Alice Springs Grandmothers Speak Out Against Youth Curfew

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Three Arrernte Grandmothers express their dissatisfaction with the recent youth curfew imposed in Alice Springs, stating that they were not consulted and feel excluded from the decision-making process.

More than a week after violent unrest saw the Alice Springs CBD come under a snap youth curfew , the town is quiet. Forty-degree temperatures have plummeted to a cool and windy 25 degrees, the heat literally leaving the desert town. Setting alight a collection of fragrant leaves in a wire fire pit for a smoking ceremony, three Arrernte Grandmothers explain their reaction to the recent special measures to stop crime.

" Elder Catherine Turner Kngwarraye says poor government policies have created an environment where jobs are scarce, homes are overcrowded and basics like food and electricity are unaffordable for many. Due to unemployment and poverty, role models in communities are harder to find. "The federal Intervention, since that’s been cut down, that just made the kids think they’re not much role models," she says. "Kids back to homelands.

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