Tuesday, March 19, 2024

The freedom of the press still furnishes that check upon government which no constitution has ever been able to provide – Chicago Tribune.

A flash flood of budgerigars

Budgerigars rising from waterhole. Part Two by MIKE GILLAM The first of three budgerigar stories in the Alice Springs News prompted a reader to  recall "the...

Alice romance and achievement story aims for Hollywood

1976 (from left): Former St Francis House boys Desmond Price, John Moriarty, Charles Perkins, Vincent Copley, Isabel Smith, Father Percy Smith, Les Nayda, Gordon...

Camping with ancestors on the bicycle track

By HOWARD GOLDENBERG Running along the track next to the Todd riverbed I detour around a family squatting on the path. No-one goes anywhere. There's...

Following feathered dancers into the desert

By MIKE GILLAM From Munga-Thirri (Simpson Desert) to Kiwirrkurra in the Tanami, I’ve followed budgerigar murmurations – those magnificent formations in the sky created by...

Mansions for bush communities, courtesy governments?

By ERWIN CHLANDA Over the next 10 years 2700 mansions, at a cost to the taxpayer of $1.5m each, will be spread across Aboriginal communities...

13-year-old girl missing

UPDATE March 14, 7.50am: Police report Sanatanya has been found safe and well. Police are holding concerns for a missing person, 13-year-old Alice Springs girl...

Tourism, cattle tycoons, here’s your chance

By ERWIN CHLANDA The best way towards Closing the Gap is trading oneself out of misery. Start a business. Get into the fast lane. That, in...

Still no NT Government action on buffel

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Why is Central Australia almost the only region nationally at an increased wildfire risk across autumn? The National Council for Fire and...

Here’s the art gallery – on paper

By ERWIN CHLANDA The public is getting a first glimpse of what the proposed national art gallery will look like inside, and the outside too...

Shops, parking, rooftop restaurant

By ERWIN CHLANDA A four or five storey building with retail on the ground floor, two or three levels of car parking and a restaurant...

Meat dynasty Alice born and bred

By MORGAN RICHARDS The swarm of sales people in the Gillen shop of Milner Meats on Saturday mornings couldn't make it clearer: The Alice is...

Missing girl

UPDATE Wednesday, March 6, 10am: Police say Praise has been located safe and well. She is with family and police are thanking the public...

Kumanjayi Walker inquest shines light on police

Locals have turned into a shrine the cottage where Kumanjayi Walker was fatally wounded. By ERWIN CHLANDA Alleged racism in the ranks and elite groups within...

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