Opposition leader Peter Dutton welcomed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to Alice Springs but called on the government to act “urgently” to help solve the crime wave plaguing the town.
He said there are many Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the town whose lives are being “adversely impacted”.
“They need to act because these kids need to be protected, they need to act because people are committing offences against the law,” he told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. “If the rule of law isn’t applied equally, then you will get disorder and dysfunction within communities and that is not what we want to see.”
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