Sunday, December 22, 2024

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

Nature never takes a holiday: What Cyclone Tracy means for us today

By ALEX NELSON As 2024 winds down unsurprisingly much attention is directed to the 50th anniversary of Cyclone Tracy which destroyed Darwin in the early hours...

Youth crime: More meetings

By ERWIN CHLANDA To get a handle on the town’s catastrophic crime wave the NT Government is putting its money on more police, which for...

The international dimension of a local traffic offence

By KIERAN FINNANE There’s no question that they did it: on 27 November last year, in the middle of Hatt Road, two people, Carmen...

Youth crime kept in the shadow

By ERWIN CHLANDA The public isn’t going to learn much from official channels about the bashing – alleged – with a blunt weapon of a...

Lowering legal age to 10 meaningless: Lambley

By ERWIN CHLANDA If you got all excited at your last Eastside BBQ about the new CLP Government lowering the legal age of criminal responsibility...

Finke Desert Race court action stopped

By ERWIN CHLANDA Action against Finke Desert Race Inc by the NT Motor Accident Commission over the death of a spectator has been stopped. A Notice...

Six storeys, and vested interest questions

By ERWIN CHLANDA The new government has inherited a conundrum from its Labor predecessor which made a deal for 72 units with the latest intending...

South of the Gap: gallery fight goes on

By KIERAN FINNANE Grassroots opposition to the location of the Territory government’s art gallery project anywhere within the Anzac Hill precinct continues. The scaled-down version of...

Tourism started as a do-it-yourself venture

I first travelled to Alice Springs on Sunday 3rd November 1955, arriving on TAA flight TN576 which left Adelaide at 6.40pm on the Saturday,...

Visitor centre location: Getting it right this time?

Opinion by ALEX NELSON A month ago, Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro, along with local ministers Bill Yan and Joshua Burgoyne, signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

The first 100 days: Cracking down on dumpers

Cracking down on illegal dumping in Alice Springs is among the initiatives introduced by the CLP Government during its first 100 days, according to...

Booze floor price ends, fight starts

By ERWIN CHLANDA The new buzzword “minoritarian governing” describes minorities getting their way by making a lot of noise or grasping media attention, disproportionate to...

DIY welfare group puts numbers to its proud record

By ERWIN CHLANDA The Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council is a bit of a mouthful, so just call them NPY and be amazed at its...

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