@_AlexBarwick

Radio broadcaster @ABCAliceSprings, (regularly @ABCDarwin). Views expressed are my own. Central Australia, NT [email protected]

Joined March 2011
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Piia Wirsu@piiawirsu28 May 2024
So grateful to @andrewquilty for speaking with @_AlexBarwick for the latest Expanse podcast. His stories were eye-opening and heartbreaking. Want to know what a spy base in outback Australia has to do with civilian causalities in Afghanistan? Listen 👉ab.co/Expanse

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In 1999 a young American dumped his bicycle and walked out into the Great Sandy Desert in remote northern Australia. He was an Alaskan firefighter, seemingly with everything to live for. So why did...

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'You did nothing wrong': News Corp journalist's texts to Rolfe aired at inquest @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2024-02-28/n…

'You did nothing wrong': News Corp journalist's texts to Rolfe aired at inquest

Text messages reveal a News Corp journalist offered to write an article defending former Northern Territory Police constable Zachary Rolfe two days after he fatally shot dead Kumanjayi Walker. 

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Day 1 of Zachary Rolfe's evidence saw explosive testimony, as he detailed claims of an entrenched culture of racism at NT Police. And his day ended in fierce tension when he left court and was confronted by emotional members of the community. @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2024-02-27/z…

From racism claims to emotional scenes: The key moments of Zachary Rolfe's inquest evidence

Here's what happened when former Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe took the stand for the first time in the coronial inquest into the 2019 police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker. WARNING...

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"The funding is plugging a couple of the gaps that we have identified in our service provision, which goes a long way to improving our services for women and children in our community.” Alice Springs’ only women’s shelter receives $4 million boost.⁩ abc.net.au/news/2024-01-04/n…

Alice Springs has one of the world's highest DV rates. Its only women's shelter has just received...

In a town with one of the highest rates of domestic violence in the country, the only women's crisis accommodation has received a $4 million boost in funding.

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Jack Hislop@JackHislop19 Dec 2023
abc.net.au/news/2023-12-19/n… Big day in #ntpol . Labor now set for its third leader in 18 months. Deputy Chief Minister Nicole Manison officially put her hand up just an hour after Fyles’ press conference.

'I don't have any excuse': NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles resigns over shares

Natasha Fyles has resigned as Northern Territory chief minister after failing to disclose her shareholdings in a mining company.

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Police response times have more than doubled in most parts of the Northern Territory over the past five years, with code one call-outs now taking an average of 43 minutes to receive a police response, the NT coroner has heard. @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2023-08-26/n…

'They feel as if police don't care': DV inquest hears police response times more than doubled in...

Code one call-outs – which should be acted on within 10 minutes – are now taking an average of 43 minutes to receive a police response across most of the NT, the coroner has heard.

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A higher-resolution view of the Alice Springs fire, this #sentinel2 overpass from yesterday morning shortly after the fire jumped the Stuart Highway, also shows some residue burning near the suburb of Larapinta. This imagery is brilliant but less frequent than some other sources
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That fire West of Alice has burnt 25,000ha+ over the past few days. just updated the NAFI mapping to show the area burnt so far. Below burnt area in yellow + animation of the hotspots showing the spread since 8th. It appears to have jumped Stuart Highway? firenorth.org.au
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Jane Bardon@JaneBardon111 Aug 2023
Indigenous art industry fears authenticity reputation hit as Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair begins abc.net.au/news/2023-08-11/i… via @ABCaustralia #IndigenousArt

It's the biggest sales weekend for remote Aboriginal artists, but some fear their reputation has...

As Darwin launches one of Australia's biggest Indigenous art fairs, some artists fear allegations about interference in Indigenous paintings may have tarnished the industry's reputation and affected...

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Jane Bardon@JaneBardon19 Aug 2023
Both sides complain about Voice misinformation abc.net.au/radio/programs/pm… #TheVoice #ClosingTheGap

Both sides complain about Voice misinformation - ABC listen

Both Yes and No campaign leaders in the Indigenous Voice to Parliament debate are minimising the results of newspaper polls suggesting support for the proposal is slipping, but both are complaining...

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Jane Bardon@JaneBardon12 Aug 2023
NT Independent ban 'should worry all Australians' abc.net.au/radio/programs/am… #PressFreedom @abcnews @withMEAA

NT Independent ban 'should worry all Australians' - ABC listen

An online newspaper is considering taking legal action against the NT Government for trying to justify a total ban on the publication by calling it a blog, peddling misinformation.  

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Endometriosis care forces Alice Springs locals to travel far, spend big for treatment abc.net.au/news/2023-07-29/e… via @ABCaustralia

Thousands of dollars plus interstate travel — the price Georgie has to pay for endometriosis support

Georgie Hynes says there is a lack of support in regional and remote Australia — and she's one voice in a growing chorus of sufferers desperately calling for solutions.

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as someone who has both filled in for this job and still regularly inserts myself into the wonderful ABC Alice Springs team, I can confirm you want this gig 👇🧡
Alex Barwick@_AlexBarwick27 Jul 2023
Come and join our amazing team in beautiful Central Australia! #alicesprings careers.abc.net.au/caw/en/jo… 📷Brian Dean
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when Steph Catley scored the #Matildas first goal of this #FIFAWWC, footage of it went around the world. but what about Australia's first EVER World Cup goal? well, that's been much harder to find. my story on the hunt for Angela Ianotta's mystery goal: abc.net.au/news/2023-07-23/m…

She scored our first goal in Women's World Cup history — but we can't show you video of the moment

Angela Iannotta scored Australia's first ever World Cup goal at the 1995 Women's World Cup in Sweden — but there's hardly any proof it happened at all.

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When Elisabeth Armitage began an inquiry into the domestic violence killings of 4 women, she already knew the situation was dire. But what she has has unravelled over the past 4 weeks is evidence of a system in far worse shape than expected. @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2023-07-08/n…

Halfway through a domestic violence inquest, the NT coroner is unravelling a system in crisis

A landmark series of inquests examining the domestic violence deaths of four Aboriginal women at the hands of their partners has reached the halfway point. Here's what we've learned.

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Childhood trauma has a grip in remote Yuendumu. But these women are working to bring healing. by ⁦@charmayne_a⁩ abc.net.au/news/2023-07-07/y…

'We've got to keep them safe': Women work to break community's cycle of childhood trauma

A trauma resource kit has been entirely developed by a group of senior Warlpiri women to help their community take the first steps towards healing.

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Cracking job going in a beautiful patch. More details here: careers.abc.net.au/caw/en/jo…
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"We're not hearing a lot about what is available for men to change their behaviour, rather than putting it on the victims to do something about this horrendous violence,” said counsel assisting, Dr Peggy Dwyer.
Melissa Mackay@_melissamackay28 Jun 2023
Hours before he fatally attacked his partner, a man told police to "take [him] to prison" for setting her car on fire & threatened to light up a petrol station - but officers "missed the red flags" and did not arrest him when they should have. abc.net.au/news/2023-06-28/n…

'Take me to prison': Killer's chilling interactions with police, hours before fatal attack, shown...

The footage shows the man telling police to "take [him] to prison" for setting a car on fire and threatening to light up a petrol station. But responding officers "just missed the red flags" and did...

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#BREAKING The Northern Territory Court of Appeal has dismissed former NT police constable Zachary Rolfe's bid to avoid questions at the coronial inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker. abc.net.au/news/2023-06-28/n…

Court rules Zachary Rolfe must give evidence at Kumanjayi Walker inquest

The Northern Territory Court of Appeal has dismissed former NT Police constable Zachary Rolfe's bid to avoid questions at the coronial inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker.

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When kids were mucking up on the streets of #AliceSprings we had the entire nation's media flyinging into the red centre to "expose the crime crisis". But when the #NT actually investigates our most horrific and chronic type of offending, only local media pays attention. #AusPol
Melissa Mackay@_melissamackay23 Jun 2023
In Alice Springs, thousands of kilometres from a major city where an inquest like Ms Haywood's would be given national attention, just one media outlet sat in the courtroom as it opened. Another two listened in from Darwin. ⁦@abcnews⁩ ⁦⁩ abc.net.au/news/2023-06-24/n…

The NT coroner has begun a six-month inquest into domestic violence. This is what she's heard so far

For the past two weeks, Coroner Elisabeth Armitage has heard horrifying details of the death of a 34-year-old woman. Experts hope it will shine a light on the high rate of domestic, family and sexual...

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