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Outback mayor calls for action on sky-high airfares from Alice Springs

An Alice Springs family of four faces $8,000 in airfares to get to the Coffs Coast of NSW for a holiday, prompting calls for more airline competition to bring prices down.

ABC News · Nov 24, 2022

‘More police doesn’t build trust’: concern over proposal to tackle crime in Alice Springs

Deployment of 40 extra police to NT town doesn’t address underlying reasons for antisocial behaviour, community groups say

The Guardian - AU · Nov 24, 2022

NT's 'tough-on-crime' approach not working as young people jailed over TikTok copycat ramraids

Northern Territory police will target repeat offenders in their homes as incarceration rates in the NT continue to soar.

ABC News · Nov 24, 2022

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NT Police sending 40 additional officers to Alice Springs on Wednesday night as crime continues to rise

Residents urged to stay out of the Alice Springs CBD on Wednesday night, as stolen cars cause mayhem in the main streets.

ABC News · Nov 23, 2022

Former Assistant NT Police Commissioner Nick Anticich tells Kumanjayi Walker inquest police force needs a 'long-term cultural fix'

Former NT Police Assistant Commissioner Nick Anticich says he was offended "as a police officer" that other officers had been involved in sending racist text messages.

ABC News · Nov 23, 2022

Central Australian regional council flags jump in alcohol-related harm after NT grog bans lifted

The impacts of long-term alcohol bans being lifted across the Northern Territory are laid bare in a submission by a regional council servicing remote Aboriginal communities in Central Australia.

ABC News · Nov 22, 2022

National Aboriginal Art Gallery being built on sacred site divides community as Indigenous leaders call for 'respect'

It's being spruiked as a future tourist magnet that will celebrate 65,000 years of culture, that will stimulate central Australia's economy. But it is dividing the Alice Springs community

ABC News · Nov 21, 2022

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NT government ministers defend response to youth crime wave in wake of recent Alice Springs incident

Senior Northern Territory government ministers say they're in control youth crime in the region but have held off announcing any new plans to curb it.

ABC News · Nov 21, 2022

The cuzmobile fictional Aboriginal superhero's car to be restored by Alice Springs students

A 1960's Valiant that once belonged to Central Australia's first Aboriginal superhero is being brought back to life by some determined automotive students.

ABC News · Nov 20, 2022

Alice Springs Animal Shelter pleads for help as pet surrenders spike

The Alice Springs Animal Shelter says it has no choice but to euthanase dozens of dogs and cats as it buckles under soaring demand.

ABC News · Nov 19, 2022

Alice Springs youth crime: Grandmothers call for return to country — not custody

A group of First Nations grandmothers say detention isn't the solution to tackling youth crime in Alice Springs. Instead, they say 'the homelands' are the safest place for children.

ABC News · Nov 17, 2022

50 years on from the hijacking of Ansett flight 232 bound for Alice Springs

The journey aboard the Ansett Fokker Friendship on November 15, 1972 began like any other. But as the flight neared its destination, a male passenger announced to a hostess: 'This is a hijack'.

ABC News · Nov 14, 2022

What is a 'microburst', where do they come from, and how can you prepare for one?

Microbursts are capable of generating some of the most destructive winds of any weather event, falling second only to cyclones. Here's what you need to know.

ABC News · Nov 14, 2022

Damaging Alice Springs storm sees community clean-up effort, BOM warns of 'repeat' later in week

As the damage from a powerful storm in Alice Springs was revealed, the community banded together with hot food, utes and chainsaws.

ABC News · Nov 14, 2022

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The Guardian - AU · Nov 14, 2022

Alice Springs elders fear NT’s youth crime plan could create new stolen generation

Strong Grandmothers say government should work with communities instead of taking children found unsupervised on the street at night into custody

The New Daily · Nov 14, 2022

Inquest into Northern Territory teen’s death moves to the outback

An inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker at the hands of a NT policeman will hear about the pain his community suffered.

AAP · Nov 13, 2022

Coroner visits NT town where cop shot teen

The coroner in an inquest for an Indigenous teen shot dead by an NT policeman has been welcomed with song and sorrow to the remote community where he died.

ABC News · Nov 13, 2022

'Violent, but brief' storm causes extensive damage to homes and pulls roof off Yipirinya School in Alice Springs

A roof has been torn off a school, trees have toppled and houses have been damaged during a thunderstorm in Alice Springs in which wind speeds were estimated to have exceeded 100kph.

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ABC News · Nov 12, 2022

Simon and Jack Lundy take on Huntington's disease charity ride to Alice Springs

Simon Lundy watched as his father was slowly consumed by a cruel and debilitating disease. He and his teenage son hit the road to do something about it.

The Guardian - AU · Nov 11, 2022

NT federal Labor MP says families need to be more accountable for youth crime

State proposal to take unsupervised children off Alice Springs streets a ‘Band-Aid solution’ that will fail, Marion Scrymgour says

AAP · Nov 11, 2022

'Target families, not crim kids': Labor MP

Federal Labor MP Marion Scrymgour wants Northern Territory families to be made accountable for their children's criminal behaviour in Alice Springs.

AAP · Nov 10, 2022

NT plan to remove children from street

The Northern Territory government plans to take unsupervised children found roaming Alice Springs' streets at night into custody.

ABC News · Nov 9, 2022

Labor MP says detail needed on plan to reduce crime by removing unsupervised children from families in Alice Springs

Federal Labor politician Marion Scrymgour says she wants more detail around what the Northern Territory government is calling an "intervention" to get children deemed at-risk off the streets of Alice Springs at night.

ABC News · Nov 9, 2022

'Intervention' to remove children from families flagged by Northern Territory government facing Alice Springs crime crisis

Unsupervised children picked up by police late at night in Alice Springs could be taken to a "safe place" for a child protection assessment instead of being returned home, under a plan flagged by the Northern Territory government.

ABC News · Nov 9, 2022

Alice Springs youth crime spree triggers extreme response from NT Police

Alice Springs residents were urged to avoid the heart of the town during an overnight crime spree in which police vehicles were targeted.

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