From Central Australia to Central Districts
By JOHN P McD SMITH A book just published tells the amazing story of gifted Aboriginal footballer, Sonny Morey. He was born at Yambah Station north of Alice Springs in 1945 to an Aboriginal mother and...
View ArticleThe festival of lights that keeps the public in the dark
By ERWIN CHLANDA The NT Government’s Major Event group is marking the wrap of Parrtjima 2020 by progressing from telling porkies about attendance figures to giving no answers about them at all....
View ArticleCrocks in Alice Springs, Tennant Creek
True? Not likely, but that seems to have escaped the public servant who formulated this NT Government tender. Title: All Centres – Consultancy – Evaluation Of The Be Crocwise Messaging To Remote...
View ArticleAboriginal construction jobs that last
By ERWIN CHLANDA Alice Springs builder Murray River North, which usually reaches or gets close to its target of 40% Aboriginal employment, is one of several NT companies participating in a $68m...
View Article‘Business will have a key role in COVID recovery’
Stemming the outflow of skilled people, advocating measures against public disorder which keeps tourists and investors away, urging changes to the VET system and pushing for the development of the gas...
View ArticleStudents to strike over gas policies
By ERWIN CHLANDA Students and others will stage a demonstration at the Welcome to Alice Springs sign on the South Stuart Highway at 8.45am tomorrow “where they will tell passing motorists they want the...
View ArticleCut Federal funds to bring NT in line on debt: Sam McMahon
By ERWIN CHLANDA CLP Senator Sam McMahon says the way to rein in the Territory’s massive debt may need to be a cut to funding because to just keep increasing it “is never going to make them...
View ArticleCAAMA’s financial problems deepen
CAAMA’s major funding bodies are demanding $800,000 from the Aboriginal broadcaster because it has contravened the terms of its funding agreements. This has compounded debts that were already...
View ArticleAsparagus a perennial crop that will last for years
By GEOFF MIERS Asparagus is one of the most valuable perennials for the vegetable garden. It will reward you with fresh produce for years, are easy to grow and now is the time to plant asparagus...
View ArticleNo rain: Who hasn’t been going to church?
Alice Springs is missing out on rain – again! Thunderstorms bringing gusty conditions are likely to produce rain today and tomorrow in the far south west corner of the Territory including up to 5mm at...
View ArticleJobs, cash, debt, gas, solar and the world: Where to, Alice?
By ERWIN CHLANDA If the Territory’s mammoth debt under our Labor government is keeping you awake at night, consider this: “It would now be damaging to the economy, and unrealistic, to target surpluses...
View ArticleWelcome La Niña, we need the rain
The Bureau of Meteorology has declared that La Niña has developed in the Pacific Ocean, upgrading La Niña alert status to an active event. This means that recent changes in ocean temperatures and...
View Article40 years later, Lindy’s story is as relevant as ever
By ERWIN CHLANDA The producers of Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story, which went to air on the Ten TV network on Sunday and Monday, invited Territory politicians to participate in the documentary. They...
View ArticleAfternoon tea, anyone?
By ERWIN CHLANDA How about coffee next week? Sure. Where? Oh, about 35 km north of Alice Springs, by the side of the road. Jose Petrick is making a chocolate cake. There will also be cold water if it’s...
View ArticleThe dates of key events in the Chamberlain drama
These dates of key events in the Azaria Chamberlain saga, subject of a major documentary on the 40th anniversary, were compiled by Alice Springs historian ALEX NELSON (pictured). He writes: I consider...
View ArticleThis report has been censored by the NT Government
By ERWIN CHLANDA We had published here a report following an interview with Senior Fire Management Officer Lee Gleeson, on a matter of the highest public interest – how prepared are we for the coming...
View ArticleAlice may get 50mm rain next week
Drenching rainfall from a significant cloud band developing over Central Australia is forecast from Sunday. Yulara could see up to 15 to 20mm from persistent rain. Across Monday and Tuesday both the...
View ArticlePandemic starts to show in drop of tourism spend
By ERWIN CHLANDA The onset of the pandemic is showing up in these figures for years ending in June, supplied by Tourism Research Australia (TRA) of the Australian Trade and Investment Commission...
View ArticleReviving the legacy of Albert Namatjira
By JOHN P McD SMITH This article has been updated, 6 October 2020, 12.00pm It was in 1934 that Rex Battarbee and John Gardner exhibited their watercolour landscape paintings of the Western Mac Donnell...
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