POLICE in Alice Springs have launched a campaign to get wayward youth off the streets - and protect tourists - following a spate of unprovoked bashings in the town.

Mugger belted

A SURGEON has operated on the wrong leg of a patient at a Territory hospital.

Doctor inflicted needless agony

AN EMERGENCY call operator cancelled an ambulance request for a man who later died of a drug overdose because the police system had categorised the job differently, a coronial inquest heard.

ONLY a fool would suggest that child welfare is easy, particularly in the Northern Territory.

UNIVERSITY Rebels have won the DBA top of the table men's league basketball clash.

RESOURCES Minister Kon Vatskalis has warned the Federal Government that an anti-Chinese "Reds under your bed" scare campaign was hurting foreign investment in the country.

A TERRITORY shire has earmarked the first properties it will sell to recover years of unpaid rates.

Critically acclaimed Territory-filmed movies Balibo and Samson & Delilah have topped this year's AFI Awards nominations, while Baz Luhrmann's blockbuster Australia missed out on the major awards categories.

AUNCHALEE Boonmanee is proof that food can speak all languages.

AN INAUGURAL flight from Cairns to Alice Springs via Mt Isa was warmly welcomed by Centralians yesterday.