Erwin Chlanda

3 weeks ago | arr.news | Erwin Chlanda

Kumanjayi White, who died in custody in Alice Springs this week, had his own house in Yuendumu but in recent times his family and the community had found it impossible to make satisfactory arrangements for his care. Ned Jampjinpa Hargraves, a respected elder who in a statement on Thursday called White “my jaja” (grandson), said this in an exclusive interview with the Alice Springs News. [Alice Springs] News: Is Yuendumu a tight-knit community that looks after its members? Hargraves: Yes. Yes.

1 month ago | arr.news | Erwin Chlanda

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. A 22-year-old man was charged with one count of Acts Intended to Cause Serious Harm. The 27-year-old victim was taken to Adelaide for treatment.

1 month ago | arr.news | Erwin Chlanda

Wati Mai brings starving people food, feeds homeless people, gives them magic water. Spider Girl Kungka helps kids stay safe. Comes out at night. Throws webs. Scares kids to go home and makes them go to sleep ready for school. Wati Tjina helps people who are lost to find their way home. He knows all the footprints of every person and animal. The latest animated movie from Hollywood?

1 month ago | arr.news | Erwin Chlanda

A prominent Aboriginal spokesman gave an account of a chaotic and meaningless process deciding how Prime Minister Albanese’s $250m Alice Springs “rescue package” is being spent. The money, allocated two years ago, was “drastically needed” according to Graeme Smith, at the time the CEO of the local native title organisation Lhere Artepe. But he says the cash “was heading the wrong way”.

1 month ago | arr.news | Erwin Chlanda

Labor’s Marion Scrymgour extended her margin in all but one of the seven Alice Springs booths during the landslide Federal election on Saturday. The sitting Member for the massive seat of Lingiari, more or less all of the Territory except Darwin and Palmerston, in the town council polling place got almost 10 per cent more votes than three years ago, and achieved a 7.96 per cent margin in Gillen.