Pine Gap too far for Iranian missiles
Pine Gap is far too distant from Iran to be threatened by reprisals it has announced in response to America’s attack on three nuclear facilities. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.
Crime and cash
Territory elections are fought on law-and-order policies but none of them have made a lot of difference to the agony crime is causing. This report looks at the financial consequences, and raises the question of how the millions spent on dealing with a crime that took just a minute or two could be applied to the community's greater advantage. By ERWIN CHLANDA.
No guns on buses or in public housing: Justice not Jails
Justice not Jails condemns the CLP government’s plans to make Transit Safety and Public Housing Safety Officers into fully armed members of the police force.
Musical Dispatch from the Front
Is pepper spray just the beginning, asks Frank Baarda in his column.
Why "musical"? Because the cheeky column is always linked to a song.
Why "front"? Because it's the line to which the settlers' colonial enterprise advanced.
Warlpiri people and friends march and wail
A large number of people from Lajamanu and from Yuendumu, the home town of Kumanjayi White who died in custody on May 27, came to Alice Springs to attend a vigil, to march and mourn. By ERWIN CHLANDA.
CLP government talks tough on crime, abandons those who fight it
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Talk tough on crime, abandon those who fight it. That's the message NT Police are hearing loud and clear from the CLP Government following its latest shameful pay offer to officers – proving their promises were nothing more than political spin, writes Nathan Finn, NT Police Association president.
WA brothers first and second in the Finke. Bike crown goes to NSW.
West Australian brothers Travis and Beau Robinson starred in the Tatts Finke Desert Race.
Travis (pictured) claimed his first car King of the Desert crown after finishing with the fastest overall time on Race Day Two, ahead of his brother, the reigning champion.
Corey Hammond from NSW won in the bikes.
Zachary Rolfe 'Soldier Policeman Hero'
By ERWIN CHLANDA
Zachary Rolfe, who fatally shot Kumanjayi Walker in 2019, is described as a “Soldier Policeman Hero” on a website promoting guest speakers, offering his services for between $5001 and 10,000. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.
Flies 1, Finke 0?
The flies plague is threatening to put a dampener on the exodus from town to enjoy the Finke Desert Race, usually some 12,000 people heading south for a camping weekend. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.
Parks divestment plan is civic overreach
I struggle to see any merit in the Alice Springs Town Council's bizarre project of civic overreach. COMMENT by MIKE GILLAM