Alex Barwick
@_AlexBarwick
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Radio broadcaster @ABCAliceSprings, (regularly @ABCDarwin). Views expressed are my own. Central Australia, NT [email protected]
Joined March 2011
So grateful to @andrewquilty for speaking with @_AlexBarwick for the latest Expanse podcast. His stories were eye-opening and heartbreaking. Want to know what a spy base in outback Australia has to do with civilian causalities in Afghanistan? Listen š https://t.co/WqMwaVf9DN
abc.net.au
In 1999 a young American dumped his bicycle and walked out into the Great Sandy Desert in remote northern Australia. He was an Alaskan firefighter, seemingly with everything to live for. So why did...
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'You did nothing wrong': News Corp journalist's texts to Rolfe aired at inquest @abcnews
abc.net.au
Text messages reveal a News Corp journalist offered to write an article defending former Northern Territory Police constable Zachary Rolfe two days after he fatally shot dead Kumanjayi Walker.Ā
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Day 1 of Zachary Rolfe's evidence saw explosive testimony, as he detailed claims of an entrenched culture of racism at NT Police. And his day ended in fierce tension when he left court and was confronted by emotional members of the community. @abcnews
https://t.co/9U551EnHVo
abc.net.au
Here's what happened when former Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe took the stand for the first time in theĀ coronial inquest into the 2019 police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker.Ā WARNING...
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"The funding is plugging a couple of the gaps that we have identified in our service provision, which goes a long way to improving our services for women and children in our community.ā Alice Springsā only womenās shelter receives $4 million boost.ā©
abc.net.au
In a town with one of the highest rates of domestic violence in the country, the only women's crisis accommodation has received a $4 million boost in funding.
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https://t.co/alZgpRFPE3 Big day in #ntpol . Labor now set for its third leader in 18 months. Deputy Chief Minister Nicole Manison officially put her hand up just an hour after Fylesā press conference.
abc.net.au
Natasha Fyles has resigned as Northern Territory chief minister after failing to disclose her shareholdings in a mining company.
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Police response times have more than doubled in most parts of the Northern Territory over the past five years, with code one call-outs now taking an average of 43 minutes to receive a police response, the NT coroner has heard. @abcnews
https://t.co/dUlNyqv85K
abc.net.au
Code one call-outs ā which should be acted on within 10 minutes ā are now taking an average of 43 minutes to receiveĀ a police response across most of the NT, theĀ coroner has heard.
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We all need more golden bandicoots in our lives... so cute! š#alicesprings @larastimpson
A total career highlight so far working on this: Golden Bandicoots return to Central Australia after 56-year absence https://t.co/zsu124aSBq via @ABCaustralia
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A higher-resolution view of the Alice Springs fire, this #sentinel2 overpass from yesterday morning shortly after the fire jumped the Stuart Highway, also shows some residue burning near the suburb of Larapinta. This imagery is brilliant but less frequent than some other sources
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That fire West of Alice has burnt 25,000ha+ over the past few days. just updated the NAFI mapping to show the area burnt so far. Below burnt area in yellow + animation of the hotspots showing the spread since 8th. It appears to have jumped Stuart Highway? https://t.co/iuUqtqtnjP
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Indigenous art industry fears authenticity reputation hit as Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair begins https://t.co/SGpXk7vWAG via @ABCaustralia #IndigenousArt
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As Darwin launchesĀ one of Australia's biggest Indigenous art fairs,Ā some artists fear allegations about interference in Indigenous paintings may have tarnished the industry's reputation and affected...
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NT Independent ban 'should worry all Australians' https://t.co/0HaJgJutlz
#PressFreedom @abcnews @withMEAA
abc.net.au
An online newspaper is considering taking legal action against the NT Government for trying to justify a total ban on the publication by calling it a blog, peddling misinformation. Ā
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Endometriosis care forces Alice Springs locals to travel far, spend big for treatment https://t.co/KtaGkenYkm via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
Georgie Hynes says there is a lack of support in regional and remote Australia ā and she's one voice in a growing chorus of sufferers desperately calling for solutions.
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as someone who has both filled in for this job and still regularly inserts myself into the wonderful ABC Alice Springs team, I can confirm you want this gig šš§”
Come and join our amazing team in beautiful Central Australia! #alicesprings
https://t.co/tXqVKRcvhf š·Brian Dean
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Come and join our amazing team in beautiful Central Australia! #alicesprings
https://t.co/tXqVKRcvhf š·Brian Dean
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when Steph Catley scored the #Matildas first goal of this #FIFAWWC, footage of it went around the world. but what about Australia's first EVER World Cup goal? well, that's been much harder to find. my story on the hunt for Angela Ianotta's mystery goal: https://t.co/XLBQMeOHe4
abc.net.au
Angela Iannotta scored Australia's first ever World Cup goal at the 1995 Women's World Cup in Sweden āĀ but there's hardly any proof it happened at all.
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#BREAKING NT govt extends alcohol restrictions by at least another 12 months. @leesaulrobinson
abc.net.au
Chief Minister Natasha Fyles says current alcohol restrictions in Central Australia will be kept in place for at least 12 to 18 months.
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After woman's alleged murder, NT domestic violence campaigner says sector 'woefully' underfunded https://t.co/hCRWCALnXQ
@leesaulrobinson
abc.net.au
In the wake ofĀ the alleged murder of a woman by her partner in Alice Springs, aĀ leading Northern TerritoryĀ domestic violence campaigner has called for immediate action to address the sector's...
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Man charged with murdering his partner after allegedly assaulting her with 'blunt weapon' in Alice Springs https://t.co/FdZWugVj5K
@leesaulrobinson
abc.net.au
Jerry RobertsonĀ has appeared in Alice Springs Local Court afterĀ being charged with murder,Ā breaching a domestic violence order and being armed with an offensiveĀ weapon at night.
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