Fire in the Great Sandy DesertCentral Australia has generated near record rainfall since January, but the dangerous flipside is a very busy fire season ahead. Guest blogger Steven Rhall has photographed the first big fire of the season near his town.
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Brough’s takeover targets: a shopping mall, a car yard, a pipeline …
Earlier this year, Aboriginal MP Karl Hampton opened extensions to the Yeperenye shopping centre. The trouble with this shopping centre, for people like Mr Brough, is that it is owned by Aboriginal people, writes Henri Ivrey.
NT intervention: it’s urgent, but we’ll take Xmas off
When Prime Minister Howard and Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough made their big announcement about the National Emergency in Aboriginal Affairs in the Northern Territory it reminded many of us here in central Australia about Colin Powell’s United Nations speech on the Iraq emergency.
