Youth detention system a failure
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – The failings of the Territory’s youth detention system under multiple governments were made abundantly clear last week with the release of the Review of the Northern...
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Lamenting lines of life sentence and lifestyle choices
COMMENT by ERWIN CHLANDA There is much wailing and gnashing of teeth at the moment by people who are well employed and salaried, speaking out on behalf of those who are not. One laments is about...
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Tax money for bush: Don’t ask how much. Ask how.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Costs to government to support Aboriginal people to live in the bush wouldn’t be prohibitive if the focus was appropriate technology and infrastructure that enables...
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Gas the “glittering prize” but fracking worries some
By ERWIN CHLANDA Resource development, especially gas and oil, will play a key role in elevating the Territory from being sustained by the “rust bucket states” of NSW, Victoria and Queensland, to...
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Van Holthe sells out his electorate on TIO, fracking
Sir – When Willem Westra van Holthe (pictured) convened a public forum in Katherine late in 2014 to discuss the government’s proposal to sell TIO, he received a loud and clear message that the vast...
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Gas: It doesn’t get much bigger
By ERWIN CHLANDA In terms of dollars it doesn’t get much bigger in the Northern Territory than onshore gas, creating the most excitement at the national exploration seminar closing in Alice Springs...
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Funding cuts hurt Alice: Chamber of Commerce survey
Government funding cuts to Indigenous programs have pulled millions of dollars out of the Alice Springs community, and will cost jobs, according to a survey of its members by the local Chamber of...
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Wrangle over your car’s data not quite resolved
By ERWIN CHLANDA Car makers and owners aren’t quite on the same wavelength – yet – about access to the data identifying mechanical problems of vehicles. James Goodwin, of the Australian Automobile...
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Old aircraft with a big story
By ANDREA JOHNSTON Radio 8HA & SunFM Many people don’t realise that Alice Springs Airport didn’t always occupy its current spot, south of the Gap. The town’s rich aviation history is celebrated...
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We get 10% of wellhead price for our gas
By ERWIN CHLANDA “What’s in it for me” is a frequent question asked by people trying to get their heads around the many, many zeros in the numbers denoting the quantity and value of natural gas...
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Olive Pink turns 30, ambitious future ahead
By ERWIN CHLANDA Prominent botanist Peter Latz described the Olive Pink Botanical Gardens as a “globally unique treasure”. It has the world’s biggest collection of Central Australian species,...
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Council charges drive up housing costs: developer
By ERWIN CHLANDA A property developer says the town council is driving up the cost of housing with unnecessary and unfair charges, including double dipping in some instances. Joel Olzomer says he...
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Bowls, anyone, and a spot of fishing?
By ERWIN CHLANDA Bowlers in Streaky Bay – affectionately known as the beach suburb of Alice Springs – are issuing a challenge to the sport’s aficionados in The Centre, to compete in annual Whiting...
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Government in lockdown over water management
By ERWIN CHLANDA The NT Government has slapped an information black-out on any details relating to the water supply of Alice Springs – and this includes answering questions about issues already on...
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Funding for stage one of Oz’s longest shortcut
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Funding for Stage 1 of the Northern Territory section of the Outback Way has today been approved by the Australian Government, as was announced at a function for...
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Water foes on same page about exploration
By ERWIN CHLANDA The two arch foes on issues of water management say they are on the same page about the urgent need for exploration of new resources. Cr Steve Brown (at right) and Jimmy Cocking,...
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How ice began to ruin my life: former addict
By ANDREA JOHNSTON Radio 8HA & SunFM “When you first have a decent amount, you can feel your blood rushing, your heart races, you can feel your pulse, like a big adrenaline hit. “You can do...
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Town inured to Aboriginal violence: lawyer
By ERWIN CHLANDA The public of Alice Springs is both inured to violence in Aboriginal society, because of its frequency, and afraid of speaking out about it, lest this is interpreted as being racist....
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Water for growth doubted in govt draft
By ERWIN CHLANDA There seems to be little spare water for uses other than supplying the town, at its present rate of consumption, according to the NT Government’s Draft Alice Springs Water Allocation...
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Ice – it’s worse than any of us realise
LETTER TO THE EDITOR ED: This poem was sent to us by Micheal Liddle, with a request to publish it. He says it was written by a young girl who was in jail on drug charges, and was addicted to...
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