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Injured pensioner cops parking ticket
By ERWIN CHLANDA A town council ranger gave a 75-year-old pensioner a parking ticket while he was trying to deal with injuries he suffered in a fall in the CBD. He had been helped to his car by a...
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Developing the North: Feds pick up Territory proposals
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – The Federal Government’s White Paper on Developing Northern Australia will deliver new economic and cultural opportunities for the nation’s fastest growing region. The...
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When business gusto meets homelessness
By ERWIN CHLANDA All was fine for a while. Jill’s husband was the bread winner and she was running the household, looking after their two kids. That was until three years ago when the marriage...
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CLP talent hunt for MLAs who can be Ministers
By ERWIN CHLANDA The defection of Robyn Lambley last week has put soul searching within the Country Liberal Party into overdrive. Some fundamental questions are being raised: What power does the...
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Alice Catholics damn fracking
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Fracking is too risky. The short term social, economic and political benefits of fracking such as investment, jobs and a stronger economy are outweighed by the negative...
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Private donations save Environmental Defenders Office
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – The Environmental Law Centre will continue to help the community protect the environment and ensure government accountability until at least the next Territory election....
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Survey: How much do you like Adam Giles?
By ERWIN CHLANDA An opinion survey is under way in Alice Springs, focusing on Chief Minister Adam Giles (pictured with erstwhile challenger, Willem Westra van Holthe). According to a reader in the...
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Rural shed: more friction likely
By ERWIN CHLANDA The bitter neighbourhood dispute about a shed in the farm area has been dealt with by the Development Consent Authority in a way that seems likely to result in ongoing friction....
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Half a billion dollars waiting for an answer
By ERWIN CHLANDA Deals don’t get much bigger than this in Alice Springs: A $500m investment in a string of ventures, including a university for 6000 students, all based in or operating from the...
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The evidence to deal with booze abuse
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – We congratulate the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs on the final report of its inquiry into the harmful use of alcohol by Aboriginal...
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Alice Show cattle sale is back
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – Well bred lines of Hereford cattle from the Red Centre boasting weight-for-age and in fresh to forward condition will be offered at the Alice Springs annual show steer and...
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That once-a-year yarn you’ve been putting off
By ERWIN CHLANDA All those people you’ve been trying to catch up with during the year, but just haven’t had time for it – don’t worry, they’ll all be there on Friday. Yep, it’s Show Day....
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Building lots of things is a surgical strike in the NT
By ERWIN CHLANDA A keen observer of the local condition calls it the Edifice Complex: The symptoms are the spending of substantial amounts of public money on construction projects, whether they...
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In Banda Ache, hijabs are colourful
By HAL DUELL I think we can all remember the tsunami of December 26, 2004. The northern Indonesian province of Ache caught the brunt of it. Indonesia estimates between 220,000 and 330,000 people lost...
View ArticleNT concessions not keeping pace with price changes
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – A new report by the Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) shows that a number of concessions, designed to ease cost of living pressures, are simply not...
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Friendly town with great opportunities gets 58 new Aussies
By ERWIN CHLANDA Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi. The chant got more boisterous each time town council CEO Rex Mooney led off on it, and by 10am this morning Australia had 58 new citizens,...
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It’s a Territory of variety
By ERWIN CHLANDA Yesterday’s Territory Day festivities reflected the rich fabric of the Alice Springs community. The event took place in the heart of the business district. The stage was...
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Giles mum on travel allowance
By ERWIN CHLANDA Chief Minister Adam Giles, who receives an annual salary of $288,564.80, is evading questions about how much he has been paid by his government in travel allowances in the past 12...
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Record prices as cattle sale comes back
By ERWIN CHLANDA Records tumbled at the cattle sale in Alice Springs today when $2.6m worth of stock was sold to buyers from five states. Steers fetched up to $2.94 a kilo and heifers $2.70,...
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After a great sale, cattle steal the Show
By ERWIN CHLANDA The show started with a chilly minus one degree but warmed up to a brilliant 18 as thousands of people streamed through the gates for Day One of the annual event. While on one end...
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