8CCC Big Brekky

8CCC's Kate Lyons-Dawson was joined by Kelli Cole, Curator for the Vincent Lingiari Award to talk about the exhibition and it's opening, alongside Desert Mob at Araluen Art Centre on Thursday night. Kelli, after over twenty years of working in the National Gallery, has returned to Mparntwe Alice Springs with a wealth of knowledge and experience which she generously shared over a wide range of topi...

(A) from Snap Media joined Baini on the show this morning to discuss the recent gag order that the Northern Territory Government has put out on the publication’s media inquiries. Snap media is an independent news and media source based in Darwin. The publication covers political issues in the NT and presents them to the public via their substack or on instagram. Over the weekend, (A) di...

Barkly Regional Council CEO Peter Harder joined 8CCC's Brian Coleman to find out what's been of news this month. Find out more about rubbish collection and animal ownership, as well as solar for the Youth Centre and the interim measures while the Mayor is on paternity leave. Peter also answered a few of the community member's questions. Support the show: https://8ccc.com.au/donate See omnystudio.c...

Centralian Today and Tennant Creek Today have been with us now for three years - and it just keeps getting better! Natalie Woods, Key Accounts Manager and journalist Gladys Baretta came on the Brekky Show to announce that from September the papers would be free both in print and online and available in more venues across our towns. Support the show: https://8ccc.com.au/donate See omnystudio.com/li...

With a week to go until Desert Mob 2026 , Co-curators Hettie Perkins and Aspen Beattie, visited 8CCC Brekky Show to speak about the program. This year Desart is proud to join in partnership with the Central Land Council to present the fourth edition of the nationally renowned Vincent Lingiari Art Award (VLAA), with the award being announced on 10 September and the CLC Delegates’ Choice Award...

Chansey Paech MLA was speaking this morning to Kate Lyons-Dawson, from his position of shadow Health Minister today when he presented the health discussion paper. The Member for Gwoja and team have been travelling around the Territory to find out what people need in their health system. Make sure you have your say! NT Labor would like to see a new Darwin Hospital and culturally safe health practic...

"It's just a fun track!" 8CCC Brekky caught us with Cooperblack aka Jez Conlon to find out more about the latest single release,  Dance (If you Remember) , a post-punk electro dance track about finding your way back to movement — even when you can’t remember how. Built from pulsing electronics, post-punk energy and a restless sense of movement, the track sits somewhere between the...

Today on the show, Baini was joined by the Australian Education Union NT (AEUNT) President Brian Gray. Mr Gray spoke about the potential risks regarding the NT Government’s proposed legislation to merge the Teachers Registration Board (TRB) with the Board of Studies. Usually in the NT, teachers must be registered with the TRB in order to take up a teaching role. Minister for Education, Jo He...

Mayor Asta Hill spoke on 8CCC Brekky about some of the issues raised during the August 2026 Alice Springs Town Council Meeting , including the Central Australian inaugural Heat Summit, appreciation for the outgoing Deputy Mayor, Alison Bitar, as the new Deputy Mayor, Danial Rochford begins his term, discussions with Qantas and Uber, the apology to the leadership of the Pine Gap Joint Facility, and...

President of the Todd Mall Markets committee, Ashlee Dinham chatted with 8CCC Brekky about this milestone and Sunday's special event. Currently on the Council Lawns while the Mall is upgraded, come down and support local while having lots of fun! Support the show: https://8ccc.com.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The open air cinema experience at Olive Pink Botanic Garden is on once again, care of Alice Noir - "the tastes and the flavours of what the people of Alice Springs like to watch". This time there's a dark fantasy theme and three outstanding fantasy film classics to vote for - The Princess Bride, Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. Organisers Anna Miers and Oly Lee-yung chat on 8CCC Brekky about the Alice...

8CCC's Kate Lyons-Dawson caught up with Neil Murray while he's in Mparntwe Alice Springs, as part of his Still Here By My Side tour. Friday night out at White Gums, Ilwempe Ilwempe from 7pm, everyone's invited to hear all your favourites, as well as this new track ahead of an album planned for next year. Neil said about Still Here By My Side "You get down to this end of the road, you've had a lot...

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 cent...

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 be...

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...

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 t...

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 p...

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 ex...

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 Mpa...

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 t...

On 12 August 2026, the Inaugural Central Australia Heat Resilience Summit brought  together community leaders, technical experts and researchers, representatives from  government and the community sector to share knowledge about the impacts of extreme  heat on human health and liveability across Central Australia.  Here we have Mparntwe Alice Springs Mayor Asta Hill opening the...

8CCC Brekky was lucky to have two thirds of East of West in the studio when the ARIA-nominated Queensland instrumental trio East of West released their fourth album, Velella . Malinda Morris and Goran Gajić (soon to be joined by Philip Griffin ) are visiting Mparntwe Alice Springs for a weekend of workshops at Tamara Date Farm after joining in on the fun of the Winter Night Market , a concert at&n...

Friday 14 August is a Winter Night Market from 5pm on the Town Council Lawns. Ola, Community Projects and Events Officer from Alice Springs Town Council talks us through what to expect this evening. The community eventy is leaning into a medieval theme and besides some new food trucks and free chai and hot chocolate you can join in perusing all the stalls - but get there around 5.45pm for a surpri...

Jac Marriott , the creative power behind Freefall which begins on August 14, came into 8CCC Brekky to talk us through the incredible real-life story behind this performance. We heard about the amazing crew too, including  Jules Billington , composer Chrysoulla Markoulli and a little bit of what to expect at 3 Crispe St. Ticket's selling fast, plus raffle tickets available! 'Freefall is a move...

Barkly Regional Council CEO Peter Harder spoke on 8CCC Brekky following the July Council meeting. Some of the agenda items included the new commercial waste and rubbish collection service delivery due to rising costs across the budget.  There was a motion that went through the May council meeting around that to say, part of the social responsibility of corporations is to contribute to the communit...