Bushranger
YUMMMMM
FILM fanatics had the opportunity to pop to the Deckchair Cinema for free after a email mix up left the organiser vastly over catered. “Due to a mix up with our emails, the lovely new caterer – Three Mum’s Kitchen – has cooked for a crowd of 220, but we only had 16 tickets sold,” a Facebook post said. Instead of wasting the food, the cinema opened its doors to everyone for free.
BLAST FROM THE PAST
FOR almost a decade MIX FM’s Friday morning panel show
The Week That Was has been covering off on all things Territory politics. And on all but the rarest occasion the show features a representative from Labor and one from the CLP. But last month – the week after the Zachary Rolfe verdict – Labor couldn’t find a panellist. Eyebrows were raised when Labor’s former Aboriginal affairs minister Ken Vowles was seen in the studio minutes before the show was due to start. Host Katie
Woolf asked if he would liked to fill in for his missing former ALP colleagues but Vowles politely declined.
INTERESTING GUESTS
THERE’S no love lost between Vowles and Chief Minister Michael Gunner, but the animosity doesn’t appear to extend to the rest of his cabinet. Vowles was out at TIO Stadium for the NTFL grand final in his new gig hosting a sports program on Mix. One of his first guests was Health Minister Natasha Fyles.
GOOD EGG AWARD
THIS week’s good egg award goes to ABC journo Roxanne Fitzgerald, who generously saved the day for her NT News counterpart Jason Walls when his SD card reader failed while out chasing a yarn. Collegiality lives, we owe you one, Roxanne. Points also go to established good egg, the ABC’s Mel Mackay, for the assist.
FINAL CHEERIO
IT would be remiss of Bushie to finalise this week’s column without making mention of the retirement of reader favourite Territory coroner Greg Cavanagh. Despite his honour’s oft-stated wish that we “don’t put this in Bushranger”, we must respectively demur on this occasion. After decades on the bench, we have no choice but to bid a fond farewell to a longstanding and witty Territory institution. Cheerio, Cav, and all the best in a well earned retirement.