Hub, Background Briefing, Charles Darwin University, Communications and the Arts, Dr Ken Eldridge, Great Southern Plantations, Inquiry into forestry and mining operations on the Tiwi Islands, John Hicks, Marion Scrymgour, Matilda Minerals, Melville Island, NT Chief Minister Paul Henderson, Paul Everingham, Paul Toohey, PenSyl Ltd, Pentarch Forest Products Ltd, Peter Robertson, Pirntubula Ltd, Professor Brendan Mackey Director, Professor Stephen Garnett, School for Environmental Research, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Senator Trish Crossin, Stratus Shipping Ltd, Sylvatech, The Australian, Timbercorp, Tiwi Islands, Tiwi Land Council, Wendy Carlisle | Comments (7)

Sawfish massacre in the NT – commercial fishers to blame?

April 11, 2009 – 11:58 am

NT Fisheries Minister Kon Vatskalis told the ABC: “These fishermen, so called fishermen, took the fish out of the water and broke their back and threw them back in the water dead,” he said. “Well, I don’t think that is really playing by the rules.”

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged AFANT, Alfred Cort Haddon, Amateur Fishermans Association of the Northern Territory, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Cambridge Expedition, Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Chris Makepeace, Commercial fishermen, DEWHA, Freshwater sawfish, Green sawfish, Haddon Collection, illegal protein miners, Little Finniss River, Mabo - The Native Title Revolution, Minister Kon Vatskalis, NT Government, Rob Fish, Sawfish, Sawfish dance, Seafood Council | Comments (0)

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