Late night echidna rescue
Why did the echidna cross the road?
It’s 9pm on a Wednesday night and I’m on the phone to Wildcare Alice Springs (0419 22 11...
Chance for youth to lead
TERRITORIANS aged up to 25 years old who are looking to make a difference in their communities have been invited to apply to be...
Rugby is ‘life’ for Jodie
Jodie Summers Associate Vice-Chancellor, Central Australia, Charles Darwin University
What role do you play in your community group/activity/action?
I have been involved with the local...
Healing in the Red Dust
A pair of community organisations have banded together to help slow the cycle of addiction and trauma plaguing Alice Springs.
The partnership between the Salvation...
What does volunteering mean to you?
Carl Jason: "I don't currently volunteer, though I'd like to when I retire. Maybe for an organisation like Meals on Wheels. I think volunteers...
Weapons of old will return
YUENDUMU resident Simon Japangardi Fisher Senior has found his father’s kularda (spears) and pikirri
(spear thrower) in the South Australian Museum.
“I had tears in my...
Alice sends firies
Volunteer firefighters from Alice Springs were last week helping battle the huge Tennant Creek blaze while their colleagues were also fighting several smaller fires...
Vets reunite for the voice
TWO elderley Vietnam vets embrace in an Alice Springs back yard, squinting in the bright midday sunshine,
blinking away their tears.
Geoff Shaw (78), a Kaytetye...
Child commissioner quits
Northern Territory children’s commissioner Colleen Gwynne has resigned.
The resignation followed Ms Gwynne reaching a confidential settlement with the NT government after about six months...
All go for Old Timers fete
Preparations for the return of an iconic Alice Springs institution, the Old Timers Fete, are well advanced.
For decades, the fete has been a beloved...
