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By NEILL RETALLICK Two Australians. Born thousands of miles apart into very different circumstances, the only tenuous connection being their humble beginnings and strong desire to contribute to their communities. Many people have fought to improve rights for Indigenous Australians, but few have done more than Dr H C "Nugget" Coombs and Charles Perkins (pictured).

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Indigenous affairs: Advancement and decline ↗

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By MIKE GILLAM Another fire was raging in the river and concerned groups of locals gathered on the Wills Terrace causeway to watch in horror and hurt as several trees were engulfed in flames. I was taking photographs to record this latest outrage when the screech of a galah demanded my attention. At the fire’s

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Land care: Singing country ↗

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By MIKE GILLAM Another fire was raging in the river and concerned groups of locals gathered on the Wills Terrace causeway to watch in horror and hurt as several trees were engulfed in flames. I was taking photographs to record this latest outrage when the screech of a galah demanded my attention. At the fire’s

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DIY land care: Singing country ↗

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By ALEX NELSON During most of the 2000s I worked at the Olive Pink Botanic Garden, and two decades ago gained an insight into just how zealous keen birdwatchers and twitchers can be when news spread of sightings of an obscure little bird, the grey honeyeater (above, photo by Mike Gillam), at the botanic garden.

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A bird in the hand ↗

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The Central Desert Regional Council has sent “to the legal team” questions from the Alice Springs News about car expenses for its President, Adrian Dixon (pictured). No answers were given by Regional Manager Shiju Thomas. The President is entitled to have one car but usually has two: “The President may choose to have a dedicated

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Two cars for one ↗

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Pine Gap: Unacceptable at any price ↗

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By ERWIN CHLANDA The debt exceeding $11 billion and growing, costing the taxpayer "a million bucks a day" in interest. The number of people in prison at an all time high. Crime exceeding the courts' capacity to deal with it. The "national" Aboriginal art gallery still a dog's breakfast. Who would want to be a

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Debt, crime, gallery make heavy lifting for Bill Yan ↗

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Opinion by historian ALEX NELSON The transfer of Tourism Central Australia into the purpose-built premises of the Alice Springs Public Library is a done deal between the town council and NT Government, but (as Charlie Carter asks) there is as yet no indication of where the library will be temporarily housed and its final destination. There

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Could Hartley Street building become the new library? ↗

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