East coast country musician, Jax Tonic, chats to the Big Brekky about his latest release 'Sitting Here On A Beach', an ode to road trip vacations.

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Join the Big Brekky for some live music and a yarn with Alice Springs country musician, Ray Murtagh.

For Ray Country music has a history that is deeply rooted in Central Australia. Ray asserts that the lyrics tell the unblinking truth about life, and the beauty that surrounds us here in the NT.   

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Fiona Brown, the Regional Physical Literacy and Sports Education Coordinator with Department of Education chats with the Big Brekky about inter-regional titles, the need for managers and coaches, and support with sponsorship. 

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The Big Brekky welcome Blair McFarland on air, who has been named the Northern Territory Australian of the Year for 2024, in an acknowledgement of his decades of work to improve the health and lives of some of the most disadvantaged youth in Australia.  

Initially humbled and embarrassed by his nomination, Blair said the award places important value on significant contributions in challenging circumstances. "I do see it as a recognition of the capacity to really take on serious, seemingly intractable problems and overcome them."

Blair moved to Central Australia in 1986, and as he came to understand the lives and culture of Indigenous people in the region, he also witnessed petrol sniffing take hold. This led to his set up Central Australian Youth Link-Up Service (CAYLUS) in 2002, which was instrumental in developing youth programs, orchestrating the roll-out of Low Aromatic Fuel (LAF, or Opal), and implementing the Federal Low Aromatic Fuel Act. The combination of these activities resulted in a 95 per cent reduction in volatile substance misuse. 

Blair is also active in politics, advocacy, local radio and community services. In 2008, he received the Prime Minister's Award for Outstanding Contribution in Drug & Alcohol Endeavours by the Australian National Council on Drugs. 

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Lavinia Gaff visited the Big Brekky Show to discuss the 'Pathways to Politics Program For Women NT' she attended in September. She shared her many insights and some new directions in her life.

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Bloodwood members Bob Barford and Scott Balfour dropped into the Big Brekky to tell us about their concert at Witchetty's on Sunday from 3pm. They played a few tunes and swapped a few yarns with Andy and the team.

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On the Big Brekky Show we spoke with Marcus, of Marcus Cassells and The Baha Collective about their new EP Long Road. They combine deep raspy vocals and earthy country folk tones to tell stories with grit and resonance. 

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Ecologist and Associate Professor Christine Schlesinger from CDU has almost two decades of study into the effects of buffel in our arid Central Australia. The Big Brekky Show learnt a lot from our chat about this and the environmental damage from bush fires.

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On the Big Brekky Show we have Monkey Marc & Soom T fresh into Alice Springs for their Bullet’s Over Babylon tour. They will be starting their tour Saturday 18 November at the Gap View kicking off at 8pm.

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The Big Brekky Show were happy to see Jon Rose in the studio again, giving us an overview of what they've been up to in Tara with telegraph music in language, his aeolian tendency that's written by the wind and mapping with his wheeled violin. Not to mention Night Song, his and Hollis Taylor's ongoing pied butcherbird project.

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