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Voice campaigner cut her teeth in the Alice

Erwin Chlanda — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 07:41:43 +0000

By ERWIN CHLANDA On the day the Prime Minister has announced the date of the referendum, in Alice Springs it’s fitting to consider the thoughts of Professor Marcia Langton who honed her incisive activism in part when she lived in this town during the late seventies. Her inaugural NAIDOC Week keynote lecture at the University […]

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Native title push to freehold: Land price slump ahead?

Erwin Chlanda — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 04:49:11 +0000

By ERWIN CHLANDA Land prices in Alice Springs, and other NT towns, may be heading for a slump as supply grows in the wake of NT Government changes to native title laws. Actions by the first Labor government, under Chief Minister Clare Martin, at what is now what now Stirling Heights, had the effect of […]

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Native title group’s authority in doubt after meeting shambles

Erwin Chlanda — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 04:38:54 +0000

By ERWIN CHLANDA A tumultuous meeting that was meant to be an AGM but apparently failed to conduct any business is putting in doubt Lhere Artepe’s credibility of speaking on behalf of local Aboriginal people. As described by the reputable Stuart family there was even a physical fight in the meeting room in the DoubleTree […]

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Lhere Artepe may take new look at gallery site

Erwin Chlanda — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 02:44:26 +0000

By ERWIN CHLANDA Lhere Artepe should be the go-to for all Aboriginal issues in Alice Springs, says Graeme Smith (pictured), the new acting CEO of the native title organisation. “As a corporation what we need to do is better listening. I will make that process begin,” he says, making it clear that a broad range […]

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Land deal to define price of native title

Erwin Chlanda — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 03:18:51 +0000

By ERWIN CHLANDA A land deal in Alice Springs between the NT Government and Lhere Artepe, currently under discussion, is likely to define further the price of native title in the region. On the table are a large piece of public land on the north-eastern edge of town, near Whitegate (see it at the top […]

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$20m offer for native title over five town areas

Erwin Chlanda — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 02:46:37 +0000

Package includes business development, youth care and housing, according to leaked document. EXCLUSIVE by ERWIN CHLANDA.

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Native title organisation backs Anzac precinct for gallery

Erwin Chlanda — Wed, 20 May 2020 03:33:48 +0000

Anzac Oval is not in the determination area ordered by the Federal Court in 2000, yet Minister Dale Wakefield (pictured) sees it as the green light for the project even if it means compulsory acquisition of the oval from the Town Council. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.

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Gunner's native title deal merely 'flagged': Lhere Artepe

Erwin Chlanda — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 00:11:51 +0000

Graeme Smith (pictured in his football days), a member of the native title organisation Lhere Artepe, says the acquisition of five areas of land in Alice Springs has been “flagged” by the NT Government, but there are no signed deals nor an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA).

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Record NT debt: Gunner mum on collateral

Erwin Chlanda — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 05:50:17 +0000

Compulsory acquisition of real estate for gallery on the cards, deals for land with native title holders, solar future and the Feds are to blame for youth crime: Michael Gunner sketches what's in store for The Alice this year. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.

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Native Title threatens cattle land development: NFF

Erwin Chlanda — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 21:40:37 +0000

The process of allowing non-pastoral uses of cattle land, such as tourism and horticulture, is under threat of turning into red tape, says the non-pastoral use permit process, under the NT Pastoral Land Act," says the CEO of the National Farmers' Federation, Tony Mahar (pictured).

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