Get the latest news to your email inbox FREE!

REGISTER

Get the latest news to your email inbox FREE!

REGISTER
Home News Page 228

News

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...

Relief for cattle producers

Cattle producers are buoyant following the lifting of export restrictions to Indonesia for northern Australian cattle, with pastoralists now seeking quick action to bring...

Last-over thriller decides Cup

An interstate side almost stole the glory as the unseasonal wet weather played havoc with this year's Imparja Cup matches between 20-24 February. After a...