Shuba Krishnan

• Calls for probe into $192m Coober Pedy wind, solar project

  By Shuba Krishnan

  Posted February 18, 2017 11:37:18 | Updated February 18, 2017 12:24:21

  Coober Pedy's new electricity system will cost almost double what it should, according to an independent report, prompting the South Australian Opposition to ask for an investigation by the auditor-general.

  Topics: alternative-energy, regional-development, solar-energy, wind-energy, coober-pedy-5723

• Cyclist Tiffany Cromwell's determination leads her back to SA

  By Shuba Krishnan

  Posted January 11, 2017 19:10:13

  One of Australia's top female cyclists, who left the Adelaide Hills determined to chase her sporting dreams across Europe, says it will be a rare treat to compete at the Women's Tour Down Under in front of a home crowd.

  Topics: sport, cycling, adelaide-5000, victor-harbor-5211, hahndorf-5245, tanunda-5352, sa

• Adelaide United board faces backlash from fans over team performance

  By Malcolm Sutton and Shuba Krishnan

  Posted January 09, 2017 15:55:32

  Adelaide United's dismal season ignites a stoush between the board and fans, who have been accused of directing "inappropriate language" at the board after Saturday's loss to Melbourne Victory.

  Topics: soccer, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa

• Burnt-out cars turned into art in Central Australia

  By Shuba Krishnan

  Posted December 03, 2016 15:52:58 | Updated December 03, 2016 19:35:17

  Central Australia's vast stretches of outback roads are known for their red dirt and the occasional roo. But another manmade spectacle is becoming just as common.

  Topics: arts-and-entertainment, deserts, alice-springs-0870

• We have the alternative to youth detention, Indigenous elders say

  By Shuba Krishnan

  Posted October 27, 2016 17:34:18

  Elders from a remote NT community call on those leading the royal commission into youth detention to look at their community-run program as an alternative to putting kids in behind bars.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, royal-commissions, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, yuendumu-0872

• Albert Namatjira's family screens documentary highlighting copyright plight

  By Shuba Krishnan

  Posted October 23, 2016 12:33:28 | Updated October 24, 2016 12:23:58

  The family of Albert Namatjira speak out against the NT government's decision to seize copyright of the Aboriginal artist's work in the 1980s and sell it to a publisher.

  Topics: arts-and-entertainment, art-history, copyright, hermannsburg-0872

• Man explains 10-hour outback trip with deadly mulga snake

  By Shuba Krishnan

  Posted October 20, 2016 16:55:59 | Updated October 21, 2016 00:08:07

  A man who was forced to share a ride for 10 hours with a deadly mulga snake says the incident occurred after he and a co-worker tried to be "environmentally friendly" and usher the large reptile off the road, before it shot towards their car.

  Topics: animals, weird-and-wonderful, alice-springs-0870

• King brown slithers into car for 500km road trip

  ABC Alice Springs

  By Shuba Krishnan

  Posted October 19, 2016 16:18:21 | Updated October 19, 2016 17:43:06

  Two men have a nervous 500-kilometre journey to Alice Springs after seeing one of Australia's deadliest snakes crawl into the engine of their car shortly before heading off.

  Topics: animals, alice-springs-0870

• Fears $2 million laser show could cause wallabies to miscarry

  By Shuba Krishnan

  Posted September 21, 2016 20:16:35 | Updated September 21, 2016 20:28:19

  A $2 million laser light show for tourists in Central Australia has caused a storm of controversy, with wildlife advocates warning it could cause harm to protected wallaby species inhabiting the area.

  Topics: arts-and-entertainment, aboriginal, environmental-impact, alice-springs-0870

• Cricket brings Indians in Alice Springs together

  By Shuba Krishnan

  Posted September 11, 2016 19:53:50

  It is a sport that is worshipped by both Indians and Australians, and in the outback town of Alice Springs, cricket is helping to unite hundreds of new Indian migrants.

  Topics: community-development, rural, immigration, alice-springs-0870

• Inaugural Vincent Lingiari award won by Alice Springs artist

  By Shuba Krishnan

  Posted September 08, 2016 20:02:44 | Updated September 08, 2016 20:17:20

  The inaugural Vincent Lingiari award is won by Alice Springs artist Marlene Rubuntja for her soft sculpture work titled My future is in my hands.

  Topics: contemporary-art, arts-and-entertainment, land-rights, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, alice-springs-0870

• Hot cars burn out at Alice Springs' Red Centre Nats

  By Shuba Krishnan

  Posted September 05, 2016 14:26:36

  Hotted up cars and exhaust fumes prove unmissable for 14,000 people, and 700 entrants in this year's Red Centre Nats in Alice Springs.

  Topics: australian-touring-cars, motor-sports, alice-springs-0870

• Namatjira artworks decaying in 'birthplace of modern Aboriginal art'

  By Shuba Krishnan

  Posted September 04, 2016 10:21:08

  Original paintings by renowned artist Albert Namatjira are decaying in the remote Central Australian community of Hermannsburg that he made famous.

  Topics: art-history, aboriginal, hermannsburg-0872

• Alice Springs blanketed in thick fog

  ABC Alice Springs

  By Shuba Krishnan and Emma Haskin

  Posted August 31, 2016 10:56:26 | Updated August 31, 2016 15:58:40

  Residents of Alice Springs wake to thick fog blanketing the streets and cloaking the East MacDonnell Ranges.

  Topics: weather, alice-springs-0870, nt

• Giles debates ALP Braitling candidate over alcohol, domestic violence

  By Shuba Krishnan and Nadia Daly

  Posted August 26, 2016 11:40:48 | Updated August 26, 2016 12:11:33

  Alcohol policies, youth diversion services and domestic violence are debated in Braitling, while Casuarina candidates face-off over the 'tradie bonus' and homeowners' incentives.

  Topics: elections, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, parliament, alice-springs-0870, nt, darwin-0800

• Teens plead guilty to Rick Berry manslaughter

  By Shuba Krishnan

  Posted August 22, 2016 16:46:55 | Updated August 22, 2016 17:01:03

  Two teenagers plead guilty to killing a 53-year-old man at a remote Aboriginal community and are labelled "vile, brutal psychopaths that should be locked up forever" by the victim's sister.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, yuendumu-0872

• NT women's shelter never 'approached' about inquest into clients' deaths, CEO says

  By Shuba Krishnan

  Posted August 12, 2016 20:52:56 | Updated August 12, 2016 21:06:17

  The head of the Alice Springs Women's Shelter says her organisation was never approached about a coronial inquest into the deaths of two indigenous women, despite them being clients of the shelter.

  Topics: domestic-violence, death, alice-springs-0870

• Inquest calls for prime suspect in Alice Springs death to come forward

  By Shuba Krishnan

  Posted August 09, 2016 20:55:25

  The NT coroner makes a direct plea to the sister of the prime suspect in a stabbing death investigation to speak to her brother who has gone into hiding.

  Topics: domestic-violence, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, alice-springs-0870

• NT coroner calls on police to be proactive in domestic violence cases

  By Shuba Krishnan

  Posted August 08, 2016 20:47:24

  Police are urged to do more to help women who do not pursue action against their abusive partner, during a double inquest in Alice Springs.

  Topics: domestic-violence, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, law-crime-and-justice, alice-springs-0870

• NT's World Rogaining Championship attracts international competitors

  By Shuba Krishnan

  Posted July 23, 2016 19:17:19 | Updated July 23, 2016 20:46:54

  Hundreds of competitors from around the globe descend on Ross River, about 80 kilometres from Alice Springs, for the World Rogaining Championships.

  Topics: sport, community-and-society, offbeat, nt

• CSIRO staff in NT, Queensland fear impacts of looming cuts

  By Shuba Krishnan

  Posted July 07, 2016 20:45:52

  CSIRO's northern Australian presence will be significantly reduced once its redundancy process is complete, the staff association says.

  Topics: science-and-technology, federal-government, government-and-politics, darwin-0800, alice-springs-0870, nt, qld

• Thousands head out to Alice Springs Beanie Festival

  ABC News: Shuba Krishnan

  Posted June 24, 2016 20:43:33 | Updated June 24, 2016 20:57:14

  Now in its 20th year, the iconic Beanie Festival in Alice Springs will sell more than 6,000 beanies donated by a loyal group of volunteers, with the profits going back to the community.

  Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, alice-springs-0870

• Hit-and-run driver hoped victim was dead, court told

  By Shuba Krishnan and James Dunlevie

  Posted June 23, 2016 12:09:40 | Updated June 23, 2016 15:25:33

  Secret police recordings of a hit-and-run driver revealed him telling his accomplice wife "that bitch that copped it, I hope she's f***ing dead", a court hears.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, alice-springs-0870

• NT boot camp's mission to keep 'at-risk' youth out of jail

  By Shuba Krishnan

  Posted June 07, 2016 20:30:58

  The Northern Territory Department of Correctional Services tries to keep kids out of the criminal justice system by getting them to take a leap of faith.

  Topics: youth, prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, nt

• Mobile dialysis truck idle due to poor design, not funding, says Chief Minister

  By Shuba Krishnan

  Posted June 04, 2016 20:58:41

  The NT Chief Minister says a lack of Federal Government funding is not to blame for a dialysis vehicle, meant to service remote communities, sitting unused in an Alice Springs car park.

  Topics: liver-and-kidneys, diseases-and-disorders, health-administration, health, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, darwin-0800, australia

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