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The Big Brekky Show chatted with the vice-chair of the Alice Springs Beanie Festival Deb White about the 28th Beanie Festival, which commences this Friday, the 21st of June at Araluen Arts Centre. Deb has been involved for 14 years and shares her enthusiasm for her work with both artists and volunteers.

A new survey shows support for retaining 26 January as Australia’s national day of celebration… to be slipping with a...

On the Big Brekky Show we have the Central Australia Manager for MusicNT, Liz Archer who is giving us all the information you need to apply for this year’s Bush Bands Bash which is closing on the 1st of July. Get ready for 15 September! 

This week, the Queensland Reconciliation Awards were hosted in Cairns, acknowledging the work of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...

Unrest and division penetrates the South Pacific Island of New Caledonia. Violence erupted after Paris announced potential voting reforms that...

The Big Brekky Show caught up with Minister Selena Uibo during this week's parliamentary assembly meeting, to talk about how the NT Government is delivering on housing, especially in Tennant Creek and the Barkly. This was a follow up for the government response to our previous interviews with Norman Frank and Dr Simon Quilty from the Tennant Creek housing project Wilya Janta.

Wilya Janta’s 50-year-old brick making machine is back in business thanks to funding from the Foundation for Regional and Rural Renewal. The newly solar-powered, carbon-neutral machine will allow Tennant Creek residents to locally source and produce their own renewable bricks for construction. Listen in on The Big Brekky Show as Jimmy Frank and Dr Simon Quilty tells us more.

Alice Springs Town Council Alderman and Alyawerre man, Mr. Michael Liddle, chats with The Big Brekky about a proposed monument of late 19th century Arrernte leader, Unchalka Irrapmwe Peltharre (AKA King Charley), to be erected in Mparntwe.

To celebrate the Alice Street Art festival, we decided to drop the full directors cut documentary of the Tennant Creek mural project that we covered last year with Barkly Regional Arts & Proper Creative.

The Big Brekky crew caught up with the principal of Yipirinya, Gavin Morris about how the boarding accommodation is progressing, as well as discussing ways to address the drivers for youth crime.

Warumungu Elder Norman Frank and Dr Simon Quilty, the brains, determination and spark behind Wilya Ajjul Janta - Standing Strong Together- visited the studio while in town to speak at the Aboringinal Housing and Homelands Conference. This is an inspiring developing happening up in Tennant Creek to provide culturally and climate appropriate housing for the community.

The Aboriginal Housing and Homelands conference kicked off today in Alice Springs. It will discuss better ways to improve housing...