Tiwi forestry: 30,000 hectares of “bankrupt monoculture”The collapse of the forestry operations on the Tiwi islands represents not just a failure of an ambitious agricultural scheme but also a failure of good corporate governance, says Bob Gosford.
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Confessions of a barefoot heckler
Yes I was barefoot, and loud and I did barge into the Prime Minister’s entourage and I should have been a little more polite. The truth, however, is that it was not a set-up, writes Prime Ministerial interrupter and barefoot heckler, Charles Roche.
Melville Island forestry: Rainforest? What rainforest?
Great Southern Plantations may want to blame “mapping technology” for some of its breaches of landclearing regulations on Melville Island, but perhaps it should just learn how to count, writes Charles Roche.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
A loophole in the NT legislation … Federal Parliament - a highly expensive venue for shallow theatrics … come on, offer an alternative view … Danny Nalliah’s letter: Real or parody? …
Tiwi lease case: Goliaths 1, Davids 0
There is a climate of fear in Nguiu. Many Tiwis are afraid to speak out against the handful of elders who have been sold on 99-year leasing, writes Samanti de Silva, former editor of the Tiwi News.
The Tiwi Islands 99-year lease – not a done deal yet
Tiwi Island traditional owner Adam Kerinauia lost his fight in the NT Supreme Court yesterday, but there is every indication that it ain’t over yet, writes Bob Gosford.
Government dissenters have their say on climate change
The government’s climate scepticism was given fresh credence yesterday when a committee report published the views of four government climaet change sceptics. Here are some of their views.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
David Flint should stick to propping up the Queen … do you guys have any sense of restraint? … Woolworths and the rivers of grog … Telstra and Sol’s pay …
CIS forum: Big ideas, no intellectual challenges
They´ve got a funny way of doing debate at the Centre for Independent Studies – the big event last night in their “Big Ideas Forum” was a discussion entitled “In Praise of Elitism”, chaired by Peter Saunders who had earlier written an op-ed piece in praise of the concept. So good to know that debate is alive and well then.
David Salter: a lovely lot, journalists
“The left are biased. The right have opinions.” This phrase, sure to live on, appears in long standing media curmudgeon David Salter’s new book (The Media We Deserve, (Melbourne University Press), which has arrived at the Crikey bunker. It is full of such acid observations.
The CLP, booze-cruisers and the price of a drink
There are serious political consequences for Federal Minister for Community Services, Senator Nigel Scullion , Federal MP Dave Tollner and local Country Liberal Party (CLP) MLA Terry Mills arising out of the recent CLP fundraising booze-cruise to the Tiwi Islands north of Darwin, writes Bob Gosford.
Brough schedules Tiwi showdown on Show Day
Mal Brough’s decision to hold a meeting with Tiwi traditional owners to finalise the 99-year lease of Nguiu on Bathurst Island during the Darwin Show is a Machiavellian one.
Alcohol bans: the job’s almost done
Banning alcohol is a key element of the prime Minister’s Northern Territory emergency plan. This is a list of areas and communities in the territory in which alcohol bans already apply.
