Ex-mayor fails in tilt for Assembly seat
By ERWIN CHLANDA Former mayor Damien Ryan (pictured) has been unsuccessful in his tilt at Territory politics for the CLP, failing to unseat the Territory Alliance MLA in Araluen, Robyn Lambley, by 42...
View ArticleCrossed Ts, dotted Is: Closing The Gap needs more
COMMENT by ERWIN CHLANDA Aboriginal people have done well surviving in arduous conditions for 50,000 years but it is questionable that they will survive the onslaught of modern bureaucracy, as two...
View ArticleLand deal to define price of native title
By ERWIN CHLANDA A land deal in Alice Springs between the NT Government and Lhere Artepe, currently under discussion, is likely to define further the price of native title in the region. On the table...
View ArticleAt Red Centre NATS, every car has a story
By ERWIN CHLANDA How do you deal with having post-traumatic stress disorder, being retired and bored? Easy. You buy an “absolutely dead stock standard” Holden ute, spend the next 10 years turning it...
View ArticleSeptember is when your garden needs you most
By GEOFF MIERS Time to make planting a priority as September is the best month of the year for introducing new plants. With the arrival of spring the soil and air temperatures will increase producing...
View ArticleDamien Ryan: I am the Mayor again
By ERWIN CHLANDA Updated 5pm: Damien Ryan has just told the Alice Springs News that he has resumed his role as the Mayor of Alice Springs. Earlier today: This was not a good occasion to discuss...
View ArticleCabinet: Mega department, mega debt
By ERWIN CHLANDA Chief Minister Michael Gunner (pictured) has given himself the portfolio of Treasurer previously held by Nicole Manison, presiding over a deficit approaching $8 billion. Comments...
View ArticleBecoming more than a quarry
By ERWIN CHLANDA The Iron Boomerang project, which aims at exporting steel instead of iron ore and coal, using an east-west railway running through the NT connecting mills, mines and ports at either...
View ArticleSouthern half of the NT: Chansey Paech is the go-to
By ERWIN CHLANDA New NT Government Minister Chansey Paech says the election has made it clear there is no majority opposition to building the national Aboriginal art gallery in the Anzac precinct which...
View ArticleNo need for Parrtjima hype: let the audience decide
By ERWIN CHLANDA Parrtjima’s main light show is very impressive, projected onto two kilometres of mountain range and featuring effects on the ground close to the viewers that make it shimmer like a...
View ArticleRisk of impaling, says reader
Alice Springs News reader Paul Lewis says he goes to Albrecht oval early in the mornings to take the dog. “This photo shows part of the scoreboard and there are two, opposite the goals at each end,” he...
View ArticleCucumbers can ease your hangover and smooth your wrinkles
By GEOFF MIERS Cucumbers are easy to grow and by planting now you are likely to be rewarded with a large continuous crop of a most versatile vegetable. Cucumbers are a warm season vine crop that will...
View ArticleBeetaloo company welcomes PM’s gas plans
By ERWIN CHLANDA The head of an oil company with interests in the Territory’s Beetaloo basin has welcomed that “gas supply will be prioritised by the Federal Government to underpin the Post COVID...
View ArticleA national scoop for ultra remote town
By ERWIN CHLANDA Its extreme remoteness – four hours north-east of Alice Springs – hasn’t stopped Ampilatwatja, population 500, from plugging into a national initiative that will deliver to it, by...
View ArticleSevere thunderstorms in the Uluru area
Strong and gusty winds are developing in the southern NT as a trough moves across inland Australia. Severe thunderstorms are happening now in the Lasseter district and may continue into the night. In...
View ArticleCrime up, transparency down
By ERWIN CHLANDA News of a sharp rise in offences “against the person” coincided with the cancellation of Parrtjima events scheduled for the Mall as the town lost control of the CBD, according to Mayor...
View ArticleTerritory girl to compete at top horse show
By ERWIN CHLANDA Former pupil of the Araluen Christian College, JJ Bracey (pictured) is the first Territorian invited to the McDowells Australian Brumby Challenge, part of Equitana in Melbourne, said...
View ArticleDust storms no obstacle to the Sport of the Outback
By ERWIN CHLANDA Melbourne people do pushups in their living room to remain fit and sane during the pandemic, while in Alice Springs some people, well, they wrestle cows. “It was a beautiful day,” says...
View ArticleAFL’s varying COVID precautions raise questions
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Greetings, Erwin. I attended finals of the AFL code at Traeger Park. On the Saturday It was the grand final of the town competition between Pioneers, who lost, and Rovers. Sunday...
View ArticleBeware of aphids: Zap them now
By GEOFF MIERS Warmer temperatures and lush new Spring growth have provided ideal breeding conditions for aphids, tiny destructive garden insects that are breeding prolifically at the moment. Quick...
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