Territory Story

Josh Burgoyne was elected to the Northern Territory parliament in 2020 as the new member for the seat of Braitling. Born and raised in Alice Springs, Josh grew up carefree living an idyllic lifestyle. He was a keen sportsman and loved playing soccer and competing in athletics. After school he started a degree in business at Flinders University in Adelaide but decided to dropout after a couple of y...

On this weekend edition of the podcast, Chris Walsh, Editor of the NT Independent online newspaper, talks about the stories making the news in the Territory. These stories include: - NT Anti corruption commissioner Ken Fleming announce his retirement - Labor minister's $300K office fit out revealed - NT economy poised for growth but the same old obstacles remain - Defence personnel in hotel quaran...

Quentin Kilian is the CEO of the Real Estate Institute of the Northern Territory. A position he has held for 13 years. Born in Adelaide, Quentin’s family moved to Darwin when he was seven years old. That was 1968 and Darwin was a very different place. Quentin talks about growing up in Darwin in the 70s, earning one cent per paper on his paper route, getting fed Greek and Chinese food from local fa...

Debbie Foster is a law firm management consultant with Affinity Consulting Group. She lives in Tampa, Florida. We last spoke with Debbie on episode 8. On this episode we talk about what’s happening with Covid-19 in the US, particularly how Florida has been dealing with the issue compared to the other states. We then take a plunge into US politics including what happened with the storming of the Ca...

Born in Northern New South Wales to German and English parents, Sybil Klose grew up enjoying a rural lifestyle and at an early age became quite a good tennis player. She may have even turned professional but parents weren’t too thrilled at allowing a 14 year old girl travel to the big smoke of Sydney to play tournaments. After school she decided to apply for a job training to become a nurse in Dar...

Award winning journalist, Peter Greste, and Leon Loganathan were separately interviewed by ABC Radio earlier this month regarding the Northern Territory Government’s ban on the NT Independent online newspaper from covering government press conferences. Here are interviews reproduced with the kind permission of the ABC.

Daniel Fletcher is CEO of the Litchfield Shire Council. Originally from Melbourne, Daniel grew up in Brisbane, played cricket and Aussie Rules, and obtained degrees in criminology and psychology from Griffiths University. As part of the course he undertook a year of study abroad in Slovenia and France. After spending a few years working in the criminal justice system, Daniel took up a position as...

Alicia Langton is a financial advisor at Halpin Wealth. Born in Kilkenny, Ireland, Alicia lived a happy Irish childhood before leaving the little village to attend the University of Limerick to study economics. As part of her studies she spent two years in Melbourne and then returned to Ireland to do a Masters in International Management. Working in Ireland after the GFC and dealing with foreclosu...

On this weekend edition of the podcast, Chris Walsh, Editor of the NT Independent online newspaper, talks about the stories making the news in the Territory. These stories include: 1. Senate passes unanimous motion calling on NT Government to lift ban on free press 2. Gunner Government’s pre-election COVID-19 financial report ‘misleading’: Auditor General 3. ‘I am unable to conclude whether the Bu...

Born in Mt Barker in the Adelaide Hills, Simon Watts came to the Territory as a four year old to the Aboriginal settlement of Numbulwar where his dad took up a job running the local general store. Simon’s life was idyllic; hunting, fishing and generally spending life outdoors with his older brother. His adventures included sinking in a dinghy in croc infested waters as an eight year old and being...

On this weekend edition of the podcast, Chris Walsh, Editor of the NT Independent online newspaper, talks about the stories making the news in the Territory. These stories include: 1. NT Government's 'dangerous' ban on press outlet should be reversed, Peter Greste 2. Gunner says he will produce secret China agreement, changes story on what it is 3. Federal money for NT roads diverted to boost publ...

Max Fredricks is actually a descendant of Burmese royalty but you wouldn’t know it. He’s an incredibly humble, gentle natured guy...and a talented local musician. Starting in Perth, Max’s family moved to Canberra, Malaysia and Adelaide before he branched out and followed his passion. He eventually wound up in Darwin and has been a professional musician for 30 years. This is Max’s Territory Story.

On this weekend edition of the podcast, Chris Walsh, Editor of the NT Independent online newspaper, talks about the stories making the news in the Territory. Territory Economic Reconstruction Commission recovery plan Chief Ministers Youth Crime data called out as “meaningless spin” by the Opposition Peter Greste on press freedom Jabiru township tax payer cash to be controlled by a new entity while...

Louisa Kinnear was born in Perth to parents were both PhDs in Zoology. Her father was originally from Edmonton, Canada, but moved to Perth to study marsupials. Louisa didn’t quite follow in her parents’ footsteps. Instead she chartered her own course, first obtaining an Arts degree majoring in English from the University of Western Australia and later an MBA from the same institution. Louisa start...

On this weekend edition of the podcast, Chris Walsh, Editor of the NT Independent online newspaper, talks about the stories making the news in the Territory. - ‘Just explain it’s a busy shift’: Officers in Darwin division told to mislead the public over staffing shortage - Intimate Karama community crime meeting attended by eight criticised as ‘out of touch’ - Zachary Rolfe's lawyer seeks to move...

Peirong Dong, also known by her English name, Catherine, was born in the relatively small town of Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province in China. Population 4.2 million. From an early age, Catherine longed to experience life outside her comfort zone. Her opportunity came when she finished high school and enrolled in a local university that allowed two years of study in Melbourne. Catherine came...

On this weekend edition of the podcast, Chris Walsh, Editor of the NT Independent online newspaper, talks about the stories making the news in the Territory. - ABC Darwin featured on Media Watch - Widespread power outage Darwin, Palmerston, rural area and Katherine - Covid-19 hotspot declared in South Australia throwing quarantine in the NT into a tailspin

Born in Scotland, John Lawrence grew up in Edinburgh with his elder sister in the housing projects. His father was a carpenter working in shipyards and who decided that he wanted his son to grow up to be a lawyer. So he took a second job to earn extra money to send John to a private school. After finishing high school John went to University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and fulfilled his father’s wis...

This is Rebecca Forrest. Born in Perth, Western Australia, Rebecca was the middle child in a happy family. She had a wonderful childhood and fond family memories. After high school Rebecca studied public relations. She then moved to Bendigo with her then partner and their daughter. They eventually end up in Darwin via Brisbane. Things didn’t quite go accordingly to plan and they separated amicably...

On this weekend edition of the podcast, Chris Walsh, Editor of the NT Independent online newspaper, talks about the stories making the news in the Territory. These are the stories: 1. NT Budget 2020: Spending continues with no plan to address financial crisis 2. ‘That has not been raised with me’: ABC boss grilled over Darwin newsroom’s conflict of interest at Senate Estimates 3. Chief Minister de...

David Qin was born in Guangzhou, China. Chris Teng was born in Darwin, Australia. Both have Chinese heritage and both a lawyers at Ward Keller. In this episode we explore how having similar heritage but being born and raised in different countries can influence our attitudes and culture.

Lyma Nguyen has an incredible story. Her parents fled Vietnam and she was born in a refugee camp in Indonesia. After being granted refugee status by the Australian government, Lyma’s family moved to Darra in Brisbane where she grew up. She was a bookish girl and went on to study politics, philosophy and law at the University of Queensland. After graduating, Lyma worked for the Australian governmen...

This is Greg Thomson. Greg is the General Manager of the NT News. One of three brothers, Greg grew up in Nhulunbuy on the eastern coast of the Northern Territory. Following high school, Greg became a cadet journalist at the NT Newspaper. His career has taken him from Darwin to Perth, and Hong Kong to Alice Springs. He tells some great yarns including the story of his family driving from Nhulunbuy...

On this weekend edition of the podcast, Chris Walsh, Editor of the NT Independent online newspaper, talks about the stories making the news in the Territory. These stories include: - ABC increases over sight at Darwin newsroom as potentially conflicted reporting emerges - Budget repair measures fail ahead of the 2020 NT budget - NT Government's $30M battery energy system wins environmental support...

Stephanie Stonier is the Regional Development and Social Performance Manger at Origin Energy. Now a bit of a regular on Territory Story, Stephanie is back to respond to a number of allegations made by the activist group, Get Up, about fracking in the Northern Territory.