‘The Judicial System Is Not the Answer’: Minister on Alice Springs Curfew

Linda Burney, the minister for Indigenous Australians, has weighed in on the Alice Springs’s three-day curfew. On July 8, the Northern Territory (NT) Police enacted a public disorder declaration following a string of violent incidents in the outback town, including the assault of four police officers by 20 youths. The order ran from 10 p.m. to 6 p.m. each day, with police having powers to control the movement of people to prevent, stop or reduce public disorder in the declared area. Areas subjected to the snap curfew include the town centre between Anzac Hill, the Alice Springs Hospital, the Stuart Highway, and Leichhardt Terrace, which runs along the Todd River....