Council budget draft: No youth hub, 2% rate rise
By OSCAR PERRI The Town Council will make a $3.4m dip into its reserve funds to balance the budget if a draft for it, announced today by Mayor Damien Ryan, is adopted. This appears to be against the...
View ArticleGovt authority kills plans for two servos because of a date on a letter
By OSCAR PERRI The NT Government’s Development Consent Authority has rejected an application for two proposed new service stations in Alice Springs because it was was not received within the time of...
View ArticleWest Macs attraction gets development boost
By OSCAR PERRI Expert guidance deeper into the digital world and some cash – up to $10,000 – from Desert Knowledge Australia’s DKAccelerator program is boosting an expansion of tourism facilities in...
View ArticleMayor Damien Ryan will not contest council election
By OSCAR PERRI Mayor of Alice Springs Damien Ryan has announced that he will not be contesting the next council election. The Mayor broke the news to family, fellow elected members, council officers...
View ArticleNetball: 7 thumpings, more to come?
By STEVE MENZIES The ongoing challenge of the KFC A Grade season continues for the Wests Gillen Club team tomorrow. Wests come against Rovers Complete Construction fresh from scoring 102 goals against...
View ArticleBlending bush tucker with European cuisine?
By ERWIN CHLANDA Bush food from The Centre seems set to play a role in international export and investment as relations with China are in turmoil and Australia is negotiating a free trade agreement...
View ArticleCovid jabs in Centre soar as Victoria is locked down again
By OSCAR PERRI As Victoria is in COVID lock-down yet again Territorians are shaking off their hesitancy to be vaccinated, with the three of the five highest daily numbers of jabs seen this week. The...
View ArticleMore ways than one to make good compost
By GEOFF MIERS Well composted home-made organic matter is rich in nutrients, makes for great soil conditioner, can be used as a mulch and when dug into the garden the compost will hold water resulting...
View ArticlePioneer clinical over South
By OSCAR PERRI South Alice looked like a chance to bag their first win of the season early in their round five clash against the Pioneer Eagles, but fell away after half time and ended up going down by...
View ArticleFederals climb to second with win over West
By OSCAR PERRI The Federals have moved into second spot on the ladder with a powerful win over West Alice Bloods under the lights at Albrecht Oval on Saturday night. The Feds used their bigger bodies...
View ArticleNetball: Lack of players a worry
By STEVE MENZIES Half-way through the KFC Alice Springs Netball Association season and the Wests Netball Club is in trouble. Its A-Grade side is not competitive with the other two KFC teams, Rovers...
View ArticleSisters jump Covid fence in Alice
Police are investigating alleged breaches of quarantine by two sisters, aged 19 and 22, at the Alice Springs Covid facility yesterday, climbing over the perimeter fence to a waiting vehicle. They drove...
View ArticleNative title push to freehold: Land price slump ahead?
By ERWIN CHLANDA Land prices in Alice Springs, and other NT towns, may be heading for a slump as supply grows in the wake of NT Government changes to native title laws. Actions by the first Labor...
View ArticleConfusion over AFL game
By OSCAR PERRI The AFL game scheduled in Alice Springs this weekend will be moved, according to players, but tickets are still being sold with the AFL yet to make a statement on a location change for...
View ArticleAlice aviation boom 100 years after first flight?
By ERWIN CHLANDA The 100 year anniversary in October of the first flight to Alice Springs may trigger some aviation initiatives which so far are on the town’s list of missed opportunities. Our airport...
View ArticleParrtjima “generates” $10m, but proof is not disclosed
By ERWIN CHLANDA “Parrtjima – A Festival in Light attracted more visitors to the Alice Springs event than ever before and generated almost $10m in economic revenue,” the NT Government’s Major Events...
View ArticleFeds and Rovers in fourth clash
By STEVE MENZIES The top two KFC A-Grade netball teams, Federal Club Eastside and Rovers Complete Construction, will clash for the fourth time this season on Saturday. Federal lead the head-to-head...
View ArticleNow it’s greener on their side of the footy fence
By OSCAR PERRI Santa Teresa was a ghost town on Thursday afternoon, with the whole community joining in the celebration down at the football ground for the official opening of the new grass oval. The...
View ArticleServo planners give it another shot
By OSCAR PERRI Alice Springs is the most expensive town of its size in Australia to run a vehicle, according to the Automobile Association of the Northern Territory (AANT), with high fuel prices taking...
View ArticleIllegal dumpers despoil Alice hills
By ERWIN CHLANDA A nationally acclaimed painter and writer whose books and canvasses feature the hills west of Alice Springs is outraged about the way locals are treating this picturesque landscape....
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