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2012

Issue 10

Thursday March 8, 2012

Top End cash for containers depots close doors. By

Sporting identity lashes out at real estate figure over boycott of children’s charity.. By

Progress with Bunnings warehouse. By

Solar-powered butterflies and robo-bees. By

Wanted: big fresh tourism ideas. By

Police seek public assistance after girl, 15, attacked, woman found dead. By

Alice Springs News loses defamation case. By

How the new counting system may give us a more diverse town council. By

Big field for local government elections in Alice, candidates short in the bush. By

Do-it-yourself rescue of battling outback town. By

Issue 11

March 15, 2012

Rotary scholarship to future doctor in Centre. By

Bedlam in the eye of the beholder. By

Mayoral debate cancelled. By

Native title group Lhere Artepe: bombshell briefing note – and fresh hope. By

Melanka project not quite hot to trot. By

Besieged businessman stands for zero tolerance but also calls for more ‘joy and laughter’. By

Last meeting of 11th Council descends into chaos. By

Alice Springs News defamation case needs to be put into context, says prominent author. By

Horror week of violence puts law and order centre stage in council election campaign. By

How can we all be winners?. By

Issue 12

March 22, 2012

Same car, two crimes: cooking pot alleged weapon. By

An end to conservative blocks in Town Council?. By

For the leaves of the family tree. By

The Devil’s Big Day Out. By

LETTERS: How to fix the footpaths. AND: How many more children with foetal alcohol syndrome will be born?. By

Leaked letter casts light on town council pool fiasco. By

Salt mine a great opportunity for Titjikala?. By

Labor’s Vince Jeisman backs Mayor Ryan. By

Mayor’s challengers take shots at one another. By

Former Mayor remembers when it was time to say: no more, calm down!. By

Issue 13

March 29, 2012

Ryan re-elected Mayor, Brown heads councillor line-up. By

Council poll: Law & order candidates and alcohol restriction opponents top councillor poll, could threaten Mayor. By

Night out on the town, and living to tell the tale. By

We need public-friendly public places. By

Is the town over all the talk?. By

Nose-diving CBD: it happened on the 11th Council’s watch. By

The Minister for Football. By

Memo Club suspends trading, goes into voluntary administration. Town & Country to close tomorrow.. By

Issue 14

April 5, 2012

Conroy’s NBN rollout timetable is a guessing game. By

$4m to expand services for seniors as Frontier turns 100. By

Funding announcements flow for ‘Stronger Futures’ in Aboriginal communities. By

Port Augusta’s Mayor: When softly-softly diplomacy isn’t enough to get a town out of the morass. By

NT’s grog policy focus remains on public drinkers and drunk offenders. By

Issue 15

April 12, 2012

BREAKING NEWS: Heenan elected Deputy Mayor. By

Protecting our points of difference. By

Fireworks expected over Deputy Mayor position. By

Elders back in charge at Lhere Artepe: Re-confirmed chairman. By

Two killed in fiery car crash. By

Paintings and poems take you by the hand into this country. By

Winds to stoke the fire of who you are. By

‘Good men, like the good eagles, bring the meat home’. By

We’ve seen tough mayoral battles before!. By

Minister’s planning decision flies in the face of Alice locals. By

Issue 16

April 19, 2012

Treasures of our past and present. By

Five medivaced to Adelaide after four road crashes. By

Alice Springs music students to play at BASSINTHEGRASS. By

Sid Anderson returned as president of MacDonnell Shire. By

Vast geographic scale dwarfs shire budgets. By

Desert Knowledge CRC camel cull ‘next pink batts debacle’. By

Bringing the past to life: Mrs Muldoon reminisces about life inside the old Alice Springs Gaol. By

Alice Springs’ ebbing iconic charisma. By

Victory for the tiny desert community that sparked NT-wide reform. By

Liz, Brendan and the new town council’s balance of power. By

Issue 17

April 26, 2012

Female tourists sleeping in car alleged to have been sexually assaulted: all three suspects now charged, rifle still not recovered.. By

Council debate happening in closed meetings. By

A quarter of tiny works Budget goes to expand gaol. By

Three day trek on foot to reach art centre: revise your definition of ‘remote’!. By

Kids enemy No 1 in law & order debate – or the main victims?. By

The Y withdraws from town pool management. By

Dollars for the bush in NT budget. By

Three new businesses in three weeks. By

It’s an A for 400 self-drivers to The Alice. By

Shire vacancies set to be filled. By

Issue 18

May 3, 2012

Courtroom Two: the day after the long weekend before. By

Salvos find not just the usual suspects are in trouble. By

SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE, FURTHER UPDATE: Youth in court should not have been in Alice Springs at time of alleged offending.. By

Bangtail Muster shows Alice Springs community is vibrant and very well. By

Alice Prize: unpackers pick their winner. By

Juvenile in court on two charges of sexual intercourse without consent. By

Chamber flicks arts & cultural centre project to underachiever Tourism NT. By

The perspective of one year. By

Alice Prize: what will catch the eye of the unpackers?. By

Old Hartley Street School looking safe for next decade. By

Issue 19

May 10, 2012

Namatjira: for the man and now the project art was a catalyst for change. By

Sweetness and light in council meeting as factions keep truce. By

Town council grapples with Falconio poster: Author hits out at Mayor Ryan. By

A car wreck’s tale of bureaucratic incompetence. By

Alice Springs News Online: your marketplace for opinions. By

Last of the nomads wins prize with ‘sublime’ 21st Century painting. By

What future for the Aboriginal art economy?. By

Grog stats may be useless as they do not include online and mail orders. By

What’s your poison?. By

Courtroom Two: the day after the long weekend before. By

Issue 20

April 19, 2012

Liam Jurrah on four more assault charges. By

Liberating work in the wide open spaces. By

Namatjira: for the man and now the project art was a catalyst for change. By

Sweetness and light in council meeting as factions keep truce. By

Town council grapples with Falconio poster: Author hits out at Mayor Ryan. By

Alice Springs News Online: your marketplace for opinions. By

Last of the nomads wins prize with ‘sublime’ 21st Century painting. By

What future for the Aboriginal art economy?. By

Grog stats may be useless as they do not include online and mail orders. By

What’s your poison?. By

Issue 3

January 19, 2012

Darwin to get cheap housing but Alice not yet. By

Territory government debt blows out: Elferink.. By

Chinese to compete in The Finke. By

Building approvals “crash”. By

Macklin spokesperson: Dept looking at Lhere Artepe, Darryl Pearce deals to check ABA funds ‘have been used appropriately’. By

Native title group owned supermarkets mortgaged to buy company now defunct?. By

2022 AD – What we could hope for in Indigenous affairs, apart from the odd miracle. By

Give tourists what they want. By

Issue 4

January 26, 2012

Your guide to our summer season Food for Thought series so far. By

The Alice: celebrate the good, fix the bad – now!. By

Lhere Artepe aims to strengthen relationship with Alice Springs community. By

Leadership spill in Lhere Artepe. By

Housing crisis as 860 dwellings are in development. By

Lhere Artepe company says Mt Johns subdivision back on track, significant changes for supermarkets. By

Can the town afford the welfare burden?. By

Issue 5

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Letter from Peter Garrett: striving for world-class education. By

How did private company get native title land for real estate development?. By

Lhere Artepe Enterprises Pty Ltd did not approve Pearce email. By

Ryder case: ‘We can learn from this’. By

500 year old red gums are being lost through neglect – but the trees can’t speak. By

Issue 6

February 9, 2012

Sky’s the limit!. By

NT News challenged for attacks on Sid Anderson. By

Carrots and sticks in smart combination. By

Not just hot air. By

What’s working in Indigenous Affairs? A thirty year perspective.. By

Challenger for mayoral contest?. By

Alcohol by far enemy number one in crime fight. By

Making decisions: it’s a tough business. By

Issue 7

February 16, 2012

Alice does St Val. By

Darryl Pearce still has hand in real estate deal as titles are issued: We were kept in the dark, says native title holder. By

‘Spirit of Parsons Street’ wins international award. By

Election 2012: Cheap first shots at Alison Anderson in Labor’s fight for its life. By

Council should not be in government’s pocket, says mayoral candidate Brown. By

Longer term thinking needed for Alice’s ‘amazing potential’. By

Shires join forces on lease payment issue. By

Give the shires time to prove themselves, say councillors. By

Asylum seeker led recovery for Alice: businessman’s proposal. By

SMART Court gets first graduates … and first romance. By

Issue 8

February 23, 2012

Police seeking men after alleged indcent assault, invasion of dwelling. By

Hot toothpaste and moonlight dips. By

Democracy is complicated in the shires. By

After Darwin’s bombing, the Army made the desert bloom. By

Eli Melky standing for mayor and councillor. By

Graffiti by-law to stay. By

Immerse yourself in this watery world. By

How the town has changed in my time. By

LETTER: Attack on film crew – should we defer to criminals?. By

Fuel rip-off: Town Council challenged to put their hands to the pump. By

Issue 9

March 1, 2012

Getting serious about eating local. By

Huge real estate project at stalemate. By

More money main means to fix education, no urgency on self-help: Gonski report. By

Haggle over empties and crushing questions about town council’s glass machine. By

Environment loser in container buy-back scheme starting next week?. By

Scout’s Honour!. By

Central Australia is perishing for a drink. By

Downward spiral or shuddering readjustment?. By

Defects at pool ‘major problem’. By

Hearing of charges against Barry Abbott again delayed. By