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After some violent incidents, the town is under a curfew from 10pm to 6am. But evidence from cities in Australia and the United States suggest it will bring little benefit.
In this podcast, Michelle Grattan and Marion Scrymgour discuss Alice Springs, the Voice and other issues facing the Northern Territory.
The government’s response to the Alice Spring ‘crime wave’ has included ‘pausing’ remote communities’ access to Alice Springs ovals. This has brought an opportunity for ‘On Country’ football leagues.
Research has found Aboriginal children who lived through the 2007 NT Intervention saw little impact from alcohol restrictions, other than bringing shame to communities.
The initiatives come amid a spate of publicity about the problems in Alice Springs and elsewhere in the Northern Territory
The policy, called Revive and funded by $286 million over four years, establishes Creative Australia which will be the government’s principle arts investment and advisory body
Alcohol has long been identified as the key problem in Alice Springs crime - and bans and policing its primary solutions. But that is far too simplistic, which is why is hasn’t worked.
The challenges in Alice Springs shot to prominence just as the debate about the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum is becoming more difficult for Albanese.
Whenever there is talk of a “crime wave” in Indigenous communities, the response has always been paternalistic and harsh. The evidence shows it doesn’t work.
Albanese stressed the need for co-operation across levels of government and announced the federal and NT governments had appointed Dorrelle Anderson as Central Australian Regional controller
Former deputy NT chief minister Marion Scrygmour has laid blame on the NT government for not acting after the federal alcohol bans expired mid-last year.
Continents colliding, mountains rising and falling, and remarkable strength. The story of Australia’s most iconic mountain is truly magical.
Tasmania wasn’t the only part of Australia that burned in January. The remote interior near Alice Springs saw a huge blaze, worsened by invasive buffel grass.
The NT has become the first jurisdiction in Australia to introduce a minimum price for alcohol.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor in Indigenous Policy, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Fellow in Disaster Resilience, Monash University
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Senior lecturer, Macquarie University
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Professor in Environmental Science, Charles Darwin University
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Adjunct Professor, The Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University
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Researcher, Tangentyere Research Hub, Australian National University
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Assistant lecturer, Monash University
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DVC Indigenous & Professor of Indigenous Studies, School of Culture and Communition, Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, Children's Health and Community, Charles Darwin University
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PhD candidate, Anangu Futures ARC Linkage , The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor of Primary Health & Research Fellow at Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University
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Professor (Communication), Deakin University
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Lecturer in Structural Geology and Metamorphism, James Cook University