Alice Springs News https://alicespringsnews.com.au The freedom of the press still furnishes that check upon government which no constitution has ever been able to provide - Chicago Tribune. Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:50:46 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 195104910 Gallery consultation confusion https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/09/21/gallery-consultation-confusion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gallery-consultation-confusion https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/09/21/gallery-consultation-confusion/#comments Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:13:58 +0000 https://alicespringsnews.com.au/?p=88264 By ERWIN CHLANDA Claims by the planners of the National Aboriginal Art Gallery that they are guided by the native title organisation Lhere Artepe are categorically denied by its CEO, Graeme Smith. Sera Bray, senior director of the project, addressing a poorly advertised “public” meeting of about 60 people on Tuesday, mentioned Lhere Artepe about […]

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]]> https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/09/21/gallery-consultation-confusion/feed/ 5 88264 Movie buffs in reversed ute, beneath a star-filled sky https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/09/18/movie-buffs-in-reversed-ute-beneath-a-star-filled-sky/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=movie-buffs-in-reversed-ute-beneath-a-star-filled-sky https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/09/18/movie-buffs-in-reversed-ute-beneath-a-star-filled-sky/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2023 02:09:55 +0000 https://alicespringsnews.com.au/?p=88256 By ROD MOSS The Hayes and my son, Raffi, are pictured at Alice Spring’s Starline drive-in on the highway immediately south of the Ilparpa Range. Video technology heralded the demise of the Starline in 1988. Pity. For all the convenience of lounge room comforts, they pale in comparison to cuddling in my reversed ute in […]

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]]> https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/09/18/movie-buffs-in-reversed-ute-beneath-a-star-filled-sky/feed/ 2 88256 Town blows $14m on pokies, not counting Alice’s biggest gambling place https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/09/16/town-blows-14m-blown-on-pokies-not-counting-alices-biggest-gambling-place/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=town-blows-14m-blown-on-pokies-not-counting-alices-biggest-gambling-place https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/09/16/town-blows-14m-blown-on-pokies-not-counting-alices-biggest-gambling-place/#respond Sat, 16 Sep 2023 09:33:06 +0000 https://alicespringsnews.com.au/?p=88240 By ERWIN CHLANDA Gamblers playing the pokies in Alice Springs clubs and pubs lost almost $14m in 2022-23. This doesn’t include the poker machines in Lasseters Casino whose data “cannot be provided due to commercial-in-confidence,” according to the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade. That is clearly a huge multiple of the disclosed figure. Meanwhile […]

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]]> https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/09/16/town-blows-14m-blown-on-pokies-not-counting-alices-biggest-gambling-place/feed/ 0 88240 Offers of jobs, not jail for young joy riders https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/09/16/offers-of-jobs-not-jail-for-young-joy-riders/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=offers-of-jobs-not-jail-for-young-joy-riders https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/09/16/offers-of-jobs-not-jail-for-young-joy-riders/#respond Sat, 16 Sep 2023 05:25:54 +0000 https://alicespringsnews.com.au/?p=88232 Young car joyriders likened the adrenalin rush from car theft to the effects of drug or alcohol use. Some noted, yet often disregarded, fears of death or injury as the result of a car accident. And the prospect of gaining, or losing, a job is a stronger motivator than incarceration for joyriders. These are some […]

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]]> https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/09/16/offers-of-jobs-not-jail-for-young-joy-riders/feed/ 0 88232 Understanding this No, voting Yes https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/09/14/understanding-this-no-voting-yes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=understanding-this-no-voting-yes https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/09/14/understanding-this-no-voting-yes/#comments Thu, 14 Sep 2023 02:01:21 +0000 https://alicespringsnews.com.au/?p=88218 By KIERAN FINNANE Two prominent Aboriginal men from the Centre, one speaking to a deeply felt No on the Voice, based on his utter distrust of government, the other speaking to a passionate Yes, based on his faith in the possibility of shaping, with other Australians, “a better nation”. Together, and with responses from other […]

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]]> https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/09/14/understanding-this-no-voting-yes/feed/ 14 88218 Voice campaigner cut her teeth in the Alice https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/08/30/voice-campaigner-cut-her-teeth-in-the-alice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=voice-campaigner-cut-her-teeth-in-the-alice https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/08/30/voice-campaigner-cut-her-teeth-in-the-alice/#comments Wed, 30 Aug 2023 07:41:43 +0000 https://alicespringsnews.com.au/?p=88194 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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]]> https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/08/30/voice-campaigner-cut-her-teeth-in-the-alice/feed/ 16 88194 Protocols visitors to Mparntwe once observed no longer exist https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/08/30/protocols-visitors-to-mparntwe-once-observed-no-longer-exist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=protocols-visitors-to-mparntwe-once-observed-no-longer-exist https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/08/30/protocols-visitors-to-mparntwe-once-observed-no-longer-exist/#comments Wed, 30 Aug 2023 02:22:26 +0000 https://alicespringsnews.com.au/?p=88191 By ROD MOSS Mr Moon’s grimacing mouth at Luna Park is a metaphor for the challenges confronting the children. Born as many Arrernte are, into extreme disadvantage and enduring daily racism in the form of snobbery or strident hostility, I’ve witnessed their spontaneity snuffed when entering mainstream schools and meeting the challenges of a curriculum […]

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]]> https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/08/30/protocols-visitors-to-mparntwe-once-observed-no-longer-exist/feed/ 3 88191 St Mary’s news just for a few https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/08/30/st-marys-news-just-for-a-selected-few/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=st-marys-news-just-for-a-selected-few https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/08/30/st-marys-news-just-for-a-selected-few/#comments Wed, 30 Aug 2023 01:40:02 +0000 https://alicespringsnews.com.au/?p=88184 By ERWIN CHLANDA The NT Government is still silent about its intentions with the former children’s home St Mary’s – at least so far as the public is concerned. Treasurer Eva Lawler is applying selectively her government’s much touted transparency: A lucky few were taken into her confidence at a Chamber of Commerce function in […]

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]]> https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/08/30/st-marys-news-just-for-a-selected-few/feed/ 17 88184 A Voice for everybody https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/08/24/a-voice-for-everybody/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-voice-for-everybody https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/08/24/a-voice-for-everybody/#comments Thu, 24 Aug 2023 04:35:08 +0000 https://alicespringsnews.com.au/?p=88168 COMMENT by ERWIN CHLANDA The debate about a Voice to Parliament for Aboriginal people is reaching its crescendo. This may be a good time for the rest of the population to join them on the barricades. Marion Scrymgour and Malarndirri McCarthy (at right) are representing the Northern Territory in the Canberra halls of power, in […]

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]]> https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/08/24/a-voice-for-everybody/feed/ 15 88168 Tourism: Need to turn figures from target to real https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/08/21/tourism-need-to-turn-figures-from-target-to-real/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tourism-need-to-turn-figures-from-target-to-real https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/08/21/tourism-need-to-turn-figures-from-target-to-real/#comments Mon, 21 Aug 2023 06:41:10 +0000 https://alicespringsnews.com.au/?p=88148 By ERWIN CHLANDA It’s enough to make your heart beat faster: Dollars and visitor numbers graphs shooting skywards, heading for $5.3 billion (yes – with a “b”) in earnings from 2.7 million visitors. Wow. Before your blood pressure too goes through the roof, note that the numbers are demand targets, as operators were told by […]

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