‘True Territorians’ teased by terrible tosser tauntsLast Thursday Ararafura MLA Marion Scrymgour apparently let the serried ranks of the Country Liberal Party Opposition know exactly what she thought of their parliamentary antics by making a ‘wanking’ gesture. It’s part of a grand tradition of indigenous hand signals, writes Bob Gosford.
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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.
Marion Scrymgour just changed black politics forever
In politics, it seems, you can justify almost anything; being an Aboriginal member of the Labor or Liberal Party is no longer one of them, given Marion Scrymgour’s recent exit from the Labor Party in NT.
One thing is black and white, NT Labor’s time is up
While many of the failures of Labor in the NT have been felt by the wider NT electorate, it is no coincidence that Henderson’s government has been brought to its knees by an Aboriginal woman, writes Bob Gosford.
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.
Scrymgour dumped as NT education minister
NT Chief Minister Paul Henderson has acted and dumped Marion Scrymgour from the key portfolio of Education, writes Bob Gosford.
Scrymgour: I support teaching regional Aboriginal languages
I believe that schools have an important role to play in teaching regional Aboriginal languages and thereby ensuring their survival. writes Marion Scrymgour.
