Alice Springs community members react to youth curfew declaration after unrest

There has been mixed reaction in the Alice Springs community to the announcement of a two-week youth curfew for the CBD.The NT police commissioner says nearly 60 extra police will arrive in Alice Springs on Wednesday, and that officers will conduct "high visibility" and "sharp" policing.

"We need to ensure that if young people being taken home do not have a safe home to return to, that Family Responsibility Agreements are utilised, coupled with a Targeted Family Support Service. Parents need to take responsibility."Leo Abbott, an Arrernte man from Alice Springs, said he believed the curfew was a "good thing", but that he wanted to see consultation between authorities and elders.

Arrernte traditional owner Doris Stuart said visitors to Alice Springs needed to "respect the place"."Let people start to look at community safety, a bit more consultation and so on, so everybody in the town can be safe and people can see then, that the town of Alice Springs is working together." Ms Lawler said she was in Alice Springs to talk to residents and organisations about the curfew and her government's broader plan for the town.

"There has never been a silver bullet in Alice Springs, there is no magic wand you can wave in Alice Springs to sort these issues."NT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy, who arrived in Alice Springs with Ms Lawler on Thursday morning, said police now had extra powers "to control movement and unlawful conduct in the CBD district".

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