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NATS were great but figures don’t stack up
By ERWIN CHLANDA A media release from Chief Minister Adam Giles claims “13,500 people” attended the inaugural CentreNTRS on the weekend, but the figure seems to be vastly inflated. The NT...
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Women’s shelter CEO Telstra award finalist
Dale Wakefield (pictured), executive officer of Alice Springs Women’s Shelter (ASWS) since 2007, has been named as one of 10 finalists for the 2015 Telstra Northern Territory Business Women’s Awards....
View ArticleNT gas pipeline hits major snag, say anti-frackers
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – The Giles Government’s controversial plans for a speedy NT gas pipeline to the Eastern states are stuck at the starting blocks, with the NT Environmental Protection Agency...
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Spot the difference
By ERWIN CHLANDA Tall trees were a prominent feature of the Melanka project in earlier images released by the developers, but in the image (at left) published on the Facebook site of Chief Minster...
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EXCLUSIVE: Melanka money in hand, start early next year
By ERWIN CHLANDA The funds for the $100m Melanka project are available for construction to start early next year, possibly in February, says Paul Masters, a spokesman for the Ainsworth family group....
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Scullion hopes to retain Aboriginal portfolio
By ERWIN CHLANDA Senator Nigel Scullion (pictured) will make no comment on last night’s change of Prime Minister until the new Liberal parliamentary wing leader, Malcolm Turnbull, has allocated the...
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Police search for convicted murderer
Police are searching for Peter Michael Kamm (pictured) in the Alice Springs area. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment on January 31, 1991. Kamm was paroled from prison on...
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Parole procedures changed as murderer is arrested
The arrest of fugitive convicted murderer Peter Michael Kamm (pictured) in Alice Springs triggered a review of the processes of revoking a person’s parole and that person being taken into custody....
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Greatorex gets the flick
The division of Greatorex has been abolished in the electoral redistribution, instead of the earlier mooted removal of Araluen. The sitting member in Greatorex, the CLP’s Matt Conlan, is not...
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Scullion stays Minister for Indigenous Affairs
Territory Senator Nigel Scullion (pictured) has remained the Minister for Indigenous Affairs – for the NT the most significant portfolio – in the new Malcolm Turnbull government. This was announced...
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Demise of Greatorex hastened by MLA’s departure
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir – It turned out to be a sad day when a news reporter woke me from a deep sleep, to tell me of the demise of the electorate of Greatorex. Being in Alice Springs for a week,...
View ArticleDomestic violence: Beyond a gender agenda
Sir – In his first TV interview as Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull defined “domestic violence” as “violence against women”. Understandable, perhaps. But where does that leave the rest of us? And I...
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The council and the good side of graffiti
By DANIELLE deBRENNI The Alice Springs Town Council has it problems with graffiti but next month it will co-sponsor a festival that includes a workshop teaching the often troubling art form. At...
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New battle over Muckaty
By DANIELLE deBRENNI The former lessee of an Aboriginal owned cattle station wants compensation for investments he has made in the station when the lease, which had run for 10 years, was not renewed....
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Ignoring history costs us dearly
ESSAY by ALEX NELSON There has been some controversy about the decision not to proceed with a national standards athletics facility at Rhonda Diano Oval in the “North Side” of Alice Springs,...
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Aiming for an events led tourism recovery
By ERWIN CHLANDA Cranking up tourism by starting, developing and attracting major sporting and social events, and giving his kids a reason for staying in town, being part of its growth: That’s the...
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Landholders facing the fracking onslaught
By ERWIN CHLANDA Holders of some 95% of Territory land are approaching crucial stages in their dealings with shale oil fracking, while the NT Government is in an apparent headlong rush to build a...
View ArticleWe correct an error
You may have come to this page from another one whose content we deleted because it contained an error. The error was that Tangentyere Council, when its incorporation is switched to the Office of the...
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Alice population to grow slowly, public sector fast
By ERWIN CHLANDA The Alice Springs Regional Land Use Plan, currently up as a discussion paper for public comment, will consider implications arising from, and plan for, two population thresholds:...
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Empty shops turn-around
By ERWIN CHLANDA The Alice Plaza in the northern Todd Mall is forging ahead with plans to fill some empty spaces in the shopping centre – and lure more people to that part of town. “We’re trying to...
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