Alice Springs News

The Alice Springs News was established in 1994 and has grown to be the largest independent newspaper in the Northern Territory of Australia. Our mission is to provide high-quality reporting with courage, while strictly adhering to the Journalistic Code of Ethics.

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Aboriginal land council: Its their way or the highway

2 weeks ago | alicespringsnews.com.au | Erwin Chlanda

By ERWIN CHLANDATransparency is a very one-sided proposition for the Central Land Council (CLC): It wants the news media to publish its positions but it won’t give answers to questions the media put to them. That’s certainly the experience of the Alice Springs News with this secretive organisation which, like other Aboriginal land councils and land trusts, are not subject to freedom of information requests.
Environment Minister’s new green mates

2 weeks ago | alicespringsnews.com.au | Erwin Chlanda

By ERWIN CHLANDALandcare NT won’t be joining the “activists and economic vandals” as Joshua Burgoyne calls them. The Environment Minister isn’t talking about his government that will give an annual gift – no water rates to be paid – of 40 billion litres of Territory water a year, for 30 years, to the Chinese owned Fortune Agribusiness.
Indigenous affairs: Advancement and decline

3 weeks ago | alicespringsnews.com.au | Erwin Chlanda

By NEILL RETALLICKTwo Australians. Born thousands of miles apart into very different circumstances, the only tenuous connection being their humble beginnings and strong desire to contribute to their communities. Many people have fought to improve rights for Indigenous Australians, but few have done more than Dr H C “Nugget” Coombs and Charles Perkins (pictured).
DIY land care: Singing country

3 weeks ago | alicespringsnews.com.au | Mike Gillam |Erwin Chlanda

By MIKE GILLAMAnother fire was raging in the river and concerned groups of locals gathered on the Wills Terrace causeway to watch in horror and hurt as several trees were engulfed in flames. I was taking photographs to record this latest outrage when the screech of a galah demanded my attention. At the fire’s core a large hollow belched sparks and smoke but undaunted the protesting bird flew straight into the flames. Shocked, I held my breath and forgot about the camera.
A bird in the hand

3 weeks ago | alicespringsnews.com.au | Erwin Chlanda

By ALEX NELSONDuring most of the 2000s I worked at the Olive Pink Botanic Garden, and two decades ago gained an insight into just how zealous keen birdwatchers and twitchers can be when news spread of sightings of an obscure little bird, the grey honeyeater, at the botanic garden. This was prompted by observations in mid-2005 reported by renowned tourism identity, Barry Bucholtz, who often frequented the Olive Pink Botanic Garden during his terminal illness.
Two cars for one

4 weeks ago | alicespringsnews.com.au | Erwin Chlanda

The Central Desert Regional Council has sent “to the legal team” questions from the Alice Springs News about car expenses for its President, Adrian Dixon (pictured). No answers were given by Regional Manager Shiju Thomas. The President is entitled to have one car but usually has two: “The President may choose to have a dedicated vehicle for the duration of his/her term or be paid a stipend to the equivalent value,” according to the council’s policy.
Own goal housing policy

1 month ago | alicespringsnews.com.au | Erwin Chlanda

Letter to the EditorTreasurer Jim Chalmers, in his Budget speech stated: “And we’re easing pressure on the housing market by banning foreign investors from buying established homes, and cracking down on foreign land banking as well.”Foreign investors have been prohibited from buying established homes since 1975. Regardless, politicians continue to blame investors, foreigners and foreign investors for the shortage of housing in Australia.
Alice based radar stations in global defence deal

1 month ago | alicespringsnews.com.au | Erwin Chlanda

By ERWIN CHLANDAPine Gap isn’t the Centre’s only chip in the current global defence poker game. The pot includes two antennae on the ground, each some three kilometres long, north-west and north-east of Alice Springs (pictured). And Canada is having the better hand than Donald Trump.
The classroom divide

1 month ago | alicespringsnews.com.au | Erwin Chlanda

By ERWIN CHLANDAThe Territory Education Department maintains statistics on racial grounds, comparing the school attendance rate of Aboriginal children with that of Non-Aboriginal children. The difference is around 30% in favour of the latter – a margin that in most other fields would spark public outrage.
When small is beautiful

1 month ago | alicespringsnews.com.au | Mike Gillam |Erwin Chlanda

By MIKE GILLAMMore frequently than I’d care to admit, I go out bush looking for specific wildlife behaviour and in the process stumble onto quarry of greater significance. On this occasion, in the company of Linguist and Musicologist Myfany Turpin, we travelled to Artarre (Tara) Community 243 km north of Alice Springs. Artarre, she advises, is the Kaytetye word for emu tail feathers.