Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner broke down last month talking about death threats he and his family had received from online trolls protesting about the territory’s Covid vaccine mandates.   The debate has included people like Tucker Carlson and Russell Brand.   

 

So how did global Covid trolls arrive in the top end?  

 

Nicholas Hynes is a reporter with the ABC in Darwin.  He joins us to explain how and why the Gunner government’s policies have made global headlines....and if there’s any truth to comparisons with the Stolen Generations of the past. 

 

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