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NT Writers Centre Executive Director, SezzaJai Sykes visited 8CCC Brekky to inform listeners of the upcoming celebrations of the 2026 Northern Territory Writing Awards, whether you are in Mparntwe Alice Springs, Darwin or further afield. Bringing together for the first time the Northern Territory’s three premier literary awards —the NT Book Awards, the NT History Book Award, and the NT Literary Awards — the ceremo...

8CCC's Kate Lyons-Dawson was joined by Kelli Cole, Curator for the Vincent Lingiari Award to talk about the exhibition and it's opening, alongside Desert Mob at Araluen Art Centre on Thursday night. Kelli, after over twenty years of working in the National Gallery, has returned to Mparntwe Alice Springs with a wealth of knowledge and experience which she generously shared over a wide range of topics including the Award theme of the...

(A) from Snap Media joined Baini on the show this morning to discuss the recent gag order that the Northern Territory Government has put out on the publication’s media inquiries. Snap media is an independent news and media source based in Darwin. The publication covers political issues in the NT and presents them to the public via their substack or on instagram.

Over the weekend, (A) discovered that the CLP Government ha...

With a week to go until Desert Mob 2026, Co-curators Hettie Perkins and Aspen Beattie, visited 8CCC Brekky Show to speak about the program. This year Desart is proud to join in partnership with the Central Land Council to present the fourth edition of the nationally renowned Vincent Lingiari Art Award (VLAA), with the award being announced on 10 September and the CLC Delegates’ Choice Award will be announced and presented to ...

Chansey Paech MLA was speaking this morning to Kate Lyons-Dawson, from his position of shadow Health Minister today when he presented the health discussion paper. The Member for Gwoja and team have been travelling around the Territory to find out what people need in their health system. Make sure you have your say! NT Labor would like to see a new Darwin Hospital and culturally safe health practices.

You can provide your feedback b...

"It's just a fun track!" 8CCC Brekky caught us with Cooperblack aka Jez Conlon to find out more about the latest single release, Dance (If you Remember), a post-punk electro dance track about finding your way back to movement — even when you can’t remember how. Built from pulsing electronics, post-punk energy and a restless sense of movement, the track sits somewhere between the dancefloor and the darker edges of t...

Today on the show, Baini was joined by the Australian Education Union NT (AEUNT) President Brian Gray. Mr Gray spoke about the potential risks regarding the NT Government’s proposed legislation to merge the Teachers Registration Board (TRB) with the Board of Studies.

Usually in the NT, teachers must be registered with the TRB in order to take up a teaching role. Minister for Education, Jo Hersey, says that the proposed bill w...

Mayor Asta Hill spoke on 8CCC Brekky about some of the issues raised during the August 2026 Alice Springs Town Council Meeting, including the Central Australian inaugural Heat Summit, appreciation for the outgoing Deputy Mayor, Alison Bitar, as the new Deputy Mayor, Danial Rochford begins his term, discussions with Qantas and Uber, the apology to the leadership of the Pine Gap Joint Facility, and the Newland dog park opening.

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The open air cinema experience at Olive Pink Botanic Garden is on once again, care of Alice Noir - "the tastes and the flavours of what the people of Alice Springs like to watch". This time there's a dark fantasy theme and three outstanding fantasy film classics to vote for - The Princess Bride, Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. Organisers Anna Miers and Oly Lee-yung chat on 8CCC Brekky about the Alice Noir origins and the event which st...

8CCC's Kate Lyons-Dawson caught up with Neil Murray while he's in Mparntwe Alice Springs, as part of his Still Here By My Side tour. Friday night out at White Gums, Ilwempe Ilwempe from 7pm, everyone's invited to hear all your favourites, as well as this new track ahead of an album planned for next year. Neil said about Still Here By My Side "You get down to this end of the road, you've had a lot of people come through your life an...

8CCC's Kate Lyons-Dawson was joined by Arid Land Environment Centre (ALEC)'s Hannah Ekin and Community Engagement Coordinator, Meret MacDonald to invite the community to tonight's AI Data Centre Meeting at Red Hot Arts from 6pm. This is an opportunity to find out what the massive AI data centre push means for the NT and add your voice to the Federal Parliament Senate Inquiry into AI and data centres before 1 September 2026. Be part...

Local film director, Jacob Hazeldine, joined Baini on the Big Brekky to chat about his first first feature length film ‘About the Soufflé’

Shot during the tumultuous global pandemic period, Jacob used the prevalent themes of homelessness and turbulence to influence his ‘coming of age’ film.

“It was kind of informed by what we were going through at the time because we had no money… We wrote a sto...

Stephen Enciso from Justice Not Jails joined Baini on the Big Brekky Show to discuss the Northern Territory government’s recent announcement for a new private prison facility in Darwin.

The planned 1200-bed men’s facility was unveiled last week by the CLP government in response to the need to keep up with the demands of an increasing prison population and harsh incarceration conditions.

Stephen condemned the plans and p...

Alice Springs Cinema keeps on bringing all the movies we want and is thinking outside the box when it comes to screenings and events. Whether it's Girls Night Out, Craft-a-Noons, Q&As or films in languages represented in our community, they manage to fit it all in. René Sutton, General Manager at the cinema, takes us through the August line up, including the Harry Potter marathon over two days on the last weekend in August and ...

As part of last weeks's Central Australian Heat Resilience Summit, Jon Swain, Director of Director Climate and Homelessness at Byabarra presented on the Era of Homelessness & Extreme Heat - Those without shelter. He joined 8CCC's Kate Lyons-Dawson to expand on some of the issues around the impacts of increasing heat on homelessness that need to be addressed rapidly, as our climate heats up exponentially. Key to this is seeing t...