Tuesday, December 3, 2024

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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...

Economy to boom, but no answer for domestic violence

By ERWIN CHLANDA The Territory economy is picking up and next year it will go gangbusters, according to CDU Adjunct Professor Rolf Gerritsen (portrait at...

Gallery on half the Anzac oval carpark

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

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

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

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

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

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