My pick for the best Australian journalism of 2024 is Daniel James and his work in the Northern Territory.
The three episode podcast series 'This is Alice Springs' was superb; giving voice to people the political class talk about endlessly, but never listen to. It's deeply moving and brutally shows deep truths about this country.
This article is a good place to start.
https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/october/daniel-james/children-intervention#mtr
Published on October 14th, 15th and 16th, 2024
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The three episode podcast series 'This is Alice Springs' was superb; giving voice to people the political class talk about endlessly, but never listen to. It's deeply moving and brutally shows deep truths about this country.
This article is a good place to start.
https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/october/daniel-james/children-intervention#mtr
Published on October 14th, 15th and 16th, 2024
https://rss.acast.com/7am
#auspol
#journalism
#australia
Media stories about Alice Springs emphasise lawlessness and dysfunction, but on the ground it is a community let down by successive government failures
“They did this, not us!” It’s what Aunty Pat Ansell Dodds tells me in the living room of her small flat on the west side of Alice Springs. She is a gentle woman, 76 years old and grandmother to 12.Daniel James (The Monthly)
