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How the Finke Desert Race in Alice Springs grew into the ultimate off-road motorsport challenge

Almost 50 years since its inception, the Finke Desert Race has grown into a huge event as more interstate riders saw the appeal. Now, the race president is exploring new ways to support its swelling popularity.

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After two-year break, National Indigenous Cricket Championships — a T20 tournament — returns to Alice Springs

After a two-year hiatus, Indigenous cricketers from across Australia are in Alice Springs this week with the return of a national tournament aimed at launching elite careers for more First Nations players.

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Robert Mitchell jailed for theft of equipment from Alice Springs-based media company CAAMA

Robert Mitchell, 39, was sentenced after pleading guilty to using company credit cards or bank accounts to steal about 100 pieces of equipment from CAAMA in Alice Springs.

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Alice Springs to begin flood-mitigation designs, six years after report recommendations

The Northern Territory will begin design work for flood-mitigation action for Alice Springs that modelling suggests would help protect some residents from the effects of flooding.

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Matthew Palmer elected chair of Central Land Council

Matthew Palmer, who replaces well-known Aboriginal rights advocate Kunmanara Hoosan following his sudden death late last year, used his maiden address to advocate for an First Nations Voice to Parliament.

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Founder of Alice Springs crime page, Action for Alice, says his account has been suspended by Facebook

The founder of a social media page highlighting crime and anti-social behaviour in Alice Springs says his Facebook account has been temporarily suspended, barring him from sharing content with his more than 60,000 followers.

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Five stolen vehicles, eight arrests following pursuit through Alice Springs CBD

Police have arrested multiple young people after five vehicles were stolen from a government building premises in Alice Springs overnight.

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Concerns Alice Springs crime is sparking healthcare staffing emergency as doctors, nurses burn out

Amid concerns crime is sparking a healthcare staffing emergency in Alice Springs, doctors and nurses say they are exhausted.

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NT Police seize items as part of homicide investigation into missing woman Angie Fuller

Five weeks after 30-year-old Angie Fuller went missing in a remote area north of Alice Springs, NT Police say they have seized "a number of items" as part of their investigation.

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Alice Springs alcohol rehabs call desperately for support as liquor bans reinstated

Alcohol rehab services in Alice Springs are desperate for more funding, with some facilities "falling to pieces" as liquor bans are reinstated.

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Budgie boom in outback Central Australia as rain creates perfect breeding conditions

With budgerigar numbers set to explode for the third consecutive year in Central Australia, a birdwatcher thinks the sight is untapped tourism gold.

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Mystery of British backpacker who disappeared 22 years ago deepens

Bones reportedly found in Alice Springs, close to where Peter Falconio vanished

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Fortescue founder claims signing Yindjibarndi royalty agreement risks creating 'alcohol disasters'

Fortescue Metals executive chairman Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest defends the failure to sign a mining compensation agreement with Yindjibarndi traditional owners in WA's north.

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Katherine reports rise in transient visitors since return of Alice Springs alcohol restrictions

Katherine in the Northern Territory already has one of nation's highest homelessness rates. Officials say more people are now pouring into the town, putting a strain on services.

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Laws reinstating alcohol bans in town camps, Aboriginal remote communities pass Northern Territory parliament

The legislation passed parliament on Tuesday night only hours after it was introduced and is expected to take effect by the end of the week.

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Senators savage ABC boss over Alice Springs report that ‘should not have gone to air’

The ABC got it wrong when airing a recent report on an Alice Springs town meeting, its managing director David Anderson said on Tuesday.

The Conversation

'Just ask us, come and see us'. Aboriginal young people in the Northern Territory must be listened to, not punished

The media frenzy about the “crime wave” in Mparntwe (Alice Springs), and the way the Northern Territory and federal governments are responding, are cause for serious concern.

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ABC Alice Springs report breached impartiality standard

The ABC ombudsman has handed down a ruling that a radio report on an Alice Springs town hall meeting breached impartiality standards.

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ABC breached impartiality guidelines in report presenting NT meeting as ‘racist’, ombudsman finds

Fiona Cameron describes Alice Springs radio report as ‘unduly favouring one perspective over all others’

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New Northern Territory alcohol laws to be introduced this week, as Alice Springs politician calls for parliament liquor ban

Northern Territory's parliament looks set for testy first sittings of 2023, as political opponents and crossbenchers criticise the Labor government over its liquor ban backflip.

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Jeremy Choolum pleads not guilty murder of 48-year-old man in Alice Springs

A court in Alice Springs has heard a late-night quarrel between two men who did not know each other well ended with one fatally stabbing the other at least three times in the chest and throat.

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Youth crime in Alice Springs goes beyond alcohol issues, community warns

Communities have been calling for governments to support Aboriginal-led solutions to tackle youth issues in Alice Springs. With alcohol restrictions back in place, will the heart of this complex issue get solved?

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Alice Springs local Angas Haines learns from tennis greats as ballkid at 2023 Australian Open

As Melbourne struggled through a heatwave at this year's Australian Open, this ballkid from the outback was in his element.

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Darwin to Alice Springs Qantas flight turns back for 'engineering reasons' after an hour circling in the air

Qantas flight QF1960 spends more than an hour circling in the air before returning to the Darwin Airport, according on a passenger on board.

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Senators Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Malarndirri McCarthy share truths of alcohol abuse amid Alice Springs crisis

A political whirly-whirly has spun from Central Australia into Canberra's Parliament House – now Australia has to once again reckon with the hard reality of alcohol abuse in the nation's red centre.

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