Thursday, November 21, 2024

The freedom of the press still furnishes that check upon government which no constitution has ever been able to provide – Chicago Tribune.

Gallery on half the Anzac oval carpark

By ERWIN CHLANDA The Aboriginal art gallery, now known as ATSIAGA, will be placed on about half of the present Anzac Oval car park in...

Bringing health care to The Rock

She calls it “the best commute in the world,” 30 minutes from Yulara through the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, past The Rock to Mutitjulu. That’s...

Nothing to see here

By ERWIN CHLANDA A way of dealing with youth crime has finally been found: Pretending it doesn't exist. "Around 7pm on Monday 14 October, the Joint...

Sunshine asset on the slide, slowly

By ERWIN CHLANDA Looking up into the sky and seeing yet another lot of clouds may raise the spectre of Alice losing its place as...

Pokies gamblers in NT casinos blew more than $80m in 2023/24

By ERWIN CHLANDA Poker machine gamblers in the two NT casinos lost more than $80m in the 2023/24 financial year, the exact figure being $80,089,252. A...

And now, a movie about The Centre

By ERWIN CHLANDA The makers of the movie Finding Miss Almond, which is set mostly in Alice Springs, is seeking funding from Screen Territory under...

Getting killed in the Territory: Netflix series

By ERWIN CHLANDA In the opening sequence we’re told by the central character, played by Anna Torv: “Everything up here is trying to kill you.”...

Anzac Oval and the ill-fated art gallery: Nothing needed to be changed.

OPINION by ALEX NELSON Exactly 68 years ago, on Saturday, 17 November 1956, Prince Philip was being shown the sights around Alice Springs. The Duke of...

Council takes leaking of Mayor letter to ICAC

By ERWIN CHLANDA The town council held a secret meeting at 5pm yesterday to discuss a letter from Mayor Matt Paterson to the Commonwealth Bank,...

Yellow rabbit faces challenge

By ERWIN CHLANDA The silly yellow rabbit at one end of the lane between the Supreme Court building and the post office now has competition...

Pokies operator gets Mayor’s discreet support

By ERWIN CHLANDA Mayor Matt Paterson, without the consent of the council, emailed the Commonwealth Bank in support of the town’s biggest owner of poker...

Film questions Pine Gap as Trump wins

By ERWIN CHLANDA It’s a time of major events: Donald Trump has again been elected President of the USA and its biggest foreign spy base...

A crocodile in Coober Pedy

Pearls of the Eromanga Sea, Part Two, by MIKE GILLAM Covering much of inland Australia, the Eromanga Sea provided the building blocks of tourism icons...

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