A group of locals are taking a fresh look at Adelaide House in Todd Mall, the town’s first hospital and usually seen as a monument to the revered Reverend John Flynn, a product of his “hard work and advocacy.” It was an important part of the “mantle of safety” Flynn of the Inland envisioned for the people of the outback. So long as they were white. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.

Letter to the Editor

The young Warlpiri man who died in police custody in Coles in Alice Springs on Tuesday May 27 is my jaja (grandson).

Our family, all Warlpiri people and many other people here in Central Australia are devastated by this death.

Ned Jampjinpa Hargraves, Yuendumu

PHOTO: Arrest in the Yipirinya shopping centre on June 10, 2020. Alice Springs News photo.

Where do all these poxy flies come from? Many are blowing in the wind. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.

The NT Government’s transferring of significant functions from the Office of the Auditor-General to the Ombudsman is proceeding with the administration’s usual contempt for transparency. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.

Alice Springs journalist Alex Barwick wins the top gong at the New York Festivals Radio Awards with a podcast about Pine Gap.

Frontline Territory health care workers with more than 1000 combined years of experience in serving NT communities have today written to the Chief Minister calling for urgent changes to the Territory's criminal legal system.

The town council has identified 10 parks, mostly small ones, for possible “divestment” (red dots on the map). ERWIN CHLANDA reports.

Note update May 29, 2025.

Local police intelligence personnel track known regional grievances, according to a spokesman, replying to questions from the Alice Springs News whether initiatives are in place to prevent criminal payback after alleged events such as last Thursday’s in Gregory Terrace. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.

The Town Council needs a rigorous, independent review to restore democratic representation, transparency and sanity.

The Council's wanton destruction of the iconic Undoolya Road and Lindsay Avenue roundabout planted with Sturt Desert Peas is final proof, if more was needed, that it lacks all three. Letter to the Editor.

Note update May 29, 2025.

The NT now has, by far, the highest debt per-capita of any jurisdiction in Australia. The NT will be paying interest of more than $2m a day by 2026-27. This will impact severely on basic services in crime and justice, health, education and community services, for example. Clearly the Finocchiaro government is committed to high level expenditure and unsustainable debt. Some commentators now predict Federal intervention is just a matter of time. More than 70% of NT revenue is coming from the rest of Australia. The NT increasingly resembles a failed African or Southern American state. COMMENT by Dr DON FULLER.