Posts Tagged "action for alice"

Alice Council meeting Wednesday April 27th 6.30pm. On the agenda - a deputation from Central Aust Aboriginal Congress entitled – Rebuilding Family Life in Alice Springs and Central Australia: the social and community dimensions of change for our people. Sadly the presentation got a bit bogged down on whether or not Council would support a floor price for alcohol.  As this is an NT Government decision, I was disappointed to have to spend time rehashing the old arguments.  I was very interested in the project aimed at helping young parents during the first years – this needs to be looked at more indepth. I was disppointed also to hear the view that there are too many service organisations in Alice and that the money should be funnelled through the few...

This post by me was published on ABC’s The Drum Feb 4th 2011 - http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/43634.html Blogger’s Note Feb 21st: Since this piece appeared, Nicholas Rothwell has written about Alice Springs in The Australian.  Many in Alice feel his views are distorted and do not truly represent the situation at all.  Post Begins I’d like to stress that this is a personal opinion piece and in no way represents the views of the bodies I am a member of – in fact those organisations could hold completely the opposite view. As I fade into my final year as a local government politician, there are some issues I have watched closely and I summarise my personal view on things here. Sometimes I wonder whether the political labels that...