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 t…

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 …

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 …

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…

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 th…

Inaugural Central Australian Heat Resilience Summit 2026 summary

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 Ce…

East of West releases Velella from Mparntwe

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 wo…

Winter Night Market - Ola Be Malindi and Goran

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…

Jac Marriott's Freefall

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 exp…

Barkly Regional Council CEO unpacks the July 2026 Meeting

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 a…