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The cuzmobile fictional Aboriginal superhero's car to be restored by Alice Springs students

A 1960's Valiant that once belonged to Central Australia's first Aboriginal superhero is being brought back to life by some determined automotive students.

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Alice Springs Animal Shelter pleads for help as pet surrenders spike

The Alice Springs Animal Shelter says it has no choice but to euthanase dozens of dogs and cats as it buckles under soaring demand.

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Alice Springs youth crime: Grandmothers call for return to country — not custody

A group of First Nations grandmothers say detention isn't the solution to tackling youth crime in Alice Springs. Instead, they say 'the homelands' are the safest place for children.

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50 years on from the hijacking of Ansett flight 232 bound for Alice Springs

The journey aboard the Ansett Fokker Friendship on November 15, 1972 began like any other. But as the flight neared its destination, a male passenger announced to a hostess: 'This is a hijack'.

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What is a 'microburst', where do they come from, and how can you prepare for one?

Microbursts are capable of generating some of the most destructive winds of any weather event, falling second only to cyclones. Here's what you need to know.

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Damaging Alice Springs storm sees community clean-up effort, BOM warns of 'repeat' later in week

As the damage from a powerful storm in Alice Springs was revealed, the community banded together with hot food, utes and chainsaws.

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Alice Springs elders fear NT’s youth crime plan could create new stolen generation

Strong Grandmothers say government should work with communities instead of taking children found unsupervised on the street at night into custody

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Inquest into Northern Territory teen’s death moves to the outback

An inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker at the hands of a NT policeman will hear about the pain his community suffered.

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Coroner visits NT town where cop shot teen

The coroner in an inquest for an Indigenous teen shot dead by an NT policeman has been welcomed with song and sorrow to the remote community where he died.

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'Violent, but brief' storm causes extensive damage to homes and pulls roof off Yipirinya School in Alice Springs

A roof has been torn off a school, trees have toppled and houses have been damaged during a thunderstorm in Alice Springs in which wind speeds were estimated to have exceeded 100kph.

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Simon and Jack Lundy take on Huntington's disease charity ride to Alice Springs

Simon Lundy watched as his father was slowly consumed by a cruel and debilitating disease. He and his teenage son hit the road to do something about it.

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NT federal Labor MP says families need to be more accountable for youth crime

State proposal to take unsupervised children off Alice Springs streets a ‘Band-Aid solution’ that will fail, Marion Scrymgour says

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'Target families, not crim kids': Labor MP

Federal Labor MP Marion Scrymgour wants Northern Territory families to be made accountable for their children's criminal behaviour in Alice Springs.

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NT plan to remove children from street

The Northern Territory government plans to take unsupervised children found roaming Alice Springs' streets at night into custody.

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Labor MP says detail needed on plan to reduce crime by removing unsupervised children from families in Alice Springs

Federal Labor politician Marion Scrymgour says she wants more detail around what the Northern Territory government is calling an "intervention" to get children deemed at-risk off the streets of Alice Springs at night.

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'Intervention' to remove children from families flagged by Northern Territory government facing Alice Springs crime crisis

Unsupervised children picked up by police late at night in Alice Springs could be taken to a "safe place" for a child protection assessment instead of being returned home, under a plan flagged by the Northern Territory government.

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Alice Springs youth crime spree triggers extreme response from NT Police

Alice Springs residents were urged to avoid the heart of the town during an overnight crime spree in which police vehicles were targeted.

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Torres Strait Islander flag to fly permanently at Anzac Hill in Alice Springs

Anzac Hill in Alice Springs will now permanently fly the Torres Strait Islander flag alongside the Australian, Northern Territory and Aboriginal flags — in what the town's mayor acknowledges is a "long overdue" moment.

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Cars stolen from Drug and Alcohol Services Australia Alice Springs compound

Knives and shovels were used to break into an Alice Springs sobering-up facility before stolen cars were driven dangerously through the town.

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Passing the halfway point, the coronial inquest into Kumanjayi Walker's death has probed the culture inside NT Police

In examining the fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker in Yuendumu in 2019, coroner Elizabeth Armitage's inquest has been probing the conduct and culture of the Northern Territory Police Force.

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Alice Springs woman, 84, afraid to leave her home after a series of break-ins

All Daphne Oldfield, 84, wants to do is sit in the garden in a house she has lived in for 45 years. But thanks to unrelenting break-ins over the past five weeks, she is frightened for her life.

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Kumanjayi Walker inquest hears Constable Zachary Rolfe allegedly 'boasted' about use of force in text messages

The police officer allegedly "boasted" about performing an "illegal shoulder charge" during the arrest of a man in Alice Springs, by texting a video of his body-worn camera footage to an unnamed person.

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Remote Indigenous community pioneers 3D-printed homes set to change rural lives

Traditional owners of Mparntwe collaborate with Melbourne company Luyten to combat housing shortages and improve Ilpeye Ilpeye residents’ lifestyle

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Rolfe bragged about injuring man in mall

A text message from a police officer who fatally shot an Indigenous teenager bragged about injuring another man, an inquest has been told in Alice Springs.

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Northern Territory Police to 'audit' handling of domestic violence incidents in Alice Springs and central Australia

Police say the Alice Springs-based team will take "immediate action" where necessary to "reinforce" training around the handling of intimate partner violence.

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