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Do we really need to seal that other loop?
COMMENT by ERWIN CHLANDA Completing the Inner Loop road seal in the magnificent West MacDonnells is an excellent call by Chief Minster Adam Giles. And now, perhaps should we drop the sealing of the...
View ArticleCops target domestic violence offenders
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Strike Force Romulus detectives arrested seven people following a two day operation targeting domestic and family violence in Alice Springs. They were charged with a...
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Mayor on thin ice with fracking claims
By ERWIN CHLANDA The town council last night voted five to three against a motion to call for a moratorium on fracking. The opposing views came mostly from Mayor Damien Ryan, who claimed that if a...
View ArticleCops, cars pelted with rocks
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Alice Springs police continued with the increased patrols last night because of the continued high numbers of anti-social behaviour and property damage. There were eight...
View ArticleAlice Springs Town Council Fails to Act to Protect Local Water Supplies
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Members of the Central Australia Frack Free Alliance are extremely disappointed that Alice Springs Town Council failed to pass a motion last night that would protect the...
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Hybrid sports car doing 350 km/h north of Alice
Porsche’s “intelligent” hybrid supercar, the 918 Spyder, silently drove the first 25 kilometres out of Alice Springs recently on electric power alone before unleashing all 652 kW of power from its...
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Govt to put rock throwers into care as council passes buck
BREAKING NEWS (see below): Rock throwers may be put into care, parents may be fined for truant kids. By ERWIN CHLANDA It was a “no, no, no and certainly not” type of meeting on Monday, suggesting...
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Man indecently assaults sleeping woman: allegation
Police are looking for a man who unlawfully entered a residence in The Gap at around 1am yesterday and indecently assaulted a 30-year-old woman as she slept. Detective Sergeant Joedy Kitchen says the...
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Stop Easter footy carnival in Alice: Liddle
By ERWIN CHLANDA The Easter Lightning Carnival should no longer be held in Alice Springs, says prominent local Aboriginal man Michael Liddle (pictured). He is a member of the board of the Central...
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Minister deplores big stick but says it worked
By ERWIN CHLANDA “It’s saddening we had to threaten parents with the big stick but miraculously they responded immediately,” says Health Minister John Elferink (pictured). He says the result of his...
View ArticlePolice seek witnesses of domestic violence attack
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Detectives are calling for witnesses to a domestic violence incident in Hidden Valley camp on Wednesday evening where a 30-year-old woman suffered serious head injuries....
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League needs to take responsibility for carnival mayhem
By ERWIN CHLANDA The Australian Football League Central Australia (AFLCA) needs to take more responsibility not only for the conduct of players in the Easter Lightning Carnival, but also for their...
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Alice on track for athletics
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Alice Springs athletics is to receive a much-needed budget boost with the Territory Government providing funding for a new, first class track. $2m has been dedicated to...
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Popping into the cop shop
Someone gave popping into the cop shop a brand new meaning: He drove his car right up to the front counter of the police station at Harts Range, 120 kilometres north east of Alice Springs. Territory...
View ArticleRock throwing kids were already in care, Minister told
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Minister John Elferink conveniently failed to acknowledge that a number of the children who appeared in court this week in relation to the recent [rock throwing and...
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Banning lightning carnival won’t work as a quick fix
The latest spike in juvenile delinquency that has swept across Alice has a number of intersecting factors. To say that it has nothing to do with the current CLP government abandoning support for the...
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50 years devoted to each-other, and tourism
By ERWIN CHLANDA For Norma Creevey it was a no-brainer (although that phrase wasn’t coined for another 45 years) to stay in Alice Springs: The male – female demographic was utterly compelling. That...
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Thoughts on war and peace from a cyclist in Alice
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – I’ve been cycling a lot lately, along the same route from Northside to Eastside or Northside to town and back again. I like the river route from Schwartz Crescent. In...
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Parks authority controls people, not weeds
By ERWIN CHLANDA The NT Parks and Wildlife Commission is clearly spending a great deal more time controlling people than introduced grasses which are choking the Trephina River. It flows through the...
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Keyboard vigilantes
By ERWIN CHLANDA Vigilante sentiments are alive and well in Alice Springs. One individual runs a website that speaks for two groups calling themselves the Concerned Residents Council (CRC) and the...
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