The idea of developing a bounteous “food bowl” that could ensure Australia’s food security long into the future has been a recurring political dream. But like most dreams, they usually get mugged by the grim realities of science and economics.
Articles by Bob Gosford 
Anderson’s spray at an ABC journo, under the cloak of parliamentary privilege
Should politicians be able to defame people under parliamentary priviledge?
Bird of the week: Common Paradise Kingfisher
Bob Gosford found a bird that no one has ever before recorded in Australia. Unfortunately, it was dead.
Have Santos and Rann redefined “philanthropy”?
Yesterday’s conclusion of the Tour Down Under in Adelaide was a triumph not only for the wining rider, but also for Premier Mike Rann and the first-time commercial sponsor of the Tour, South Australian-based energy company Santos.
Armstrong and Rann, the Tour Down Under funder
With eight weeks to go to the next election, SA Premier Mike Rann is doing his best to distract the South Australia masses with a party that runs right up to election day, also known as the cycling Tour Down Under.
Where to buy fake ‘authentic’ Aboriginal art
How much of what is sold as Aboriginal art in Australia is authentic and genuine and how much is fake? asks Bob Gosford from Alice Springs.
Australian hate-groups, viral expansion loops and Facebook
Will groups like “Speak English or Piss Off”, “F-ck Off We’re Full” and “Mate speak English, you’re in Australia now” continue to grow like virtual weeds across the internet?
NT government’s law reforms to fail blackfellas — again
Reform to the committal process in all Australian jurisdictions has been a popular political topic in recent years, and the NT government has been slow in turning it’s mind to this reform process.
Taking a dump on sacred land: the long-drop toilet and the NT Intervention
A construction company working as part of the NT Intervention is facing charges after digging a toilet in the middle of one of the most sacred Indigenous sites in Arnhem Land. How does a mishap of this size happen?
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.
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.
