The Indigenous “social law and order crisis” in Alice Springs has had to weather “hypocrisy” from Labor and the left, says Sky News host Chris Kenny.
“Well, the response from Labor Party and the Green left media was to demand that the Coalition go to police.
“With the unspoken insinuation, of course, that the Coalition was inventing or exaggerating these claims.”
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