Curfew, Extra Cops: Emergency Grips Alice Springs

Published on March 27, 2024

Children in Alice Springs will not be allowed outside their homes at night after the Northern Territory government mandated an emergency curfew to curb escalating violence in the red centre. Chaos descended on Alice Springs on Tuesday afternoon, March 26, when a large group attacked the Todd Tavern, leaving a $30,000 (US$19,584) damage bill, as tensions escalated following the death of a teenager. Chief Minister Eva Lawler labelled the attack horrific and unacceptable. “We never want to see anything like that in the Northern Territory again,” she told reporters on March 27. “I’m fed up with this appalling level of crime and anti-social behaviour....

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