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‘Fracking pipeline – road to regional inequality’
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – We are concerned that statements by Federal Industry Minister MacFarlane will drive intensive shale gas fracking across Northern Territory basins and into the Kimberley in...
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Work for the dole at golf club: sounds good on paper only
ABOVE: Golf club member and volunteer Dave Ross fixing up mess left by work for the dole scheme participants. By ERWIN CHLANDA The Abbott Government’s work for the dole scheme, due to be rolled...
View ArticleDeath from alcohol: is the industry culpable?
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – An inquiry examining the harmful use of alcohol in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities will be called upon to explore the culpability of the alcohol industry,...
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Community-based handymen to save money
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – A new housing maintenance officer based at Papunya, also delivering services to the communities of Mt Liebig and Haasts Bluff, is helping to deliver quicker response times...
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Native title meeting invalid?
By ERWIN CHLANDA The Bray family has not been acknowledged as a member of Ilpme, one of the three estate groups making up Lhere Artepe (LA), the native title organisation for Alice Springs, according...
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Northern development: Alice off to hesitant start
By ERWIN CHLANDA “Don’t mention the war.” These timeless words from the comedy hit Fawlty Towers could have been the motto for Friday night’s meeting called to acquaint Alice Springs with Northern...
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Changing school holidays? It’s a hard one.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – We have been asking Territorians whether or not school holidays could be reconfigured to achieve better outcomes for students. Teachers, parents, students and community...
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Aboriginal flag on Anzac Hill: Unjustified division
My beef with flying the Aboriginal Flag from Anzac hill is not as stated elsewhere, so much about those who fought beneath it as one nation, as it is about the primary importance of the symbolism of...
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Tollner rejected, Anderson says Giles phoned PUP
By ERWIN CHLANDA Palmer United Party leader Alison Anderson says she would not comment about any coalition with Labor before speaking with her two colleagues, Larisa Lee and Francis Xavier Kurrupuwu....
View ArticleLowest number of August property crimes in four years
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Alice Springs Police continue to crack down on property related crime, recording the lowest number of unlawful entries in August for the last four years. There were 31...
View Article‘A departmental officer will facilitate discussions next week to determine if...
By ERWIN CHLANDA The Federal Department of Employment has today provided a response to questions the Alice Springs News Online asked a week ago about the work for the dole scheme at the Alice Springs...
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Bess Price washes her hands of Whitegate
By ERWIN CHLANDA The Minister for Community Services, Bess Price, this afternoon denied having any responsibility for the embattled Whitegate camp. In a statement today she says its residents...
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Bess Price seeks ideas for ‘exceptional opportunities for investment in our...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – We are calling on people with big ideas to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for new tourism and business developments in Northern Territory parks and reserves. We...
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In Centre, roads, energy dominate development report
By ERWIN CHLANDA Improvements of road, rail and natural gas infrastructure in Central Australia are prominent in the final report of the Inquiry into the Development of Northern Australia tabled by...
View ArticleSeniors seek review of cuts in NT Budget
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Seniors are urging the NT Government to overturn unfair changes to its Seniors Concession Scheme which were announced in the NT’s 2014 Budget. All mens over 65 years and...
View ArticleSteering committee for national Indigenous art centre
By ERWIN CHLANDA A steering committee to create a national Indigenous art centre in Alice Springs will be set up in the next couple of months, says Scott Lovett, of the Department of the Chief...
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Giles to double Indigenous public servants
By ERWIN CHLANDA Chief Minister Adam Giles said he has given instructions for the percentage of Aborigines in the NT public service to be doubled from 8% to 16%. Mr Giles, who was speaking at the...
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Mereenie Loop Road on the never-never
By ERWIN CHLANDA Transport Minister Peter Styles (pictured) is giving no time frame for the sealing or even the upgrading of the Mereenie Loop Road, a key in efforts by the tourism industry to make...
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Building of Parsons Street court to start soon
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Construction is expected to begin before the end of the year on the new Alice Springs Supreme Court. The Government has signed a 20 year lease for Supreme Court...
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And then there were two …
By ERWIN CHLANDA The Palmer United Party in the NT has lost a third of its Parliamentary wing with the defection of Francis Xavier Kurrupuwu (pictured with Adam Giles) back to the CLP. Only six...
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