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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
Alice Springs is a town of fences and this one is the granddaddy of them all. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.
The end of this month is the deadline for financial bids to develop a complex of 144 dwellings on the former Melanka block in Todd Street. By ERWIN CHLANDA.
Desert Mob celebrated 32 art centres from the heart of Australia. Some of them are immensely remote, yet their work is shown in the nation’s most important galleries and some overseas. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has been trumpeting the economic information provided by the latest CommSec Report, claiming the Territory is leading the nation in economic growth, population growth, housing finance and dwelling starts. In fact, once again, Western Australia has been named as the best performing economy. Queensland moved into second place, with South Australia third. The CommSec report actually attempts to track how each state and territory economy is performing against its own "average past performance" which in the case of the Territory has been very poor. COMMENT by DON FULLER.
Celebrating Indigenous culture and art without blowing millions. By ERWIN CHLANDA with InDaily, Adelaide's online newspaper.
Neither the Chief Minister nor the police have answered questions about conflicting assault statistics. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.
The Bureau of Metereology is usually admirably close to reality in its forecasts. Not today. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.
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Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump this morning signed a USD$100m equity investment in the Arafura Nolans rare earths project at Aileron, 135 km north of Alice Springs. By ERWIN CHLANDA.
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It was the strangest opening any of us had ever been to: the vernissage – a private viewing – of Georgie Mattingley’s exhibition Project Pine Gap. The spy base's entire staff had been invited but not a single one turned up. Of the local VIPs invited, just two – Mayor Asta Hill and myself – took the opportunity to see what Mattingley has uncovered inside the top secret base. REVIEW by KIERAN FINNANE.
Over the past eight months overall crime in Alice Springs is down 14%, driven by a strong decline in property offending, according to Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro.