Issue 10

Two Dutch artists celebrated The Centre's natural wonders in a stunning cylindrical painting. Sadly, after 30 years as a major tourist attraction, Panorama Guth burned down 2005. Historian ALEX NELSON remembers.

Charles Darwin University expects to lose $5.5m in funding over the next two years, write Warren Snowdon (pictured), Luke Gosling and Malarndirri McCarthy.

Temperature could be a record but rain is not very likely. PHOTO: It won't be anything like this.

Police seek witnesses of the incident involving an orange Holden. Police media release. 

When will promoters of the industry wake up to the crass funding inequalities and harness the assets on the doorstep of Alice Springs? ERWIN CHLANDA reports.

UPDATE Friday, December 22 at 3:40pm in which Tourism Minister Lauren Moss emphasises a new Business Events Support Fund "which will allow the NT to more aggressively compete for lucrative business events" and "more in marketing [of] our festivals and sporting and cultural events".

St Philip’s College student Kai Simpson (at right) received an ATAR of 99 which placed him amongst the Top 10 students in the NT, a record field of 1430. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.

Police allege seized cannabis would have been worth $300,000 on the street.

Government licence fees for commercial passenger vehicles to drop sharply, writes Nicole Manison (pictured), Minister for Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics.

A year in the making, the initiative will reduce what goes into the landfill (pictured), writes Mayor Damien Ryan. 

People who are saying a council should do more than “rates, roads and rubbish” can point to the Rural City of Murray Bridge for a shining example. ERWIN CHLANDA talks with its Mayor.

Chairperson Rachel Pepper says “it is not the role of the Inquiry to make a recommendation whether or not the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in the NT should be lifted. That is a matter for Government”. But she also says “the conclusion of this Inquiry is that the challenges and risks associated with any onshore shale gas industry in the NT are manageable”. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.

UPDATE 7am December 14: Arid Lands Environment Centre and Health Care Professionals Against Fracking.

A public arts engagement project that centred on a statue of the explorer has tapped into a vein of powerful emotion and resulted in the production of a collection of thought-provoking artworks, say Dr Judy Lovell and Dr Al Strangeways.