'National embarrassment': NT government warned about crime scourge last year

Alice Springs’ crime wave has been thrust into the national spotlight as the town suffers through an epidemic of violence which many have attributed to the easing of the tough Stronger Futures laws.

Stream more on politics with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends 31 October, 2023 “Sadly, this was always going to eventuate, we warned the government in the middle of last year that if they were going to allow the Stronger Futures legislation to cease without having a decent plan in place there was no doubt this was going to eventuate in increased harm alcohol fuelled violence,” Mr McCue told Sky News Australia’s Laura Jayes on Wednesday.

“And here we are six, seven months later sadly the subject of a national embarrassment around the management of this process.

Replace them as they obviously not doing a good enough job if they think they have enough

The police are damned if they do and damned if they don’t. Dealing with indigenous people in this current political climate is fraught with danger😔

Police in Australia only good atrevenue raising pretty much useless for anything else

not a word about robodebt

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