What's it like to play at Tamworth Country Music Festival? The Big Brekky team find out from local Mparntwe folk musician, Emmy Ryan, live from the 2025 Festival site. Emmy was invited to play with Gleny Rae in her show 'Shielas', and is also hitting the streets busking with The Edge Fest Folks all week in Tamworth! The Edge Fest invites musicians of all ages and experience levels to take part in the 2025 Tamworth Country Music Festival 2025 through their Open Mic Busking Event.

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With Palestine still under threat despite a current ceasefire in Gaza, Kathryn Kelly from the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) joins the Big Brekky to highlight Australia's implications in the genocide of Palestinians - including the role of Pine Gap - and demands Israel to be held to account.

Kathryn was a founding co-convenor of the Alliance Against Political Prosecutors, advocating for truth tellers/whistleblowers. She visited Gaza and the West Bank in 2002 and 2003 and then founded the ‘Australians for Justice and Peace in Palestine’ organisation in Canberra in 2003. 

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On The Big Brekky Show, Bill Yan, MLA for the seat of Namatjira reports on current issues for Central Australia, including the recent Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro's visit, crime figures for the end of last year, and an update on the site of the proposed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Gallery of Australia (ATSIAGA) and the new masterplan for the ANZAC Oval Precinct. A change in design for the gallery has reinstated ANZAC Oval, with goal posts to be re-erected and the Oval reopened for public use in February. 

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Tennant Creek Public Library on Peko Road not only offers the coolest of AC, but also a very welcome recent addition of free public wifi. Library Services Team Leader Chris Kinross joins us now on the Big Brekky Program to discuss what the new-look library team have in store for 2025.

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Hailing from Darwin/Larrakia, Alice Cotton's music defies categorisation, blending indie-folk, alt-country, and alt-rock with occasional touches of punk and country. Alice is part of a broad range of NT femaie artists performing at the Tamworth Country Music Festival this year oin a special performance happening today at the Tamworth Bowling Club. Sheilas! Renegade Women of Country Music.

Fresh off a double finalist nomination in the 2024 NTMAs and the release of her self-titled debut EP, Alice Cotton is solidifying her place as one of Australia's exciting new voices.

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Danial Rochford, CEO of Tourism Central Australia had a frank and encouraging conversation on the Big Brekky Show around how business and tourism is poised in Alice Springs for 2025. Tourism Central Austral also launched their campaign today for volunteer ambassadors.

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Local Afro Beat artist Abiabi Richboii visited the Big Brekky Show with his latest single Asi Ebwe which means Happiness in Sudanese. Abiabi’s music embellishes positivity for peace, Joy love and unity. 

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The Big Brekky Show caught up with Dunja, the Manager of Library Services and Stella the Program Coordinator, about the activities at the Library for the last weeks of the summer holidays. They did a shoutout for designs for this year's Library Bag design competition - entries end 9 February!

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Crystal Robins is best described as a folk & alt-country singer-songwriter, making music from Larrakia country. Crystal released The Time, which captures the struggle to appreciate the present while yearning for the future. The Big Brekky Show caught her before she headed to Tamworth where, amongst other things she is joining the Sheilas Renegades with Gleny Rae Virus, Alice Cotton and Emmy Ryan.

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Barkly Regional Council CEO, Chris Kelly, joined the first Big Brekky Show in 2025, to talk about this year's Australia Day plans for Tennant Creek. The event is returning to Tingkkarli/Lake Mary Ann, much to locals' delight and 8CCC will be broadcasting live all the action.

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