A preview of week's headlines at The Centralian Today, on The Big Brekky Show with editor Bryan Littlely (28/6/24).

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The Big Brekky Show got the rundown of this month's Town Council meeting from the Lord Mayor Matt Paterson.

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Emmy Ryan writes folk music for today’s times. Based in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Emmy’s songwriting pulls no punches in exploring colonisation, climate change, capitalism, and love in its many forms. She visited the Big Brekky Show to share some of her songs, fresh from the Top Half Folk Festival and will be Live on the Lawns Wednesday 26 June .

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Two thirds of the 'Bad Men Inc' (aka Darcy Davis, Dan the Underdog and Katanga Junior) dropped into the Big Brekky Show to share their latest track Make Da Ting Go Boom and have a chat.

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The Big Brekky Show spoke with Aunty Pat Ansell-Dodds. She is an Arrernte and Anmatjere Elder who is being recognised for her significant contributions to the health, well-being, and advancement of First Nations people living in the region and beyond. Charles Darwin University have awarded Aunty Pat the title of Honorary Doctor of Letters.

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Off the back of opening the 2024 Beanie Festival and performing at the Claypans, Melbourne-based band The Carp Factory visited the Big Brekky Show to talk about their time in Alice Springs and their latest single Autobahn.

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Last Friday, the country’s first First Nations community-owned and grid connected renewable energy project was unveiled right here in the Barkly Region, making it a milestone not only for the Territory, but the nation. 

The Marlinja Microgrid was launched with a celebration fitting for a project five years in the making, and here to tell us all about it is Orginal Power's Marlinja Community Liaison Officer, Chantelle Johns. 

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Wilya Janta Aboriginal Corporation's CEO, Dr Simon Quilty, from Tennant Creek updates the Big Brekky about the newly re-engineered brick-making machine which can now support communities across the Barkly to make their own bricks from their own Country. Primarily using termite mounds and spinifex, the bricks are part of a larger plan for environmentally and culturally-appropriate housing on Warumungu country. Local plumber Nathan McAuliffe has been an integral part of the renovation. 

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The editor of The Centralian Today, Bryan Littley, rings in to The Big Brekky with the latest on events and current affairs in Mparntwe. Tune in for a preview on what you can read in this week's local paper. 

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Curator of the Olive Pink Botanic Gardens, Sam Hussey, gives The Big Brekky an update of what is happening during the cooler months at gardens.

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