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Firebrands United: Block gas, oil production, says Anderson
By ERWIN CHLANDA The meet and greet of Aboriginal people this morning, in town for a two-day national convention on sovereignty, was star-studded and animated. Controversial former ATSIC chair...
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Mining may trigger urban drift: national freedom meeting
By ERWIN CHLANDA Concerns that Aborigines are being pushed from their bush communities into fringe camps around major towns so that their land can be used for gas and oil production has emerged as a...
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TIO sale: Hip pocket vote may loom
COMMENT by ALEX NELSON A recent editorial comment in relation to the NT Government’s sale of TIO stating “people overwhelmingly vote with their hip pockets” reminded me of two prominent examples that...
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Giles, Conlan reduce Alice Springs to a mere dot
By ERWIN CHLANDA You’d think that when Chief Minister Adam Giles and Tourism Minister Matt Conlan are spending taxpayers’ money promoting the Territory tourism, then their home town, where a majority...
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Release full fracking report, says Opposition
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – The Giles Government needs to immediately release the full Hawke Report into Hydraulic Fracturing in the NT rather than hiding it from the public. There are huge concerns...
View ArticleRelease fracking report before pipeline deals: ALEC
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Chief Minister Adam Giles should immediately release the findings of the NT Hydraulic Fracturing Inquiry handed to him late last week. The inquiry investigated the...
View ArticleSensible infrastructure for the NT?
GUEST COMMENT by BOB DURNAN With the fire sale of TIO having proceeded, local CLP supporters are agitating for Adam Giles’ government to invest in what they call “sensible infrastructure”. They...
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Giles neglects sign-off for community grants, says Labor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – The chaos and dysfunction in the CLP Government is delaying sign off on important funding agreements. The Community Benefit Fund Major Community Grants program had been...
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Give Alice a thought over the holiday season
It’s that time of the year when the Alice Springs News Online, over Christmas and New Year, brings you opinion pieces from locals from all walks of life, reflections on all that’s good (and not so...
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A new railway station, hotel in Whittaker Street?
By ERWIN CHLANDA Chief Minister Adam Giles is looking for expressions of interest to build a commercial complex in Whittaker Street that may include a new railway station. The block is on the...
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Full steam ahead on gas while tourism languishes
Tourism NT promotional images: A middle aged couple very fond of selfies – drinking cocktails by the poolside (Monte Carlo? Johannesburg? Anywhere?); in a wide open space (Kazakhstan? Serengeti?); and...
View ArticleEducation funding doesn’t add up: COGSO
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Our schools are not better off under the global budget allocations, as promised by the Minister of Education Peter Chandler. He has not been able to give a clear answer...
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Don’t approach escapee, say police
Alice Springs police have warned “not to approach at any time” 22-year-old escapee Andreas Bush. Detective Sergeant Leith Phillips of the Southern Investigation Squad says he escaped the custody of...
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Big projects: Done deals and wriggle room
The aftermath of the TIO sale has put big money in play, and there’s nothing like the whiff of big money to get hands in the air. The call is for sensible, sustainable infrastructure to form the NT’s...
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Alice: Little town with lots of brains
By STEVE MORTON Alice Springs is a significant base for science. For a town of our size there exists a cadre of scientists and scientific institutions of unusual number and influence – indeed, no...
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What he said about the rape, murder of which he was convicted
By ERWIN CHLANDA The Central Land Council says in an obituary about a former chairman that “he always maintained he did not commit” the rape and murder of nine-year-old Mary Hattam near Ceduna in...
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Reshuffle: Giles takes tourism, health to Elferink
By ERWIN CHLANDA Robyn Lambley (at left) is switching from health to corrections and Adam Giles (at right) is taking over the crucial tourism portfolio from Matt Conlan in yesterday’s cabinet...
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Single Female Bicycle Rider: I shall be released
It was raining cats and dogs suddenly and I was on my bike in front of Brand A employment on Gregory Terrace. So I decided to have a look at their job board to get out of the rain. Lo and behold...
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Another Kronan. How disgusting.
I am devastated. There is another Kronan in town. It’s brand new, bright orange, and it belongs to a male. Who was strolling alongside it nonchalantly in the Woolies car park about a month ago....
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Titjikala: new rubbish service, booze sign
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – It was a pleasure to travel to Titjikala to join celebrations for the community’s second consecutive Tidy Towns win, to announce a $266,000 grant to improve with rubbish...
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