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“The freedom of the press still furnishes that check upon government which no constitution has ever been able to provide.” – Chicago Tribune
“The freedom of the press still furnishes that check upon government which no constitution has ever been able to provide.” – Chicago Tribune
The art’s distinctive, and to Western eyes, abstract configurations of indigenous narratives gave no voice to what I met on Alice Springs streets and Arrernte town camps. Whatever benefits derived from the plethora of agencies implemented since citizenship, disadvantage remained conspicuous. Chapter 4 by ROD MOSS.
Are Ministers Joshua Burgoyne and Bill Yan missing a great opportunity for touting cheap housing? ERWIN CHLANDA reports.
While NT Labor Senator Malarndirri McCarthy is dodging questions from the Alice Springs News about nuclear powered submarines, a crowd funded national inquiry is also pushing for answers. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.
The Supreme Court confirmed proceedings may be stayed where defendants cannot access legal representation, delaying cases across the Northern Territory. LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
The Finke Desert Race: A blast then and a blast now, half a century later. ERWIN CHLANDA reviews, with the help of co-founder and four times competitor, Barry Taylor.
1965 Freedom Rides are driven by Arrernte man Charlie Perkins. The following year Gurindji stockmen walk off Wave Hill Station in the Northern Territory. I remember the 1960s for openness and access to imported traditional practices: meditation, yoga and veganism, for instance. Indigenous footballers, Graeme "Polly" Farmer, Syd Jackson, Barry Cable and Robbie Muir, graced VFL playing fields. Chapter 3 by ROD MOSS.
A poll by the Alice Springs News showed 80% of people think it is. The council says it is not. A bad accident waiting to happen?
A Curtin University-led program to reverse declining vaccination rates among Aboriginal communities coincides with the nation's worst outbreak of diphtheria, mostly in the Northern Territory. By ERWIN CHLANDA.
By ERWIN CHLANDA
The biggest diphtheria outbreak since national record keeping began now stands at 230 cases this year, mostly affecting Aboriginal people and believed to have caused the death one person. Feds come to the Territory's aid.
By ERWIN CHLANDA
A Territory government delegation to Taiwan, pitching AI-ready data centres, is seeking to build on current annual trade worth $9bn with three other Asian countries.