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Accommodation facility for women on bail opens in Alice Springs

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 23 Jan 2026
There are hopes the Salvation Army-run facility will keep women safe and help them reintegrate into the community while easing pressure on the prison system ... .
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New Alice Springs mayor will not take part in Australia Day celebrations

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 21 Jan 2026
Asta Hill will not take part in celebrations of Australia Day, which she sees as a day causing harm to First Nations peoples — a decision described as "disgraceful" by the local member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly ... .
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Bid to extend opening hours of 'only truly free' public space in Alice Springs

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 19 Jan 2026
In one of Australia's hottest towns, the library is an important air-conditioned public space offering a no-cost respite from burning summer temperatures ... .
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Why Alice Springs has become one of Australia's most prolific literary towns

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 15 Jan 2026
With many local authors, Alice Springs is no longer just a setting for stories by writers from elsewhere. It is becoming one of Australia's most distinctive literary centres with homegrown talent inspired by the Red Centre's landscape ... .
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Hundreds mourn loss of Chris Perry at Alice Springs funeral

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 15 Jan 2026
Well-known and loved Centralian Chris "CP" Perry has been farewelled by hundreds of mourners at his funeral service in Alice Springs ... .
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10-year wait for a home in Alice Springs as public housing sits vacant

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 15 Jan 2026
Public housing in Alice Springs is sitting vacant and in disrepair while residents wait up to a decade to be allocated a home ... .
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Lower crime rates in Alice Springs leave many optimistic, others worried

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 04 Jan 2026
After years of negative headlines, crime rates in Alice Springs are showing signs of turning a corner but some locals remain worried the change could be short-lived ... .
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Police investigating Boxing Day stabbing death north of Alice Springs

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 26 Dec 2025
Northern Territory police are investigating after a 35-year-old man was stabbed to death in a small town north-west of Alice Springs on Friday ... .
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Meet the Alice Springs disability enterprise delivering mail to town camps

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 23 Dec 2025
A disability enterprise is partnering with Australia Post to deliver mail to Aboriginal town camps around Alice Springs ... .
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‘A champion of Aboriginal rights’: Alice Springs leader Geoffrey Shaw dies aged 79

The Guardian 22 Dec 2025
... at 18 in 1964, serving until the early 1970s before returning home to devote himself to his community in Alice Springs.
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Breaking: Ex-Alice Springs principal handed suspended sentence for assaulting students

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 11 Dec 2025
Gavin Morris, the former principal of Yipirinya School in Alice Springs, has received an 18-month suspended sentence for the aggravated assault of four students ... .
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Ex-Alice Springs school principal spared jail for assaulting Indigenous students

The Guardian 11 Dec 2025
Gavin Morris, a former NRL referee, found guilty of putting pupils in choke holds and twisting their ears ... ....
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Locals to be consulted on plan for new Alice Springs library

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 07 Dec 2025
The location for the new Alice Springs Public Library was announced late last month, with residents soon able to have their say on what they want included in the $20 million facility ... .
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Questions raised about Alice Springs principal's suitability after conviction

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 06 Dec 2025
Former Yipirinya School principal Gavin Morris has been found guilty of aggravated assault against students, but questions have been raised about Morris's hiring and his suitability for the role ... .
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