#mattgarrick — Public Fediverse posts
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Sailor codenamed 'Aquaman' to face trial over alleged plan to smuggle dealer
By Matt GarrickA German national and his partner have been ordered to stand trial in Darwin over their alleged role in an international operation to help a drug trafficker flee Australia.
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Former NT Young Australian of the Year to run for Labor in remote by-election
By Matt Garrick and Jack HislopA trailblazing nurse and Yolŋu man from remote Elcho Island will run for Labor in the upcoming race for the Northern Territory seat of Mulka.
#ByElections #StateandTerritoryGovernment #MattGarrick #JackHislop
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From Nhulunbuy to New York, the rare politician torn between two worlds
By Matt GarrickFrom Arnhem Land to Northern Territory parliament, independent MLA Yiŋiya Guyula resigned from politics this week after taking his people's fight to the world.
#GovernmentandPolitics #IndigenousAustralians #Independents #NTCLP #MattGarrick
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Surge in NT youths in custody under CLP government, FOI data reveals
By Matt GarrickInternal Northern Territory Police data obtained by the ABC reveals rising numbers of children and teens being held in police station cells.
#Police #Prisons #YouthCrime #StateandTerritoryGovernment #NTCLP #MentalWellbeing #MattGarrick
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Telstra records profit and CEO pay rise as remote areas struggle for service
By Matt GarrickTelstra has blamed natural disasters for long outages in remote areas of Australia. But does that fully exempt them from blame?
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NT Police claim they can't trigger curfew in Katherine amid crime fears
By Matt GarrickNorthern Territory Police have surged resources into the crime-hit town of Katherine, as a federal Labor MP joins calls for a curfew to be triggered as a "circuit breaker".
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NT's sole university to be forced to meet KPIs in exchange for NT public funds
By Matt GarrickAfter a series of scandals, the Northern Territory's only university will soon be forced to prove its taxpayer funding is having positive outcomes for students.
#Universities #HigherEducation #VocationalEducationandTraining #MattGarrick
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Five decades in the making, a Garma announcement has an eye to the future
By Matt GarrickHalf a century after Aboriginal land rights in the Northern Territory were written into law, a Garma Festival announcement could usher in a next chapter. But what would it look like?
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From playing on a rock to rocking out — the 'steep rise' of Wild Honey
By Matt GarrickThe grandsons of Yothu Yindi's lead singer have ambitions to take their band Wild Honey from Garma to the MCG and beyond.
#Music #IndigenousMusic #IndigenousAustralians #IndigenousCulture #ArtsFestivals #MusicIndustry #CountryMusic #BandsandArtists #MattGarrick
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'Like an ambush': Gove Peninsula elder rejects new land council plan
By Matt GarrickA key clan elder on the Gove Peninsula has voiced his frustration, confusion and concern over a bold plan to create a new Aboriginal land council in his region.
#IndigenousAustralians #CommunityandCulturalEvents #IndigenousPolicy #LandRights #MattGarrick
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Garma Festival media panel hears Indigenous debate has soured since Voice
By Matt GarrickSince Australia resoundingly rejected an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in 2023, media heavyweights say debate on Indigenous issues has taken a nosedive.
#Media #IndigenousAustralians #IndigenousPolicy #RaceRelations #FederalGovernment #Constitution #Referendums #IndigenousCulture #MattGarrick
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Land rights shake-up for remote Top End, with creation of new council
By Matt GarrickFifty years since the creation of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act, a major shake-up of the land rights system has been announced at the Garma Festival.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-01/land-rights-councils-garma-festival-djawa-yunupingu/106985542
#IndigenousAustralians #CommunityandCulturalEvents #MattGarrick
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NT chief minister's Garma town promise on land rights anniversary
By Matt GarrickLia Finocchiaro uses her first Garma Festival speech to promise land and fuel security in north-east Arnhem Land after its main employer, Rio Tinto, leaves town.
#IndigenousAustralians #CommunityandCulturalEvents #MiningandMetalsIndustry #CommunityandSociety #GovernmentandPolitics #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #IndigenousPolicy #Industry #MattGarrick
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Leeser says Albanese has 'lost his direction' on Indigenous affairs
By Matt GarrickShadow Indigenous Australians Minister Julian Leeser has accused the federal government of being "adrift" on Indigenous affairs during his speech at the Garma Festival.
#IndigenousAustralians #CommunityandCulturalEvents #GovernmentandPolitics #IndigenousPolicy #FederalGovernment #CommunityandSociety #FederalParliament #PoliticalParties #AustralianFederalElections #MattGarrick
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'Momentous day' as Aboriginal ancestors' remains repatriated in Arnhem Land
By Matt GarrickDecades after being taken by a University of Melbourne anthropologist, the remains of nine Aboriginal ancestors have been returned to their sacred home in Arnhem Land.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-31/yol%C5%8Bu-remains-repatriated-in-arnhem-land-nt/106967058
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Captain Cook Shopping Centre sold to Arnhem Land Aboriginal corporation
By Matt GarrickBritish explorer James Cook never visited Nhulunbuy on his voyages, but his namesake shopping complex stood there for decades — until now.
#IndigenousAustralians #RuralandRemoteCommunities #History #MattGarrick
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Federal MP Luke Gosling ‘categorically denies’ incident with NT administrator
By Matt Garrick and Oliver ChaselingThe former army commando turned Labor MP has denied involvement in an alleged incident with King Charles’s representative in the NT.
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Kumanjayi Little Baby child protection review finds departmental failings
By Matt GarrickNearly three months since the death of Kumanjayi Little Baby, a review into her family circumstances prior to the tragedy has been handed down.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-21/nt-kumanjayi-little-baby-report-handed-down/106939096
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PM backs bid for future NT AFL team, no promises on funding
By Matt GarrickAnthony Albanese has said he would love to see the creation of a Northern Territory AFL team while visiting the Tiwi Islands in the NT.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-21/pm-backs-bid-for-future-nt-afl-team/106935342
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Irish national admits role in 'nightmare' plan to help alleged criminal flee Australia
By Jason Walls and Matt GarrickAfter agreeing to help smuggle an alleged drug trafficker out of Australia, Stephen Roche found himself at the centre of a living "nightmare", stranded in the outback without funds or friends, court documents have revealed.
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Tourists turn away from NT as Kakadu travellers greeted by closure signs
By Matt GarrickIt is known as the jewel in the Northern Territory's tourism crown, but visitors to Kakadu National Park are being greeted by closure signs blocking roads to key waterfall sites.
#TourismandLeisureIndustry #TravelandTourism #NationalParks #OutdoorRecreationalActivities #MattGarrick