Alice Springs, Australia News

There are so many stories about Father Christmas and his reindeers. But in Australia there's a legend about what happens when Santa strikes the terrible summer heat.

Police received a report about the deaths late last night. Map: Alice Springs 0870 Two men are believed to have been stabbed to death in a remote Central Australian community, Northern Territory Police say.

Inclement weather associated with Cyclone Laurence could see the Todd River in Alice Springs flow for the first time in almost a year.

A construction company that allegedly built a toilet on Aboriginal land while working on the Northern Territory Emergency Response is expected to plead guilty to charges of desecrating a sacred site.

The Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre in Alice Springs says city dwellers have a lot to learn from central Australian residents about coping with climate change.

An Aboriginal woman has told a murder committal hearing in Alice Springs that she thought a car that came towards her camp in the dry Todd River bed might be the Ku Klux Klan.

It is a powerful image: a photo of a camel trying to open a door with its mouth.

Sharpshooters are midway through a cull of the thirsty camels that took over Docker River in far-north Australia, Northern Territory officials said Saturday.

Australian movie "Samson and Delilah," about the plight of many Aboriginal communities, won the country's top film award Saturday, another major prize this year after it scored honors at the Cannes Film Festival.

A "few clowns" caught the attention of Northern Territory police during the nationwide blitz on alcohol-related violence, but acting deputy commissioner Grahame Kelly was pleased with the low number of offences.

The government of Australia's Northern Territory has handed back sacred land to a local Aborigine tribe.

Six cases of children under the age of 10 with sexually transmitted diseases were reported in the first six months of 2009.

PRISON gangs have started cleaning up the Alice Springs town camps, with Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin saying the work will benefit the elderly, women and children.

There has been a long running dispute about tenure over town camps Map: Alice Springs 0870 Clean-up work in Alice Springs Aboriginal town camps is set to begin today as part of a $100 million deal to overhaul them.

A camel at Docker River tries to open a door with its mouth. Map: Alice Springs 0870 Local government authorities in central Australia say a cull of thousands of feral camels this week will be humane.

An eight times world record holder in whip cracking says it was Indiana Jones who inspired him to pursue a career as a whip cracker.

A feral camel searches for food near the dry Ross River 85 kms west of Alice Springs.

UK residents outraged by plans to cull some 6000 camels are warning other Europeans against visiting Australia.

The laws contain provisions against public nuisance offences like begging, drinking alcohol and illegal camping in Alice Springs.

A former government business manager says Aboriginal people in parts of Central Australia are still living in car bodies and humpies.