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Virgin new link to Centre for overseas tourists
By ERWIN CHLANDA Adam Giles has a bet – a bottle of Grange – with Virgin boss John Borghetti that air fares will decrease across the Adelaide, Alice, Darwin airline sector by 27% or more: “I’m...
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First Outback Way seal may go further
By ERWIN CHLANDA The first seal of the Outback Way, which traverses Australia east-west through Alice Springs, may be longer than the Federal Government is estimating. Huge fluctuations in...
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Fest to honour late rock hero Rowley Hill
By RAINER CHLANDA On Saturday, for the third year running, Blacken the Globe will strike again but with a different ethos. This year the festival has been dubbed “Rock for Rowley” and is an all-out...
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Race rules in NT government tenders draw fire
By ERWIN CHLANDA Companies expecting to win tenders for Territory Government work now will need to have staff that is 30% or 40% Indigenous, according to documents obtained by the Alice Springs News...
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Chamber says ‘no’ to race based tender rules
By ERWIN CHLANDA New race-based requirements in the NT Government’s tendering process cannot be justified, says Kay Eade (pictured), the CEO of the Alice Springs Chamber of Commerce. “There seems...
View ArticleNo rape jokes for Araluen, please
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – I’m writing about an upcoming show by comic Jim Jefferies at the Araluen Arts Centre in Alice Springs. Jefferies is known for his misogynistic rants and rape jokes. He...
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Tender rules: Swap ‘Indigenous’ with ‘local’
The NT Government’s Indigenous employment policy reported by Erwin Chlanda may be full of good intentions but as we know, that’s what the road to hell is paved with. Senator Nigel Scullion called a...
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Visitor robbed and bashed, but footy crowd behaved
A 21-year-old man visiting Alice Springs for the speedway competition was robbed and bashed from behind, allegedly by three males of Aboriginal appearance, according to police. They are seeking...
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Better WiFi, mobile signal soon south of Gap
By ERWIN CHLANDA Alice Springs residents south of The Gap can look forward to relief for their congested WiFi and mobile phone services. Telstra says it is adding 4GX services to its base station...
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$5m health teaching facility
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – The NT Government will this year construct a $5 million training and teaching facility at the Alice Springs Hospital site, allowing staff to be trained using state-of-the...
View ArticleYouth curfew calls ‘ill-founded and dangerous’
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Calls for the introduction of youth curfews in Alice Springs are ill-founded and dangerous. Through Jesuit Social Services’ work with vulnerable young people, we know...
View Article100 kids on the street in the middle of the night
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Last weekend I accompanied an associate on a research assignment. We went into town at 1.30am over four nights and observed and interviewed some of the many youths present...
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New guide to tracking down the arts of The Centre
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Visitors to the Red Centre now have a guide to the region’s best art galleries and centres through the establishment of new tourist art trails. I was delighted to...
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Giles handing out millions to motor sports?
By ERWIN CHLANDA An aide to Chief Minister Adam Giles will not disclose details of NT Government grants to be made to the drags and speedway clubs in Alice Springs but they are rumored to be...
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Overpass: $24m white elephant
By ERWIN CHLANDA Are there more pressing civil works on which $24m of public money could have been be spent rather than the railway overpass nearing completion on the Stuart Highway some 20 km south...
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Spate of property offences, anti-social behaviour
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Alice Springs police have received a number of reports about property offences and anti-social behaviour during the Easter Holidays. We received 14 reports of unlawful...
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The Chief Minister’s motor millions
The source of the Alice Springs News Online report three days ago about Chief Minister Adam Giles splashing millions on motor sports wasn’t far off the mark. Mr Giles announced the following grants...
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Sealing the Outback Way: The mouse that roars.
By ERWIN CHLANDA The council of Queensland’s Boulia Shire – population about 600 – has its eye on the contract for sealing the Plenty Highway in the Northern Territory between the border and the...
View ArticlePolice seek information on rock throwing
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Police are seeking public assistance about a series of rock throwing incidents in Alice Springs last night. We received 11 reports of rock throwing incidents in the CBD...
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‘Inner loop’ of West Macs to be sealed
By ERWIN CHLANDA There will be a $25m commitment in Budget 2015 to the Mereenie Inner Loop over the next two years, Chief Minister Adam Giles announced today, for sealing 43 kilometers of the...
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