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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Former Mparntwe resident, Professor Marty Branagan visited 8CCC Brekky Show to share the publication of his book The Cultural Dimensions of Peacebuilding and bring us up to date with what is happening in this sector. A one-time 8CCC DJ, he was part of 1980s peace activism and the 1990s Jabiluka campaign.

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Ahead of the 23rd September 2025 resumption of the court case regarding the 2023 Pine Gap Blockade, Mparntwe for Falastin members Yul and Adam spoke about the vigil planned outside to courthouse on Tuesday morning.

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8CCC Big Brekky spoke with Hidden Intent's Artist Manager, Chris McEwen prior to their set at Blacken Open Air 2025 at Ross River. Since their inception in 2011, Adelaide built "thrash metal brutes Hidden Intent have been working harder than a meat mincer in an aussie pie factory, nabbing themselves a whopping fan base worldwide". Having released their album Terrorform in March, they have just arrived back from a European tour and ready to thrash the Centre.

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8CCC Big Brekky had a sneak peak at the soon to be released album Terrain from global noise-rocking Border Band, with band member Liam, who also offered music business tips.

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Original Frenzal Rhomb band member, Jason 'Jay' Whalley spoke to 8CCC's Kate Lyons-Dawson about their current tour which will include an appearance at this year's Blacken Open Air at Ross River Resort this weekend. The tour continues into October, plus some Froth and Fury Festival gigs in January 2026.

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Mparntwe Alice Springs community is set to experience a groundbreaking event with the launch of the first-ever EmpowerHer Expo, taking place on Sunday, 28th September, from 1pm at the Alice Springs Convention Centre.

Roseanne Rye spoke on the Big Brekky Program about their vision of empowering women, families, and the Alice Springs community, the Expo will feature an exciting mix of local businesses, cultural performances, live entertainment, wellbeing services, authors, coaches, handcrafted goods, and family-friendly activities.

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Last week on the Big Brekky Program, we caught up with visual artist Jameson Casson and Barkly Regional Arts CEO Harriet Gaffney of their trip to Melbourne for the closing of Jameson’s debut solo exhibition, God’s Paintings. Currently on show at Ordinance Gallery in the Melbourne CBD, the exhibition opened on 5 September and will close on 27 September with a celebration attended by Jameson. Take a listen to dive into Jameson’s artistic journey, the inspiration behind his work, and what this milestone exhibition and trip to Melbourne means for him.

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Beth Sometimes, co-writer director and puppetmaker on the short film Animating Principles: The Movie, dropped into the Brekky Show to tell listeners about her short film on at Alice Springs Cinema next Tuesday 16 September. Absolutely book now!

Sometimes, even the agenda has an agenda. 

Set in an experimental art space in the desert, this boardroom melodrama tracks infestations of the bureaucratic within the tenuous infrastructure of the poetic. With reverence for thirty years of collective organising at Watch This Space, we witness a meeting of wonky proportions.

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