Thank you Dr and Mrs Forrest

Thank you, Peter and Shiela Forrest, for sharing the historical perspectives of weather and climate behaviours and variations—including caprices. You do a wonderful job of keeping us grounded in understanding the NT’s past.

Territory Wildlife Park is tops

Everything about the Territory Wildlife Park is going from good to  better to best. Territory Wildlife Park staff do a brilliant job and obviously love their work.

Truancy issues continue to plague NT Education

It is one thing for fines to be issued and altogether another for them to be paid. Without recovery action, the issue of fines will be a waste of time -, simply continuing what has for years been a game of one-upmanship and in essence a decades-long parody. 

The costs of alcohol management in the NT

The huge amount of money that we pay for costs associated with containing issues associated with alcohol consumption is mind-boggling. For every $1 earned through tax revenue on alcohol, its management and costs consequent to its misuse must run close to twenty times that amount.

Who will be in charge at the NTFES?

Will Ms Bremner really be  in charge of the NTFES or will Mr Wharton be setting the agency agenda in his regular crosses from the Antarctica? This arrangement could be tricky for both leaders.

Lizards  No

Please no lizard sculptures

Lizards here

Lizards there

Around the house

I despair

At the noise they make

And droppings too

They get on my pip

And so to you

I say lizards we should not exalt

Do you know their skins they moult

Their tails they shed if disturbed

By the hungry rodent or flying bird

Leave them be and don’t create

Sculpture for what May become

The seventh state.

Animal Misadventure

The demise of any loved animal is sad. However, the volume of unwanted, unloved and neglected animals must make it hard for pound staff – many volunteers – to cope. I am sorry for the dog owners and those who work so hard in the field of animal welfare.

Justice system under the hammer.

Our courts are drowning in volume and the weight of impending cases. Ever-blanketing workloads are smothering the NT Legal and Jurisdiction professions.

The power of our Chief Minister’s positive communications example

Chief Minister Finnochario is not one to camouflage issues or minimise discussion of confronting problems. She is open to dialogue on issues, warts and all. Her candour and honesty in both oral and written communication are refreshing. I hope –  and believe –  that her discourse will remain clear and transparent throughout this government’s term. She sets a fine example for us on how matters within the public domain should be considered and addressed.

Jetstar – here we go again!

Cheap flights for ten minutes from yet another – possibly temporary – Jetstar resurrection?