Check out this lightning strike 🌩️ A severe thunderstorm has hit Alice Springs with dozens of large tree branches falling across town, including in Braitling, the Gap and the CBD. There have also been reports of widespread power outages and large hailstones falling. The Bureau of Meteorology says damaging winds that swept through the town reached 115km/h. Share your photos below. More from ABC Alice Springs 📰 Local Alice Springs News: https://ab.co/46YyzwV 📰 More Northern Territory News: http
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Check out this lightning strike 🌩️ A severe thunderstorm has hit Alice Springs with dozens of large tree branches falling across town, including in Braitling, the Gap and the CBD. There have also been reports of widespread power outages and large hailstones falling. The Bureau of Meteorology says damaging winds that swept through the town reached 115km/h. Share your photos below. More from ABC Alice Springs 📰 Local Alice Springs News: https://ab.co/46YyzwV 📰 More Northern Territory News: http
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ACCESS LOCAL NEWS AND ABC PROGRAMS If you want to access local news, indepth articles, video, audio and full programs, all you need to do is go to www.abc.net.au/alicesprings. | ABC Alice Springs
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With the world social isolating, regular ANZAC proceedings had to be suspended. ABC teamed up with the Alice Springs Town Council to bring you a pre-recorded commemorative special, from the ANZAC Centenary Memorial in the Garden Cemetery. Watch with us and pay respect to those who have served and currently serving. Dept Mayor Matt Paterson is joined by Peter Somerville (Dept. Planning); Rev Rob Weekes, Mayor Damien Ryan, Veteran Sydney Kinsman, Senior Constable Greg Oberg and the WeR1 Choir. All
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With the world social isolating, regular ANZAC proceedings had to be suspended. ABC teamed up with the Alice Springs Town Council to bring you a pre-recorded commemorative special, from the ANZAC Centenary Memorial in the Garden Cemetery. Watch with us and pay respect to those who have served and currently serving. Dept Mayor Matt Paterson is joined by Peter Somerville (Dept. Planning); Rev Rob Weekes, Mayor Damien Ryan, Veteran Sydney Kinsman, Senior Constable Greg Oberg and the WeR1 Choir. All
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Northern Territory Police say the driver of a car that crashed into a power pole in the Alice Springs CBD on Thursday evening was having a medical emergency. They say around seven o'clock the SUV became entangled with the pole's guide wire and ended up suspended in mid-air. Watch Commander Alistair Gall said the driver had bumped the vehicle in front at the Stott Terrace traffic lights before reversing at high speeds. UPDATE 12.20PM FRIDAY 27 MAY: NT Health say the male driver has been admitted
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Northern Territory Police say the driver of a car that crashed into a power pole in the Alice Springs CBD on Thursday evening was having a medical emergency. They say around seven o'clock the SUV became entangled with the pole's guide wire and ended up suspended in mid-air. Watch Commander Alistair Gall said the driver had bumped the vehicle in front at the Stott Terrace traffic lights before reversing at high speeds. UPDATE 12.20PM FRIDAY 27 MAY: NT Health say the male driver has been admitted
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Alice Springs' traditional owners have launched a new community patrol, in an effort to tackle ongoing crime and violence in the town. The patrol group, run by native title body Lhere Artepe, has been walking and driving through the CBD until the early hours of the morning, trying to reach out to young people and connect them with the support they need. More from ABC Alice Springs 📰 Local Alice Springs News: https://ab.co/3jcvPIt 📰 More Northern Territory News: https://ab.co/3kHeesO 📻 Listen
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Alice Springs' traditional owners have launched a new community patrol, in an effort to tackle ongoing crime and violence in the town. The patrol group, run by native title body Lhere Artepe, has been walking and driving through the CBD until the early hours of the morning, trying to reach out to young people and connect them with the support they need. More from ABC Alice Springs 📰 Local Alice Springs News: https://ab.co/3jcvPIt 📰 More Northern Territory News: https://ab.co/3kHeesO 📻 Listen
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Emergency Services say one home has been “impacted significantly” and several others have been damaged after a bushfire tore through the Alice Springs rural area yesterday afternoon. They say investigations are ongoing and the extent of the damage around Cololonel Rose Drive and Schafer Road is still unclear. Crews worked to bring the blaze under control, with the alert level downgraded to Decreasing Threat yesterday evening. Share your photos below 👇 More From ABC Alice Springs 📰 Local Alice
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Emergency Services say one home has been “impacted significantly” and several others have been damaged after a bushfire tore through the Alice Springs rural area yesterday afternoon. They say investigations are ongoing and the extent of the damage around Cololonel Rose Drive and Schafer Road is still unclear. Crews worked to bring the blaze under control, with the alert level downgraded to Decreasing Threat yesterday evening. Share your photos below 👇 More From ABC Alice Springs 📰 Local Alice
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Alice Springs has a local newspaper for the first time in three years! Here's what you had to say about it 🗞🗞🗞 | ABC Alice Springs
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Alice Springs has a local newspaper for the first time in three years! Here's what you had to say about it 🗞🗞🗞 | ABC Alice Springs
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How's this for a view from the window seat?! ☔️🛬 Hailey Martin captured this flying into Alice today - where there's been 11mm at the airport so far since 9am! What's it like at your place? More from ABC Alice Springs: 📰 Local Alice Springs News: ab.co/3csiZCx 📰 More Northern Territory News: ab.co/3ae0QXR 📻 Listen to ABC Alice Springs: ab.co/3R3V9Mo ☀️ Local Weather: ab.co/3wyQbzm | ABC Alice Springs
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Alice Springs residents are celebrating the recent transformation of the town's normally arid surrounds, into a lush desert oasis. As locals take the opportunity to enjoy a swim in the flowing Todd River, a host of native species are also emerging from the undergrowth to take advantage of abundant summer rain. | ABC News
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Hail in Alice Springs?! ❄️🌨️ An unexpected storm hit Alice Springs on Sunday afternoon, with heavy rain, wind and even some hail lashing parts of the town. Check out these pea-sized hailstones in Eastside! More from ABC Alice Springs 📰 Local Alice Springs News: https://ab.co/46YyzwV 📰 More Northern Territory News: https://ab.co/49kBPUW 📻 Listen to ABC Alice Springs: https://ab.co/3Mxq83n ☀ Local Weather: https://ab.co/3smU1fY | ABC Alice Springs
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In the most dramatic crash of the event, car #482 flipped at least six times today at the 2025 Finke Desert Race. Driver Mick Magher and his navigator walked away from the crash uninjured, and both are said to be OK. | ABC Alice Springs
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Here’s what has happened in the first week of the fortnight-long Alice Springs curfew. 🎤 Lillian Rangiah Download the ABC NEWS App: https://ab.co/abcnewsapp Subscribe to ABC Newsmail: https://ab.co/abcnewsmail | ABC Alice Springs
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Who says you can’t go wakeboarding in the middle of the desert? 🏄‍♂️ The small community of Ali Curung, 170km south of Tennant Creek is usually dry and arid. But following several days of heavy rain, watersports are on the cards. Video: David Ison More from ABC Alice Springs 📰 Local Alice Springs News: ab.co/3W6zSEE 📰 More Northern Territory News: ab.co/3W4eZK6 📻 Listen to ABC Alice Springs: ab.co/3HGZqDT ☀ Local Weather: ab.co/3HGZraV | ABC Alice Springs
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Here’s what Alice Springs residents think of the curfew. Download the ABC NEWS App: https://ab.co/abcnewsapp Subscribe to ABC Newsmail: https://ab.co/abcnewsmail | ABC Alice Springs
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The Todd river is flowing again after 41 mm of rainfall in the river system’s catchment north of Alice Springs. 📹 Emma Haskin | ABC Alice Springs
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South Australia police have arrived in Alice Springs to assist with the curfew. Download the ABC NEWS App: https://ab.co/abcnewsapp Subscribe to ABC Newsmail: https://ab.co/abcnewsmail | ABC Alice Springs
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Spectacular water through Wigley waterhole mid Sunday morning. The Todd river is flowing through Alice Springs today after 41 mm fell in the catchment at Bond Springs over night. 📹Bill Yan, Member for Namatjira | ABC Alice Springs
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Widespread flooding in the Barkly tablelands over the weekend. Lake Nash station received over 550 mm of rain from Friday to Sunday. There has been no damage reported to homestead or equipment with significant falls in the west of the property. 📹Erin Gibson, station manager at Lake Nash Station. | ABC Alice Springs
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FORGET THE ELECTION - THE TODD’S FLOWING Alice Springs has woken up on Sunday to the welcome sight of the Todd River flowing through town. The flow, the first to reach town in several years,(Jan 2017) came after some parts of the catchment north of Alice received more than 60mm of rain on Saturday. Enjoy! | ABC Alice Springs
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"Now it's a case of rest up, lick our wounds, go back and fix everything up a bit now." Undoolya Station manager Ben Hayes said an estimated 60 percent of his family's station, east of Alice Springs, was burnt earlier this week. More from ABC Alice Springs 📰 Local Alice Springs News: https://ab.co/46YyzwV 📰 More Northern Territory News: https://ab.co/49kBPUW 📻 Listen to ABC Alice Springs: https://ab.co/3Mxq83n ☀ Local Weather: https://ab.co/3smU1fY | ABC Alice Springs
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Ever wondered where the idea for a Voice came from? Referendum Explained is produced by Dana Morse, Claudia Long and Ethan French. More: https://ab.co/48AJzSn | ABC Alice Springs
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Ben Burgess is the first one across the line for the 2025 West Macs Monster! He’s broken the record for the 128km by just under 3 hours with a time of 16:36:17. Hailing from Melbourne he’s been travelling the country in his Ute running ultras marathons. Congrats Ben on the fastest 128km Monster! Get the news that matters to you straight from the source. Download the ABC NEWS app: https://ab.co/abcnewsapp | ABC Alice Springs
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Once a storied watering hole for locals and tourists, Bojangles Saloon in Alice Springs thrived on a lively reputation for cheeky shenanigans. But three years ago, its doors were bolted shut. Now, they’re about to open. More from ABC Alice Springs 📰 Local Alice Springs News: ab.co/3fN2Edv 📰 More Northern Territory News: ab.co/3ae0QXR 📻 Listen to ABC Alice Springs: ab.co/3ToJIPQ ☀️ Local Weather: ab.co/3UBnQBN | ABC Alice Springs
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I'VE BEEN IN THE NT BUT NEVER BEEN TO... Is there a place in the NT you've never been to even though you might have lived here for a decade or more? Maybe it's been on your bucket list but you just haven't gotten there. One of our producers who’s been in the NT for almost a decade only just went to Rainbow Valley last year. So, where is the place you've always wanted to go but never had the chance to get to? | ABC Alice Springs
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In this isolated desert community, many residents say they're still confused about the Voice to Parliament, but hope it might help create some positive change in their lives. More From ABC Alice Springs 📰 Local Alice Springs News: https://ab.co/3PHpfGe 📰 More Northern Territory News: https://ab.co/3PHpfWK 📻 Listen to ABC Alice Springs: https://ab.co/3Q9hMRS ☀ Local Weather: https://ab.co/3rHcNOS | ABC Alice Springs
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Woah! Look at all that water in the Todd River passing through the Alice Springs Telegraph Station. Central Australia has seen significant rainfall over several days leaving the arid zone wet and humid. 🎥 ABC Alice Springs, Meredith Lake | ABC Alice Springs
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DEADLY MAKEOVER The Ghan rolled into Alice Springs with Santa Teresa's Chantelle Mulladad's Crossroads artwork depicted on three of the carriages for this year's Parrtjima, Central Australia's Festival of Light. 🎥Xavier Martin | ABC Alice Springs
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On November 15, 1972, the hijacking of Ansett Flight 232 bound for Alice Springs ended in a flurry of gunfire on the tarmac at Alice Springs Airport. But the hijacker’s identity remained a mystery for months. 🎥: Alice Springs policeman Detective Sergeant R Jackson travels to Sydney in the weeks following the incident, seeking information about gunman. Read more about the terrifying event aboard the Fokker F27 Friendship: https://ab.co/3GkMiUb More from ABC Alice Springs 📰 Local Alice Springs N
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Alice Springs most beautiful roundabout has bounced back after the Alice Springs council mistakingly razed the Geoff Miers beloved Sturt's Desert peas. The Alice Springs Council have since apologised: renamed the roundabout, connected water and have put a tender out for a statue to acknowledge Geoff’s dedication to the beautification of Alice Springs. | ABC Alice Springs
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