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Alice Springs/Mparntwe leaders makes passionate plea to Australians in final days of referendum campaign
Central Australian leaders joined by Noel Pearson and Community in pre-vote gathering in town's centre
Finke 2023 Winners
Motorsport legend, Toby Price finished 1st in the Finke 2023 car category with time of 03:34:14. The Tatts Finke Desert Race is an off road, multi terrain two-day race for bikes, cars & buggies through desert country from Alice Springs to the small Aputula (Finke) community. The race is held each year on the Queen’s Birthday long weekend in June. “Finke” as it is commonly known, is one of the biggest annual sporting events in the Northern Territory and has the reputation of being one of the most difficult offroad courses in one of the most remote places in the world.
HALLELUJAH: Araluen Arthouse Cinema
Recently the New Centralian attended a screening of HALLELUJAH: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song | Official Trailer (2022). Araluen Arthouse Cinema screens a different movie every Monday night at 7pm (excluding public holidays). With a fantastic selection of local and international feature films, documentaries and mainstream titles it is a fantastic evening out in a great location. Get more details here.
Coffee with the Cops
To enhance the relationship between the Northern Territory Police Force and the community, Acting Commissioner Michael Murphy APM has announced the Coffee with a Cop initiative will recommence from today. The Coffee with a Cop program enables community members to have a casual chat with a member of the NT Police Force over a free coffee (or other beverage). The original concept for the program started in the USA in 2011 to foster communication between Police and their local community and in 2017, NT Police commenced the ‘Coffee with a Cop’ initiative. Unfortunately COVID-19 impacted community engagement activities in the…
Winterbottom wins in Darwin, ends Supercars drought
13:58 17/06/2023Mot Supercars | Wrap (with factbox)Winterbottom wins in Darwin, ends Supercars droughtBy: Fraser BartonLocation: DarwinSource: AAP Veteran driver Mark Winterbottom has won his first Supercars race since 2016 in a dramatic opener at the Darwin Triple Crown. Mark Winterbottom has labelled his first Supercars race victory in seven years one of the best moments of his career after prevailing in a fire-filled opener at the Darwin Triple Crown in which the hopes of a maiden 2023 win for Cam Waters went up in flames.Winterbottom started third on the grid behind pole-sitter Waters and Broc Feeney at Hidden Valley Raceway,…
Four stable after NT plane crash as probe launched
Passengers injured in a Northern Territory plane crash remain in hospital as investigators probe what caused the incident. Four people injured in a Northern Territory plane crash remain in hospital as investigators probe what went wrong. A pilot and five passengers were taken to hospital in a serious condition on Friday after their single-engine aircraft hit terrain near an airstrip and landed upside down at Groote Eylandt, in the Gulf of Carpentaria. A Royal Darwin Hospital spokeswoman said on Saturday two people had since been discharged while four were now in a stable condition. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau previously…
Top End Constable Ozzie and life as a bush cop
04:30 17/06/2023Indigenous Police NF | AAP NewsfeatureTop End Constable Ozzie and life as a bush copBy: Eelemarni Close-BrownLocation: SydneySource: AAP Constable Jermaine 'Ozzie' Ostrofski reflects on the rewards and challenges of working in remote communities as a Northern Territory police officer. As a child, Jermaine "Ozzie" Ostrofski dreamed of chasing bad guys and locking them up. Now in his sixth year in the Northern Territory police, Constable Ostrofski is content in his career choice after a brief stint in the RAAF.He realised Indigenous Australians didn't have a great relationship with police and wanted to make a difference as a role model. "I wanted…