Ursula Williams, director of the documentary which opened MASIFF 2025 Marlon Williams NGĀ AO E RUA: Two Worlds, spoke with 8CCC's Kate Lyons-Dawson about how the movie came about. It's an intimate four-year portrait of performer Marlon Williams as he writes and records his first te reo Māori language album Te Whare Tīwekaweka and won the First Nations Award at the Sydney Film Festival.

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Mic Conway was in the Brekky studio with longtime musical partner Robbie Long to speak with Kate Lyons-Dawson about their gig at the Watertank on Friday night from 6.30pm. Mic is also in town to share his film Whoopee Blues, a documentary directed and produced by Fiona Cochrane about the life and times of the Conway Brothers. On at Alice Springs Cinema at 7pm tonight Thursday 9th Oct, it will be followed by an exclusive Q&A. Find out more about the musical history of this country from the 70s and about Mic and Jim Conway's musical journey through Captain Matchbox and the Backsliders to name but a small part of the road together and apart.

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As part of the series on Central Australian housing and architecture, Owen Kelly, director at Dogspike Design & Architecture spoke with 8CCC's Kate Lyons-Dawson on the importance of orientation in building design, especially in our harsh climate in the arid interior. He also spoke about resources that can help achieve better outcomes.

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Roland Bull is an NT-based a writer, comedian and doctor with an interest in life writing, health and LGBTIQA+ issues. He spoke with 8CCC's Kate Lyons-Dawson about winning one of six residencies at Varuna, the National Writers House offered to NT writers as part of NT Arts Fellowship in 2025. 

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The NT Arts Residency fellowship offers six writers living in the Northern Territory the opportunity to undertake a two-week residency at Varuna. The number of applicants for this Fellowship almost doubled this year and entries were so competitive that the assessors were compelled to highlight four writers who made their Highly Commended list: Alex Eve, Nikki Moyes, Matthew Nixon and Emma Trenorden. 8CCC Big Brekky spoke with Mparntwe-based teacher Amanda Grace who was one of the winners for 2025. She is interested in fiction which blends speculative elements with emotional realism, particularly for young people. Her stories have been published in Astray, and her first novel-length manuscript, Geo Vs the Whole Wide Worlds, secured her the Arts NT Residential Fellowship.

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The 15th Council of Mparntwe Alice Springs has officiated it's first Council meeting, where the Deputy Mayor Alison Bitar was elected, the Committees were allocated and a new meeting time chosen of 5pm to assist in the community getting involved. Mayor Asta Hill spoke about the meeting on 8CCC Brekky Show, as well as some of the challenges transitioning into the new role.

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Carmen Robinson and Tommy Walker pleaded not guilty based on their knowledge and belief that Pine Gap is participating in the crimes of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity when they and a group of activists blockaded the road into the Pine Gap Joint Military Facility Intelligence Base on 27 November 2023. Nearly two years later, with more than 66 000 Palestinians and just under 2000 Israelis reported dead, and the UN Commission finding of genocide being committed in Gaza, these "exemplary citizens" have been found guilty, while Pine Gap's role was not contested.

Pictured here outside the Alice Springs Local Court on day one of their trial are Tommy Walker, John Lawrence and Carmen Robinson.

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Interplay CEO Shez Cairney visited 8CCC Brekky Show to speak about the Social Good Summit Australia (SGSA) being organised for 17 October at the cinema at Desert Park. SGSA: A Better Future through Indigenous Wisdom is an event affiliated with the United Nations, where visionary leaders come together to share their ideas and initiatives aimed at educating and inspiring collective efforts for a brighter future for everyone. A full day of inspiring speakers and conversation in the beautiful grounds of the Desert Park.

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Spring is in the air at Olive Pink Botanic Garden and all the birds are gathering. General Manager Sam Hussey took 8CCC Brekky listeners through what's happening this month as well as the great news that two apprenticeships are on offer. Spread the word!

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Mparntwe: When You Come To Another Country, the inaugural architecture conference in Mparntwe has wrapped and Owen Kelly dropped into 8CCC Brekky to tell us of its success. 

"Coming to Mparntwe asks for that same attentiveness. This is not a metaphor. This is another country. 

Mparntwe sits at a fraught crossroads, where Country meets colonisation, and history folds over itself. Here, culture, climate, and community are entangled— stitched together with both tension and care. 

Regional and remote places, by their nature, connect people with place, offering value that is often felt rather than explained." RAA website

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