Wallabies in the town’s heart
By ALEX NELSON Where does one go to get a good view of endangered black-footed rock wallabies? Simpsons Gap? Ormiston Gorge? Standley Chasm, or any other gap or gorge in the MacDonnell Ranges one has...
View ArticleMobile mansions bad match for Finke River
LETTER TO THE EDITOR One of the icons of Central Australian living is being trashed, destroyed, completely buggered. Camping at Two-Mile on Lhere Pirnte (the Finke River) near Glen Helen is a thing of...
View ArticleCitrus one of many plants for May
By GEOFF MIERS The Covid-19 movement restrictions had an upside: Many people turned to gardening. May is a fantastic month for it as daytime temperatures are ideal with soil temperatures still warm...
View ArticleMelky to stand for Mayor in August
By ERWIN CHLANDA Councillor for 10 years Eli Melky will be standing for Mayor it the local government election in August on a platform of “a strong track record in financial management” as well being...
View ArticleNT Government closes Aboriginal school on ‘false information’
By JULIUS DENNIS The spokesperson for the Yipirinya School board elected at its AGM in November 2020 says “the board was dissolved because of false information” given to NT Licensing in a complaint...
View ArticleRoad upgrades, and not much else for The Centre
By OSCAR PERRI Yesterday’s Federal Budget promises little change for the lives of Central Australians aside from a continuation of upgrade work on the Stuart Highway, although there is little...
View ArticleCovid shrank Totem from small to tiny: Now the crowd’s back.
By OSCAR PERRI The tiny Totem theatre, squeezed into a tin shed dating back to WWII, is breathing a sigh of relief: Last year’s Covid restrictions have been relaxed and The Maids, opening tomorrow for...
View Article50 years of netball in The Alice
By STEVE MENZIES There will be a certain off-court focus for the KFC Alice Springs Netball Association this weekend. This is despite the feature match of the day being a grand final replay between...
View Article‘ABSTUDY stops, holds students back’
By OSCAR PERRI Having more Aboriginal lawyers and professionals is the place to start solving crime issues of Alice Springs, but the government is not doing much to help, say legal experts. Law student...
View ArticleIndigenous businesses: looking for way to the top
By ERWIN CHLANDA Desert Knowledge Australia (DKA) says it wants to accelerate the growth of five local Indigenous enterprises “through intensive mentorship, project-based learning, and digital...
View ArticleTelstra troubles in Alice
By OSCAR PERRI Telstra is continuing its efforts to build a mobile phone tower to service areas south of The Gap with an NTCAT challenge to a decision blocking the construction. Plans to build a 30...
View ArticleThe Centre is a paradise of trees
By GEOFF MIERS Ready for something bigger in your back yard? Central Australia has some fantastic trees suitable for the home garden. The iconic Ghost Gum or Corymbia aparrerinja is a tree made famous...
View ArticleThe welfare dependency disaster
COMMENT by ROGER STEELE and DON FULLER Photo: Queue outside Centrelink office in Alice Springs. The terrible state of Aboriginal community living standards, particularly in relatively remote regions,...
View ArticleGreat weekend for a great sport
By STEVE MENZIES It was a special time at the Pat Gallagher Netball Centre on Friday night and Saturday. The Alice Springs Netball Association celebrated 50 years of the sport being played in the...
View ArticleMore objects to celebrate The Centre’s past
By ERWIN CHLANDA The second consignment in a week of Aboriginal objects that are permitted to be seen, for the time being, by only a very small number of elders, arrived in Alice Springs yesterday. But...
View ArticleSkateboarders taking initiative, now it’s council’s turn
By OSCAR PERRI The local skate park might not be where you would think to look for budding young entrepreneurship, but that’s exactly where you will find Angus Pollitt, who has taken the big step of...
View ArticleGlen Helen to re-open in the West Macs
By ERWIN CHLANDA Glen Helen Resort, which has been closed since March last year, is advertising for staff including front office receptionists, room attendants, chefs and cooks, kitchen hands, food and...
View ArticleFeds, Rovers battle it out at the top
By STEVE MENZIES The dominance of the Federal and Rovers netball clubs continued at the weekend at the Pat Gallagher Netball Centre. Wests Gillen Club was the unfortunate victim in both the KFC A-Grade...
View ArticleWasteful West win a close one
By OSCAR PERRI West have got their season on track with a win over Pioneers in the CAFL on Saturday, but poor accuracy in the final quarter gave the Eagles plenty of sniffs at a win. The round four...
View ArticleChildren’s Ground gets large Federal grant
By ERWIN CHLANDA Children’s Ground in Alice Springs has been given a Federal grant of $793,000 to support employment opportunities for first nations women living with violence in Central Australia,...
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