Alice Springs community leaders are pushing for more accountability from those tasked with addressing the drivers of crime, as residents wake after their first night under curfew conditions.
The outback town of Alice Springs is under a 72-hour curfew, declared on Monday in response to a series of violent incidents.
A police officer was also run over outside a bottle shop on Friday and a woman was allegedly stabbed with a knife on Sunday. " Albanese came last year and promised us $250 million to help the disadvantages of Aboriginal people and youth crime and I just don't know where that money is," she said.Federal member for Lingiari Marion Scrymgour said now was the time for organisations to show they were using the funding effectively.
"We're talking about a lot of young people who don't have safe places to go at night, we're talking about people with mental health issues."Central Land Council chief executive Les Turner said he believed access to alcohol, combined with ongoing government neglect of remote communities, was exacerbating the social issues in Alice Springs.
Chief Minister Eva Lawler said the government was monitoring the Alice Springs curfew, with any extensions requiring approval from the police minister.'Where are they?': The bombshell text messages at the centre of a $1.7m scam fraud case
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