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Australian camels have never been exposed to the diseases that plague captive herds in the Middle East. Gulf nations pay a premium to import them as some of the cleanest breeding stock in the trade, reports Space Daily, an online magazine in Tokyo.
Rich means different things to different people: "Rich to me means I’ve got a roof over my head, food in my fridge, my children will never have to go hungry and they can go to school every day. Rich means there is a future to see,” a 'Blak' business activists tells Alice conference. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.
In images on the walls of the cemetery chapel, and on hundreds of shirts worn by mourners, the five year old was shown with angel wings.
Alice Springs heavy metal identity known simply as Pirate wants to cobble together ear splitting music, recording it in a professional studio, creating a home for bands in town and bush. He is crowd funding for a million dollars. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.
Three decades ago MIKE GILLAM and friends set out to enhance habitat restoration for urban wildlife in The Alice. Soon they cast a wider net and found a multitude of life, creatures and plants, quite in contrast to the notion of the Dead Centre.
Tourism is the bright spot in the Territory's mostly dismal economic landscape with no clear answer to the ballooning debt. COMMENT by RALPH FOLDS.
One deposit took three decades to be mined. Another took six months. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.
Ministers from the three states in the top end of Australia are singing from the same song sheet at the Developing Northern Australia Conference in Alice Springs: Strong primary industries, mostly mining and growing food, make for strong states which in turn make for a strong nation. Art, science and social issues don't get much of a look-in under the heading of development. ERWIN CHLANDA reports.
The transfer to Aboriginal interests of vast parts of the Simpson Desert – a favourite place for off-road enthusiasts and naturalists – has also revived discussion about feral camels roaming there. Paddy McHugh, who has 40 years of experience in catching, training and internationally trading camels in The Centre says the herd of up to a million in the Simpson presents massive commercial…
Gentle giant Bob Talbot saved transport problems with ingenuity to the benefit of his many friends and admiring customers. He passed away much too early, writes friend MIKE GILLAM.