Media Releases

2012-04-26: Council Calls For Tenders

Alice Springs Town Council would like to advise that tenders for management of the Alice Springs Aquatic and Leisure Centre are now open.

2012-04-12: 12th Council Swearing-in Ceremony.

The community is invited to attend the official swearing-in ceremony for the 12th Alice Springs Town Council, to be held Monday 16 April 2012 at 6pm.

2012-03-05: Council Takes Over Landfill Operations

As of July 1 2012, Alice Springs Town Council will take over the full functions of the landfill to run as a business unit of Council's operations.

2012-02-10: The real cost of Dumping

Alice Springs Town Council would like to remind residents that the real cost of dumping rubbish is taking its toll on our environment.

2012-02-10: Old Phones means more Chickens

Alice Springs Town Council is urging the community to get behind the “Old Phones, More Chickens” recycling efforts this festive season.

2012-02-10: Healthy Communities Lift for Life.

As part of the Federal Government’s Healthy Communities Initiative, Alice Springs Town Council is inviting you to take advantage of the FREE Lift for Life program.

2012-02-10: Business Forum.

Alice Springs Town Council invites members of the community to a forum to discuss innovative ideas to stimulate economic opportunities for local businesses.

2011-10-12: Ride To Work Day

Alice Springs Town Council invites the community to get involved in this years national Ride to Work Day on Wednesday 12 October 2011.

2011-09-20: CBD Redevelopment Public Meeting

The Mayor and Aldermen of the Alice Springs Town Council would like to invite the community to a public meeting on the redevelopment of the Alice Springs CBD.

2011-09-07: Landfill Windfall

Alice Springs Town Council is pleased at today's announcement for funding from the Australian Government of $3.5 million for the landfill.

2011-09-06: Great Northern Cleanup

Alice Springs Mayor, Damien Ryan, is calling on the public to lend a hand this Sunday for this year's Clean Up Australia Day's ‘Great Northern Clean Up'.

2011-08-22: A Statement On Behalf Of Community Group

A group of concerned Centralians recently met to discuss ways to ensure regional and remote NT has a strong voice at the Constitutional Convention to be held in Darwin in 2012.

2011-08-09: Council's Commitment to Solar

Alice Springs Town Council is today celebrating a further commitment to going solar, with the official launch of two new solar power systems on Council buildings.

2011-07-11: Award Winning Council Depot Team

Alice Springs Town Council is proud to advise that Athol Mitchell won the Alice Springs NAIDOC Employee of the Year, announced at the weekend’s closing ceremony.

2011-06-09: Library Launches italklibrary.com

The Alice Springs Public Library will be launching italklibrary.com on Friday 17 June 2011 at 3:30pm.

2011-05-16: Tour de Todd

Alice Springs will host it's first ever Tour de Todd event, a FREE family friendly community event to be held at Snow Kenna Park from 5:30pm.

2011-05-09: Display Screen for the Mall

As of today the Alice Springs Todd Mall will get a new display screen designed to promote community awareness, messages and events.

2011-04-14: Alice Springs Aquatic & Leisure Centre opening this Sunday

Alice Springs Town Council is very pleased to announce that the highly anticipated Alice Springs Aquatic & Leisure Centre will be officially opened this Sunday 17 April from 9am on Speed Street.

2011-04-11: Life in Music - Dan Kelly Workshop at Library

Alice Springs youth are invited to explore Life in Music this Saturday at the Library with a FREE music workshop with Melbourne based musician, Dan Kelly.

2011-03-29: New Deputy and Committee Chairs

At last night's Ordinary Alice Springs Town Council meeting Alderman Liz Martin was unanimously voted in as the new Deputy Mayor.

2011-03-23: Police Dogs for Alice Commended

At the Council Committee meeting held on Monday 14 March, Elected Members put forward a recommendation that "the Alice Springs Town Council request the Northern Territory Government to provide a general duties dog within the police presence permanently in Alice Springs."

2011-03-22: Town Crier Announced

The Alice Springs Town Council would like to announce the appointment of David Mortimer to the prestigious role of the Alice Springs Town Crier.

2011-03-01: Clean Up Australia Day

Mayor Damien Ryan invites the Alice Springs community to take part in ‘Clean Up Australia Day' this Sunday 6 March 2011.

2011-02-14: 2011 Grants Round Changes

Alice Springs Town Council would like to advise the community of recent changes to the grants program which are now in effect.

2011-02-10: Alice Springs CCTV Monitoring

People who commit anti-social behaviour have been put on notice by Alice Springs Town Council with last night's reinstatement of the Police special operations and for the first time NT Police will be monitoring Alice Springs CCTV.

2010-12-14: Alice Springs CBD Speed Limit Changes

At last night's December Ordinary Council meeting, Elected Members voted to endorse the implementation plan for the changed traffic conditions for the Alice Springs CBD.

2010-11-29: Alice Springs Town Council's Christmas Carnival!

This year's Alice Springs Town Council Christmas Carnival will be held on Friday 10 December from 5pm in the Todd Mall, with the official lighting of the Council Christmas Tree from 7:30pm on the Council lawns. This free, family friendly community event is going to be action packed with activities, market stalls and lots of live entertainment for all ages.

2010-10-07: Library 30th Birthday Celebrations!

Alice Springs Town Council is pleased to invite the community to help celebrate the Library's 30th Birthday!

2010-09-06: The Great Northern Clean Up

The Mayor and Aldermen invite the public to join Clean Up Australia Day's 'Great Northern Clean Up' to be held along the Charles River / Schwartz Crescent area this Sunday 12 September 2010 from 8am.

2010-09-01: Mayoral Awards 2010

Mayor Damien Ryan will officially launch the 2010 Mayoral Awards on Wednesday 1 September from 12 noon in the Todd Mall (under the sails). This is the second year of the Alice Springs Mayoral Awards in conjunction with the 2010 International Day of People with Disability.

2010-08-16: Implementation of new by-laws

Alice Springs Town Council would like to advise all residents and visitors that the Alice Springs (Management of Public Places) By-laws have changed and that the community will need to make themselves aware of these changes.

2010-08-03: Upgrades to Snow Kenna Toilets

Alice Springs Town Council has allocated $76 000 funding from Round 3 of the Australian Government’s Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program (RLCIP), to broaden the scope of works for the Snow Kenna public toilet block upgrades.

2010-08-03: John McDouall Stuart Statue - Stuart Park

Mayor Damien Ryan, in conjunction with the Most Worshipful Brother Ray Clark, Grand Master of the Antient Free and Accepted Masons of South Australia and the Northern Territory, would like to advise that the erection of the John McDouall Stuart statue at Stuart Park will be halted while any issues pertaining to heritage requirements are worked through.

2010-07-19: Another Solar Win for Alice

Alice Springs Town Council is pleased to announce the Alice Springs Aquatic and Leisure Centre, currently under construction, will now include 275 Heliocol solar collector panels installed on the roof of the Centre to provide solar heating to the two new indoor pools and the two existing outdoor pools.

2010-07-12: Donate to the Library

Council is pleased to announce that it has recently achieved Deductible Gift Recipient status for the Alice Springs Public Library from the Australian Tax Office.

2010-07-12: Council wins MobileMuster Award

Alice Springs Town Council has won the MobileMuster's 'Best Promoter' award, which was announced at the 2010 National General Assembly of Local Government Conference held in Canberra recently.

2010-07-12: A Stitch in Time – Retrospective Exhibition

Alice Springs Public Library is please to present 'A Stitch in Time' a retrospective exhibition of the Alice Desert Festival's Wearable Arts Awards and will be on show at the Library from Thursday 3 June to Thursday 1 July 2010.

2010-07-06: Seven Million Reasons for CDL

Alice Springs Mayor, Damien Ryan, has put his support behind the push for a National Container Deposit Legislation (CDL).

2010-06-30: Seniors Coordinating Committee

Alice Springs Town Council would like to welcome the first full meeting of the Seniors Coordinating Committee, being held at the Civic Centre on Wednesday 30 June 2010.

2010-05-07: 5.8 million containers and counting ...

Alice Springs Town Council welcomes the announcements by Minister Karl Hampton on the implementation of a Territory wide container deposit scheme for 2011.

2010-03-31: New Deputy Mayor and Committee Chairs

At last night's Ordinary Alice Springs Town Council meeting Alderman Brendan Heenan was unanimously voted in as the new Deputy Mayor.

2010-03-22: One Night Stand This Saturday

Alice Springs Town Council would like to invite everyone to the FREE “One Night Stand” community concert to be held at Traeger Park THIS SATURDAY!!

2010-03-02: Proposed planning scheme amendment re AZRI

Alice Springs Town Council has given its in principal support to the proposed amendment to the Northern Territory Planning Scheme and proposed rezoning for urban development.

2010-03-02: Council Community Questionnaire

The Alice Springs Town Council is conducting the next community questionnaire for March 2010.

2010-02-26: One Night Stand

The Alice Springs Town Council in partnership with Triple J is please to announce the annual One Night Stand concert coming soon to Alice!

2009-12-07: Winner: Switch on the Council Christmas Tree Lights Competition

Read Tayla's winning entry "My Best Christmas Ever"