Air Asia back

The Air Asia return is terrific and will fill Territorians with joy. May the service continue without disruption. Please, no more Bonzas.

Rates saved will be rates up

The downside of this decision is that local government councils will hike rates for ordinary householders and ratepayers like you and me. Homeowners are the ones who will be hi hard to make up for the shortfalls in municipal budgets. Watch this space for a hike in rates come July 2025.

Anthony Albanese visits a very remote NT station.

Senator Price makes an understandable point, but at the same time, if key government figures can visit the remote parts of the NT and other states, this can only help their understanding of the remote situations in which people reside. Whether any changes or programs of assistance transpire as a result of such visits remains to be seen.

Trouble at Port Darwin.

If Landbridge has a connection with China, the Chinese government may intervene on behalf of the port lessees. The tooing, froeing and brinkmanship bravado has been going on for far too long and needs to end. The port needs to be active, for our businesses – importers and exporters – need assurances about operational predictability and reliability.

Alice Springs business venture

I really hope this business venture is successful, for Alice Springs people deserve the best that can be provided regarding hospitality. My thoughts are with the proprietors. I sincerely hope they will not be discouraged by damage and vandalism to their premises and will not be recipients of unwanted and antisocial behaviour.

Border Protection  from illegal activities and immigrants

Knowing how effective our revamped and re-vitalised border protection program is becoming is excellent. We need protection for everything from illegal fishing to illegal boat arrivals. I was very disappointed when cost-cutting and budget reduction reduced our patrol program to skeletal proportions. Vital services must not be underfunded again.

Alice Springs Upturn?

It would be wonderful if life in Alice Springs could take a permanent upturn for the better in social and economic terms. If this could include the permanent fixing of safety and security issues, that would be a real bonus to life and living in the Alice.

Adelaide River cannot be contacted

My heart goes out to the residents of Adelaide River and surrounds. The loss of communications is hard to bear and can pose danger if critical issues go unreported and contact with families cannot be realised.

The tragic death of MAF pilot Chris Coffee

It is sad beyond belief that a wonderful family man and a person who had dedicated his life to supporting others through the Mission Aviation Fellowship

(MAF) should be taken from life in this tragic and horrible manner. The loss of such a good person in these circumstances is awful. May his family and friends be given strength at this time.

Note: I find it hard to feel any sympathy for the three killed in the car they had stolen then unleashed to create this tragedy.

Fix this records system quickly

It is time to stop playing shuttlecock with this issue, get some bipartisanship in place, fix the glitches, and have the system working. In other words, stop playing politics with such a vital system.

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