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Shot kneecaps, smashed legs: Threat to crims
By ERWIN CHLANDA There is a paramilitary group in Alice Springs ready to shoot offenders in the knees or smash their legs with baseball bats. They are selected by a council, swear an oath of...
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Leaving their tribal lands to avoid more work for dole
By ERWIN CHLANDA People in remote communities would rather leave their tribal homelands than working for the dole there, for periods longer than they would need to in an urban centre. So says Central...
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Has paramilitary spokesman broken law?
By ERWIN CHLANDA Has Gary Hall, who says he is the spokesman for a paramilitary group in Alice Springs ready to commit violent acts, broken the law with statements he made yesterday? “That depends...
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Hall dropped from community Facebook site
By ERWIN CHLANDA The spokesman for a supposed paramilitary group in Alice Springs, Gary Hall, seems to have been rejected by his base. Most references to him have been deleted from a Facebook page,...
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Time for a date?
By ERWIN CHLANDA “The development potential within the date industry is huge,” announced Primary Industries Minister Willem Westra van Holthe at the AZRI farm in Alice Springs today. Provided you...
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Bonding on a tough trek in magnificent country
By ERWIN CHLANDA “Out there company hierarchy doesn’t count for anything. We were all equals. Some very junior staff were leading executives.” When it comes to corporate bonding exercises it...
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Budget boost for northern development: Giles
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – The Territory Government has welcomed the down-payment [in yesterday’s Federal Budget] on the development of a sustainable Northern Australia with the creation of a...
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Budget to encourage new businesses in Alice – Chamber
By ERWIN CHLANDA Budget measures will be particularly well received in regional Northern Territory where unemployment is at its highest and job opportunities are limited, says Chamber of Commerce EO...
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Furore over hospital tender
By ERWIN CHLANDA Builders in Alice Springs are incensed about the NT Government letting a tender worth $30m for work on the hospital to a company that has apparently no presence in the town. It is...
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Melanka: 8 storeys done deal, but still questions
By ERWIN CHLANDA The topic most people at this morning’s Melanka hearing wanted to talk about wasn’t on the agenda of the Development Consent Authority: The eight storeys. Chairman Denis Burke made...
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Chandler explains why outside company got $30m tender
By ERWIN CHLANDA Minister for Infrastructure, Peter Chandler (pictured), has explained why a $29.6m Alice Springs hospital tender has been awarded by the NT Government to Sydney firm Lahey...
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Will the NT also stop funding outstations?
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – The Federal Government and the CLP will walk away from continuing to fund outstations and remote bush communities. This Federal budget is a real disaster for Territorians...
View ArticleCouncil parks – what opportunities?
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – I will be supporting a long term commitment to reinvigorate local parks and playgrounds. Reinvesting Alice parks as community hubs and shared spaces was one of the issues...
View ArticleOpposition outrage over tender going east
COMMENT “Another contract for an iconic Territory construction project has been awarded to an interstate company. “This is a contract I would have thought a local company would have been well...
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Certainty for remote homelands in the NT
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Claims that the Federal Government wants to close some communities in the NT are wrong and nothing more than deliberate scare-mongering. The Northern Territory...
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‘My brown skin baby’ composer passes away
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Both Territory Senators are mourning the passing of Tjilipi Bob Randall, creator of the famous song “My Brown Skin Baby They Take Him Away”. He died in Mutitjulu near Uluru on...
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Minister confirms defects in tender winner’s previous job
By ERWIN CHLANDA There were defects in the hospital emergency department work in 2013 carried out by Lahey Constructions which has just been awarded a $30m tender for more work at the hospital....
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Brrrr!
By ERWIN CHLANDA There was ice on our bird bath this morning, in the Rangeview Estate farm area. At our place the mercury must have dropped even below the 0.3 degrees at the airport, two kilometers...
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Ted Egan: Saluting heroes, not the war
ABOVE (from left): Uncles Martin, Bob and Jack. AT RIGHT: Ted Egan and his new book. By ERWIN CHLANDA Ted Egan has chosen a place for young people, St Philip’s College, for the Alice Springs...
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Police confiscate drugs, weapons in Sadadeen
Police have found drugs, weapons and fireworks at an Alice Springs address in Sadadeen yesterday afternoon. Detective Senior Sergeant Leith Philips says a 41-year-old man was arrested and charged...
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