About one in four Australians in the aged care target population live in rural or remote communities, the Australian Institute of Health And Welfare aged care data shows. As well as mainstream aged care services, other, flexible, aged-care programs (including the Multi-Purpose Services (MPS) Program and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged … [Read more…]
By ERWIN CHLANDA There are three things we need to solve the juvenile crime problem: It’s not $250m, not more cops, not more talk. It’s families, families and more families – functioning ones. The film Audrey Napanangka playing in Alice Springs this week is about a woman in her seventies who demonstrates this, and doesn’t … [Read more…]
Tender Awarded To Price NT Enterprise Agency Alice Springs – Pathology – Supply Delivery Installation and Commissioning of Blood Storage Refrigerator LATHAM BOND PTY. LTD. $ 34,397.00 no Department of Health Darwin – Engagement of a Power SCADA Energy Mangement Systems Specialist for a Period of 12 Months MCKENNA, BEN PHILIP $ 551,287.00 yes Power … [Read more…]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR The two day per week complete ban on take-away alcohol sales in Alice Springs gives us two days of relative peace. It is by no means a solution to our enormous alcohol-related problems. These latest alcohol restrictions were introduced at the beginning of the year after the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, … [Read more…]
The Finke Desert Race in Alice Springs will go ahead following days of uncertainty over whether it would receive the necessary permit after a spectator died in 2021. Key points: A spectator died in the 2021 event after a car crashed into a group of people Some recommended new safety measures were not implemented at the 2022 race … [Read more…]
THE CFAT MAINTENANCE TEAM (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) CHRISTOPHER MILLS, WILLIAM QUALL AND CHARLES BURDETT (IMAGE: SUPPLIED/CFAT) It’s a 10-day turnaround to fix a loose plug or a dead wire in a remote community — it requires a helicopter and a team of city-based experts to fly in, plug in, and fly out. “Whether it’s … [Read more…]
Stevie Nicks took to her social media channels to mark the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas at Robb Elementary School. The horrific tragedy resulted in the deaths of 19 children and two teachers. Nicks shared one of her diary entries titled “The Lost Futures of Uvalde.” In the entry, she recalled … [Read more…]
(MENAFN- The Conversation) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of deceased people. The symbol † next to a personal name is a conventional respectful indicator that the person has died. The first large dictionary of the Warlpiri language began in 1959 in Alice Springs, when Yuendumu man †Kenny Wayne … [Read more…]
Wake up babe, ‘Sad Girl Summer’ just dropped! The antithesis to ‘Hot Girl Summer’, my TikTok FYP has been filled with videos of girls claiming to be in their ‘Gregor Samsa Era’, as the freshly dumped pursue a summer that focuses on feelings and wallowing in sadness and heartache. ‘Sad Girl Summer’ is one that … [Read more…]
Leading and local qualifiers for the CIF State Track and Field Championships, which will be held Friday and Saturday at Buchanan High School in Clovis. Marks are from last week’s section meets. 100: Top mark, Rodrick Pleasant (Serra-Gardena) 10.14. Locals — Heat 2, Jaden Jefferson (De La Salle) 10.71; Heat 3, Zachary Jones (Riordan) 10.81; Heat 4, … [Read more…]