The Larrakia Cultural Centre at the Darwin Waterfront: Ours was twice as expensive and not an inspiring building. Letter to the Editor. Photo ABC News, Marcus Kennedy.

Mayor Asta Hill describes as inaccurate claims in Murdoch media that the recent theft of her partner’s car has not been reported to the police. And former councillor forms group to make her resign. By ERWIN CHLANDA.

Bushfires NT is conducting a prescribed burn south of Ilparpa in Alice Springs under favourable weather conditions.

Eye watering taxi fares in Alice Springs are bound to become a thing of the past with the introduction of Uber rideshare.

Tourism operators in NT are receiving development grants from a $3m bucket over two years in a bid to "rebuild the economy," according to Minister Marie-Clare Boothby. We list the ones in Central Australia. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.

Buffel grass expansion is expected to result in economic losses sixty times greater than its benefits, according to a CDU report. Minister Burgoyne gave pastoralists carte blanche to keep using the weed before the report, which he had commissioned, had come out. By ERWIN CHLANDA.

UPDATED September 1, 2026 with comment by Cattlemen's Association CEO Romy Carey.

What has happened to Aboriginal health in The Centre in recent years as the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress has expanded, and what measurable improvement can be demonstrated from the enormous public funding now devoted to it? That is a legitimate question for taxpayers, for Aboriginal communities and a question Congress should welcome answering. But a report it commissioned covering the half century starting 1973 falls short of that task. RALPH FOLDS reports.

Australian camels have never been exposed to the diseases that plague captive herds in the Middle East. Gulf nations pay a premium to import them as some of the cleanest breeding stock in the trade, reports Space Daily, an online magazine in Tokyo.

Rich means different things to different people: "Rich to me means I’ve got a roof over my head, food in my fridge, my children will never have to go hungry and they can go to school every day. Rich means there is a future to see,” a 'Blak' business activists tells Alice conference. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.

In Alice Springs we have a remarkable opportunity to enhance the cultural landscape that predates the omnipresent European streetscapes and celebrate the Mparntwe world view which makes this place so different. As a civic ambition this should include elevated management of sacred sites and more thoughtful investments in public art. Creating a more interesting and respectful society for locals will invariably attract more tourists. Too often we are defined by the sliding symptoms and acceptance of neglect. Part two by MIKE GILLAM.

PHOTO: The town's totemic caterpillars.