Articles by Bob Gosford


Intervention lets Territory grog runners walk free

Canberra is weak as piss on grog in the Northern Territory, and several NT Magistrates are angry that their sentencing options for grog-runners have been seriously compromised by the Intervention.

Meet Kevin Rudd’s “scum of the earth”

The two men charged with bringing a boatload of Afghani asylum seekers into Australian waters appeared before the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory last week. Are these the people really “scum of the Earth”?

NT police officer charged over death of mentally ill man

The justice system will finally re-examine the use of police force in the death of filmmaker Bob Plasto, and reassess the training of NT police officers in dealing with mentally ill people.

Pottymouth NT police redefine the language of policing

The Northern Territory police should be charged with murder — of the English language, with reports showing members of the force swear like sailors.

Not letting the facts get in the way of wagging school

Last week an Oz opinion piece discussed governments’ abandoning schools in the Northern Territory. But, if you want to know whether teachers miss schooling, you go to the source and ask.

A forked tongue on bilingual education in the NT

Last night’s Four Corners did a pretty good job on the current state of bilingual education in the NT, showing the NT government’s lack of support for the program.

Gerry Woods saves “peace, order and good government” in the NT

In a busy day up north, Alison Anderson has resigned from NT parliament and independent Gerry Wood has saved the Labor government. Bob Gosford and David Curl discuss the latest developments.

A new NT Government by Friday — the fix is in at 4 o’clock today

Today an extraordinary sitting of the NT Legislative Assembly will begin the inevitable process of knocking Paul Henderson’s sorry failure of a Labor government on the head.

Aboriginal radio banned from Macklin town meeting

Why did Jenny Macklin’s office refuse to let CAAMA Radio record a town meeting on homes she intends to compulsorily acquire? asks Bob Gosford?

Miaili, Rembarrnga, Ngalakgan, Dalabon, Jawoyn: save these languages

We nurse a deep failure to appreciate the value of Australia’s unique linguistic diversity and the lost opportunities resulting from an entrenched “deep monolingualism”.

How Scrymgour and homelands might undo NT Labor

Marion Scrymgour has had a Damascene conversion that recent NT government policies on blackfellas have been built on lies and deception.