Letters to the Editor
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR UNHAPPY WITH TV INTERVIEW ABOUT HAROLD LIDDLE Sir,- Late last week we viewed the original television interview conducted by an ABC Reporter and Bob Liddle, which refers to the...
View Article30,000 Territorians not on the electoral roll
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – According to ABS estimated population figures there are about 30,000 Territorians who are not on the electoral roll. The Northern Territory Electoral Commission is...
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Culture, people appealed to event organiser
By ERWIN CHLANDA The range of activities available and “the diversity of cultures and people” were what Vanessa Fleming-Baillie (pictured) found very appealing in Alice Springs. The event...
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Global travellers meet at the crossroads of the world
PICTURED: Pushkar Shah (left) and Nicolas Queune in Todd Mall yesterday. By ERWIN CHLANDA Where does a man walking around the world meet another one doing the same thing on a bicycle? In Todd Mall,...
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Why do we not think BIG about tourism?
I attended another token forum recently which had the publicised intention of gathering local ideas on future development, facilitating infrastructure for the Central Australian Region. I was once...
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Drugs found on bus from Adelaide
A 24-year-old man will appear in the Magistrates Court today charged with drug offences following a routine search on a bus traveling from Adelaide. Detective Sergeant Dave Hamlyn says drug detector...
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Work starts on 250 affordable housing dwellings
By ERWIN CHLANDA A program is under way to create 250 “affordable housing” dwellings in Alice Springs, within about three years. Construction has started on the first project, 11 units in Gillen,...
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Thunder in The Alice
By CHRIS CORDERO Alice Springs was treated to a revhead’s dream this weekend at the Drag Strip where competitors of all ages battled it out in front of some very impressive crowds. Broken records...
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Are there a better ways to spend $24m?
The construction of a $24m railway overpass 12 kilometres south of Alice Springs will start next month. NT Senator Nigel Scullion says in a media release the Stuart Highway project will involve...
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Territory growth – it is mostly the Top End’s Inpex
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Today’s CommSec State of the States report showed worrying signs on the horizon for the Territory economy. Its report released today has identified the Territory’s strong...
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For heaven’s sake, it’s Rock’n Roll
By ERWIN CHLANDA Quiz: He’s a man of the cloth. He writes Rock’n Roll. He’s a high energy live music performer. He has The Centre in his DNA. Yep, you got it: He is Basil Schild (above, right) who...
View ArticleMedicare: We can’t spend money we don’t have
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir,– The letter from Dr Craig San Roque (18/7/2014) in relation to mental health services to the Western Desert requires a response. It is inaccurate in relation to...
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Interim board for Desert Knowledge Australia?
The NT Government is in the process of appointing an interim board for the troubled Desert Knowledge Australia (DKA), according to a source asking not to be named. The source says the members will...
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Telstra service horrendous, says Alice farm area resident
PHOTO at right: Using Todd Mall WiFi as Telstra service in farm areas is close to collapse. By ERWIN CHLANDA Telstra’s service in the southern area of Alice Springs is clearly close to collapse as...
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Stuart statue competes against a light pole
By ERWIN CHLANDA It’s up – but not quite. There’s still a bit of work to be done around the feet of the controversial John McDouall Stuart statue. The latest piece of public art is competing with a...
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Put town planning into the hands of the people
COMMENT by ERWIN CHLANDA Tomorrow is the deadline for public submissions about the fourth (some say fifth) proposal to develop part of White Gums, land owned by the pioneering Brown family in the...
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A big trek for a big cause
By ERWIN CHLANDA As the world capital of swags Alice Springs is a fitting place for three people to embark on an epic journey – and so is their mode of transport. They are setting out to raise...
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Central Land Council retreats deeper into its bunker
By ERWIN CHLANDA The Central Land Council (CLC) is dealing with the bitter conflict between chairman Maurie Japarta Ryan and director David Ross by retreating deeper into its bunker. A meeting...
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Fracking company says it has deals with Central Land Council
By ERWIN CHLANDA The Norwegian oil company StatOil says agreements it has with the Central Land Council disprove claims by the Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) that the firm has “no fracking...
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Stuart is holding the wrong rifle
By ERWIN CHLANDA Just as you thought the row over the Stuart statue is all over, gun enthusiast Des Nelson has discovered the weapon the explorer is holding – the subject of so much criticism – is...
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