A huge deposit of rare earth crucial for batteries and electric vehicles is under the ground a mere 135 kilometres north of Alice Springs. Yet a final investment decision has still not been made about a mine first proposed 23 years ago. It may be this year. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.

There is now a third voice in our home, threatening its joyful tranquility and requiring the acquisition of yet more IT skills, a need that increasingly is driving people mad. By ERWIN CHLANDA.

CLP Chief Minister Adam Giles was “absolutely ropable” about the Flood Mitigation Advisory Committee report. He wanted a recreation lake. By ERWIN CHLANDA.

The NT Government’s cheery propaganda about enormous gas reserves in the Beetaloo Basin poised to elevate the Territory to unimaginable wealth calls for a second look. By ERWIN CHLANDA.

Treasurer Bill Yan is foreshadowing a tough May Budget by highlighting a blunt warning from the International Monetary Fund “as evidence of the fiscal damage left by the former Labor government”. By ERWIN CHLANDA.

How January 26 became the day. Letter by COLIN SAUNDERS.

The government will spend $9.8m on a multicultural centre within the Anzac Oval.

Vehicles are being retrieved from the underground car park of the multi-story 113 Building residential in Todd Street, inundated to almost its full height during the flood last week.

By ERWIN CHLANDA

“There is no blame to be placed here. There was very little warning, if any, that the river would peak at these levels.” This statement to the ABC by Police Commissioner Martin Doyle about this morning’s Todd River flood in Alice Springs deserves examination.