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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

The Independent UK

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.

ABC News

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 New Daily

'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.

The Conversation

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.

AAP

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’

The Guardian - AU

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.

The Conversation

Here's some context missing from the Mparntwe Alice Springs 'crime wave' reporting

Content warning: this article contains mentions of racial discrimination against First Nations people, and themes of domestic violence.

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Aboriginal Central Australians meet in Alice Springs to discuss strategies for tackling crime and social unrest

More than 200 Aboriginal people across Central Australia have gathered at an Indigenous-only meeting in Alice Springs to discuss strategies to combat rising crime and community unrest.

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NT Attorney-General Chansey Paech referred to ICAC for alleged conflict of interest

An independent NT politician has referred the Attorney-General to the ICAC over his alleged dealings with an Alice Springs Aboriginal organisation.

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Alcohol restricted in Laverton as Aboriginal elder says pub has become 'sacred site'

While Alice Springs is in the national spotlight, temporary liquor restrictions have been introduced in the small West Australian town of Laverton amid ongoing concerns about violence.

AAP

NT senators tell of family impacts of alcohol abuse

As debate continues on alcohol bans in the NT, both of the territory's senators have shared emotional stories of the impact of alcohol in communities.

The Guardian - AU

Hospitality giant Iris Capital’s Alice Springs alcohol licence under investigation by NT government

Action comes after police suspended trading twice in two weeks over ‘threats to public safety’ at two of its venues

ABC News

Federal, NT governments accused of disregarding call for needs-based funding in Alice Springs report

The Northern Territory government insists a quarter of a billion dollars in federal funding will tackle Indigenous disadvantage, but it's been accused of walking away from the recommendations of a major report.

ABC News

Return of NT alcohol bans welcomed by some remote residents, with others bitterly disappointed

As communities prepare for the return of blanket alcohol bans, some say it'll bring respite from the scourge of alcohol abuse, while others say the new restrictions are not fair.

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