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Minister reneges on review timing: Government schools
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – We are shocked and disappointed at the rushed consultation period for the new Education Act. Minister Peter Chandler promised three months to review any changes. Instead...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – The Katherine Town Council has sought Defence Department assistance with its efforts to have the NT Government declare a moratorium on fracking covering the entire Tindal...
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Roo Roger’s latest trick makes world news
By ERWIN CHLANDA There’s no stopping the world wide fame of Roger, the Kangaroo. His latest party trick is crushing the metal bucket in which his dinner is served to him by owner, Chris Barns, of...
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Homelessness can be just a heartbeat away
By ERWIN CHLANDA Kate hasn’t had a home since October last year but she spent only one night sleeping on a park bench: Her story shows that homelessness has many many faces in Alice Springs, and that...
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Man on serious charges escaped
Alice Springs Police are searching for 16-year-old Jason Patrick Reid who escaped from the Alice Springs Detention Centre at about 5pm yesterday. Acting Superintendent Virginia Read said he is of...
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Headn’ bush for the 40th Finke
The exodus has begun! Alice is about half empty now as an estimated 12,000 people have started their annual pilgrimage down the Old South Road, to make camp along the track where the 40th Finke...
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Explorer spirit survives on two wheels
By ERWIN CHLANDA Somewhere in the Australian genes, the spirit of the early explorers is surviving, and when this manifests itself in tough endeavours conquering vast distances, Alice Springs is...
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Queen’s Birthday Honours to ‘diverse range of Territorians’
Chief Minister Adam Giles congratulated the recipients of Queen’s Birthday Honours for 2015 “for their service to Territorians in all walks of life, recognising their achievements and service”. Mr...
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4th Finke triumph for Rentsch, 40th for volunteers
UPDATE 7:00 pm: Next year no Finke camping for the first 30km? Ghan Society on the warpath – see comment below. By ERWIN CHLANDA Father and son crew Shannon and Ian Rentsch from Warrnambool,...
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Shot in the arm for construction industry
By ERWIN CHLANDA The local construction industry is getting a shot in the arm from the NT Government’s “Real Housing for Growth” initiative. A spokeswoman for Housing Minister Bess Price says 145...
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Water, water everywhere. Not.
By ERWIN CHLANDA The topic was the survival of Alice Springs. There was standing room only. Government representatives were in town to deal with the dropping level of ground water upon which the town...
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Receivership no obstacle to Melanka development
By ERWIN CHLANDA The appointing of a receiver to the joint venture company Dabford Pty Ltd in which the project manager of the Melanka complex is a partner will have no impact on the high-rise...
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New commercial centre: which parts do we need?
By ERWIN CHLANDA A well designed transport hub for rail and road “is a fantastic idea, arriving tourists would experience a wow factor,” and the building industry would welcome the work. But do we...
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Holiday in the Snowy Mountains? Nope. This is Alice Springs.
By ERWIN CHLANDA A 10 minute hailstorm dumped masses of ice on the western part of the Ilparpa suburb at about 3:45pm today. It covered the rural blocks in small white hailstones and made the...
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‘Scrapping’ seat would sell out regions: Lambley
By ERWIN CHLANDA MLA for Araluen Robyn Lambley says “scrapping” a seat in Central Australia would be “failing Territorians” and be contrary to the CLP’s pledge to give a voice to the people in the...
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Doubts mount about proposed transport hub
By guest reporter SOPHIE THIRKELL from Scotland The planned transport hub and business centre in Whittaker Street has met with mixed reviews from traders in the Central Business...
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Aboriginals Benefit Account: $15m allocated in NT
Remote Northern Territory indigenous communities will benefit from $15 million worth of projects to be funded under the Aboriginals Benefit Account (ABA) latest funding round. Included is $1.2m for...
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Government agencies, Genesee & Wyoming picked Sitzler
By ERWIN CHLANDA The assessment panel selecting the developer of the proposed transport hub “consisted of representatives from relevant NTG agencies as well as from Genesee and Wyoming Australia Pty...
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Beds wanted. Lots of them.
By ERWIN CHLANDA Help! 10,000 people and 1200 trucks will be coming to Alice Springs in late August and there are nowhere near enough tourist beds in town. For any lesser woman this would...
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Govt. handouts to miners insult to the environment
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – The NT Government must come clean about how its spending priorities will impact on the Territory’s environment as it announced over $850,000 in grants available to mining...
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