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Kate and Brian bring you local stories, music and interviews live from Mparntwe Alice Springs & Tennant Creek

8h ago

ALEC AI data centre meeting with Hannah and Meret

8CCC's Kate Lyons-Dawson was joined by Arid Land Environment Centre (ALEC)'s Hannah Ekin and Community Engagement Coordinator, Meret MacDonald to invite the community to tonight's AI Data Centre Meeting at Red Hot Arts from 6pm. This is an opportunity to find out what the massive AI data centre push means for the NT and add your voice to the Federal Parliament Senate Inquiry into AI and data centres before 1 September 2026. Be part of a national and global push for AI accountability and transparency, whilst resisting the unregulated roll-out of hyperscale datacentres. And dinner is generously provided! Support the show: https://8ccc.com.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1d ago

Jacob Hazeldine director of the film About the Soufflé

Local film director, Jacob Hazeldine, joined Baini on the Big Brekky to chat about his first first feature length film ‘About the Soufflé’ Shot during the tumultuous global pandemic period, Jacob used the prevalent themes of homelessness and turbulence to influence his ‘coming of age’ film. “It was kind of informed by what we were going through at the time because we had no money… We wrote a story that we could film for free basically, so it’s got a real human touch to it. There’s a rawness to it that I think compliments the story and the themes.” Jacob said that he was inspired by the DIY French New Wave cinema movement, such as Jean Luc-Goddard’s ‘Breathless’ as a was to tell a very personal and relatable story. About the Soufflé is screening at the Darwin International Film Festival on Friday September 11th at the Deckchair Cinema. Jacob will be joined by lead actor and co-writer Connor van Helsing on the night for a Q&A. Support the show: https://8ccc.com.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1d ago

Stephen from Justice Not Jails

Stephen Enciso from Justice Not Jails joined Baini on the Big Brekky Show to discuss the Northern Territory government’s recent announcement for a new private prison facility in Darwin. The planned 1200-bed men’s facility was unveiled last week by the CLP government in response to the need to keep up with the demands of an increasing prison population and harsh incarceration conditions. Stephen condemned the plans and pointed at the injustices of the current remand system as the more pressing issue that needs to be addressed. “Remand shouldn’t exist. We shouldn’t be detaining people prior to trial at all. These are people that are technically innocent, they haven’t been found guilty of any offence, and they’re spending really lengthy periods on remand… The situation is such that people are incentivised to plead guilty so they can wrap up their matter quicker. That’s not really a justice system at all. So building a specific facility for remand is a step in the wrong direction.” Stephen offered several suggestions as to how the government could better invest in systemic change to reduce the incarceration rates in the community. Addressing the housing crisis and increasing drug and alcohol rehabilitation capacity are two areas that he believes would improve social harm in the community. Formed in response to the CLP government’s first act of parliament to lower the age of criminal responsibility, the grassroots collective ‘Justice Not Jails’ has been taking action against the government’s ‘tough on crime’ strategy ever since. If you’d like to get involved with Justice Not Jails, you can reach them on Facebook or Instagram Support the show: https://8ccc.com.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5d ago

Reel News August 2026 with René Sutton

Alice Springs Cinema keeps on bringing all the movies we want and is thinking outside the box when it comes to screenings and events. Whether it's Girls Night Out, Craft-a-Noons, Q&As or films in languages represented in our community, they manage to fit it all in. René Sutton, General Manager at the cinema, takes us through the August line up, including the Harry Potter marathon over two days on the last weekend in August and more good films for you to look forward. Support the show: https://8ccc.com.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6d ago

Dr Sarah Goddard with a Diptheria update for The Barkly

Senior Rural Generalist in Tennant Creek and Kaytetye woman, Dr Sarah Goddard took some time out to update 8CCC's Brian Coleman with the current statistics on Diptheria in the NT and the best ways to make sure you're vaccinated and where to go if you're not. Look out for upcoming pop up centres at events like the footy! Support the show: https://8ccc.com.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 18

Empathy is the Hot Ticket for Rising Number of Homeless

As part of last weeks's Central Australian Heat Resilience Summit, Jon Swain, Director of Director Climate and Homelessness at Byabarra presented on the Era of Homelessness & Extreme Heat - Those without shelter. He joined 8CCC's Kate Lyons-Dawson to expand on some of the issues around the impacts of increasing heat on homelessness that need to be addressed rapidly, as our climate heats up exponentially. Key to this is seeing those without a roof over their head as our neighbours and people worthy of empathy. Jon was also able to speak about his Churchill Fellowship which informed his knowledge of the problem and the policies in place in the US, which he hopes to utilise further in the work happening in this area in Australia. Support the show: https://8ccc.com.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 18

Red Dirt Poetry Festival 2026 with Laurie May

Red Dirt Poetry Festival hits the ground running this week and Executive Director Laurie May was on 8CCC Brekky early today to give listeners a rundown on what the 2026 program has on offer. From Thursday 20 August until Sunday you'll find plenty of events to join in, including at 10am Saturday our 8CCC carpark hosts the international Haiku Death Match! Then it's a gentle stroll over to Lhere Mparntwe for Tree Jazz with Wendy Taleo at 11.30. Laurie spoke about her time representing Australian poetry in Rotterdam last year, which resulted in the inspirational pairing (or re-pairing/reparing of art and science as well as the collaboration with Chilean poets for this year's festival. Support the show: https://8ccc.com.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 17

Sarah Wilson from ECNT

Sarah Wilson from ECNT joined Baini on the Big Brekky to chat about the upcoming Gaslit: Blitz and Boogie event. The event, Saturday August 29th, will be held to distribute ‘Ban Fracking’ signs across Darwin suburbs. Sarah noted that 120 volunteers will be needed to hand out signs to the houses that have registered, and put the call out on the show for people to sign up online. After the ‘Blitz’ comes the ‘Boogie.’ From 2-6pm, an open party will be hosted at the Nightcliff ECNT space with food, live DJs, banner painting, screen printing and more. Sarah outlined the reasons for the event, and the need to promote anti-fracking sentiment throughout the NT. “Fracking in the Northern Territory has been going on for almost two decades now, and the community has been super strong this whole time in holding off full scale production gas fracking. But there are really big players in the Beetaloo Basin where they want to frack in the Northern Territory now. Santos, a huge company, have escalated the Beetaloo Basin as their number one most important project they want to go ahead with” Sarah gave an explanation as to how this posed huge risks to waterways and climate. The fracking process not only involves drilling up to 4kms deep and 10kms wide into the basin, but also potentially harmful chemicals continue to be injected into the earth which could cause contamination. If you’d like to volunteer for the Blitz and Boogie event or register for a 'Ban Fracking' sign, go to the Gaslit webpage to sign up. Support the show: https://8ccc.com.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kate and Brian bring you local stories, music and interviews live from Mparntwe Alice Springs & Tennant Creek

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