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.
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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.
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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.
Nguiu leases might be 99 years in coming
Adam Kerinaua was always a gutsy footy player—part of a great tradition of Tiwi Aussie Rules players prepared to take on bigger opponents. He played in the forward pocket for the Brisbane Lions in his teens, and ended his playing days for St Marys as full forward. And it’s been that way over the last few months in his opposition to the Mal Brough push for a 99-year lease over the Bathurst Island township of Nguiu.
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.
