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Night Drive

Erwin Chlanda - 19 April 2024

Volume 29

Double the number of houses on the market

Volume 29

Beetaloo gas to ‘change NT forever’

Volume 29

Sitzler, Aboriginal interests in huge dwellings project

Double the number of houses on the market

Erwin Chlanda - 24 April 2024 0

By ERWIN CHLANDA There are about twice the number of houses for sale in Alice Springs when compared with what is regarded as a strong...

Prison population grew 9% in Fiscal 23

Erwin Chlanda - 24 April 2024 0

LETTER TO THE EDITOR The latest prison data release by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that the Eva Lawler Labor Government has lost control...

Night Drive

Erwin Chlanda - 19 April 2024 2

Emus and a roo carcass. By MIKE GILLAM Travelling south, I leave Alice Springs before first light and I’m rewarded and indeed frustrated by a brilliant...

Beetaloo gas to ‘change NT forever’

Erwin Chlanda - 17 April 2024 13

By ERWIN CHLANDA The Territory’s $40 billon economy by 2030 “won’t happen without the growth of this sector” said NT Minister Mark Monaghan (at right),...

Telstra’s Universal Service Obligation doesn’t cover mobile phones

Erwin Chlanda - 16 April 2024 2

By ERWIN CHLANDA "Mobile phone connectivity is not included in Telstra’s Universal Service Obligation. That relates solely to landline services and payphones," Telstra told us...

Open government

Erwin Chlanda - 16 April 2024 0

By ERWIN CHLANDA You're a journalist in Alice Springs and you get a media handout from the Chief Minister, Eva Lawler (pictured), the supposed paragon...

Sitzler, Aboriginal interests in huge dwellings project

Erwin Chlanda - 15 April 2024 5

By ERWIN CHLANDA The directors of Melanka Pty Ltd, which will "deliver" 174 multi-level dwellings in Todd Street, are Michael Sitzler, David Ross and Randle...

‘Let police do police work’

Erwin Chlanda - 14 April 2024 3

By ERWIN CHLANDA “Leave policing to the police. Politics and policing don’t mesh. When they come together problems arise. Politics confuses everything." That's the message to...

Only biological control can eradicate buffel

Erwin Chlanda - 9 April 2024 9

Buffel on the bank of the Todd. By ERWIN CHLANDA The Bradshaw Walk is one of The Centre’s small gems. Starting at the Overland Telegraph Station,...

Secret police

Erwin Chlanda - 6 April 2024 2

By ERWIN CHLANDA The media releases from the police spin doctors are frequently short of salient information and phone calls from journalists to fill in...

Treaty gets push at Alice conference

Erwin Chlanda - 6 April 2024 3

By ERWIN CHLANDA Monetary compensation and self-government are major issues in the NT Treaty Commission’s final report which was given broad attention during a two...

Did Pine Gap target missile that killed Zomi?

Erwin Chlanda - 3 April 2024 3

By ERWIN CHLANDA The Alice Springs News sent the following email to the Prime Minister at 6.15pm today. We will publish the response if and...

Youth crime: Continuing the status quo isn’t an option.

Erwin Chlanda - 1 April 2024 3

Marion Scrymgour, MP Member for Lingiari, bush campaigning in December 2022. Letter to the Editor Alice Springs residents are all guests of the holders of its...