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Territorians struggling to afford the basics, NTCOSS warns in new Cost of Living reports
The Northern Territory Council of Social Service released two new Cost of Living...
Giovanni Torre 26 May 2025
Violence, punitive laws mark horror year for the NT
A horror year for the Northern Territory, beginning with a series of curfews in...
Dechlan Brennan 1 Jan 2025
Burney defends government handling of Alice Springs 'crisis'
Linda Burney has defended the federal government's handling of the crisis in Ali...
Dechlan Brennan 12 Jul 2024
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Alice Springs looks beyond curfew to long-term social solutions
As Alice Springs emerges from its second curfew in three months, there is little...
Jacob Sheytman 12 Jul 2024
Malarndirri McCarthy highlights alcohol issues in Alice Springs, defends government actions
Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy, says it is...
Dechlan Brennan 12 Jul 2024
Alice Springs Curfew to end as scheduled

The Northern Territory Police Commissioner says the 72-hour curfew in Alice Springs won't be extended, despite a daytime brawl on Wednesday in the town's centre.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 11, 2024
Snap curfew in Alice Springs has worked, mayor says

A snap curfew imposed on Alice Springs has worked, the city's mayor says, but has called for longer-term solutions to address issues in the community.

Daytime brawl in Alice Springs throws end of town curfew into doubt

A massive brawl involving about 50 people has broken out in Alice Springs just days after a 72-hour town curfew was implemented by police. The curfew came after off-duty police officers were attacked...

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Emma Kirk Jul 10, 2024
Sustainable solutions needed for Alice Springs, SNAICC CEO argues

Alice Springs/Mparntwe residents have woken up after their second night of a three-night stay-at-home order, with the head of the national voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children sayi...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 10, 2024
No evidence snap curfews work, says SNAICC CEO

The head of the national voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children says curfews should not be part of the policing tool kit, as criticism over the latest Alice Spring lockdowns begins t...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 9, 2024
NT Police Commissioner imposes 72 hour curfew for Alice Springs

The Northern Territory Police Commissioner has enacted a night curfew in Mparntwe/Alice Springs for the next three nights. It comes after the NT government flagged the possibility of another curfew fo...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 8, 2024
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says Alice Springs residents would welcome second curfew

Shadow Indigenous affairs spokesperson Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says Mparntwe/Alice Springs would "welcome" another curfew, even if it was only temporary.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 8, 2024
Second Alice Springs curfew being considered following alleged violence towards off-duty police

The Northern Territory government is considering enacting a curfew in Mparntwe/Alice Springs for the second time this year, after four off-duty police officers were allegedly assaulted on Sunday morni...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 7, 2024
“High-risk, no-reward policy": NT Aboriginal justice agency criticises new curfew legislation

New legislation to make curfews easier to enact in the Northern Territory has been criticised by the NT's leading Indigenous justice agency, arguing it risks disproportionately impacting vulnerable Ab...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 21, 2024
Curfews to be made easier to impose in NT after "success" in Mparntwe/Alice Springs

The Northern Territory government has announced new legislation to make the implementation of curfews easier, after viewing the outcome of the recent youth curfew in Mparntwe/Alice Springs as a "succe...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 16, 2024
Alice Springs curfew won't work in every town, PM warns

While a curfew may have tempered violent unrest in Alice Springs, it is not necessarily a strategy that will work in other towns, the prime minister says.

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Kat Wong Apr 30, 2024
Alice Springs wakes to the end of youth curfew

The outback town of Alice Springs is waking from its last night under a youth curfew. The orders were imposed on March 27 when the Northern Territory government declared an emergency following escalat...

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(A)manda Parkinson Apr 16, 2024
NT Aboriginal justice agency concerned prosecutors are being moved back into frontline policing

The Northern Territory's leading Aboriginal justice agency have said they are concerned by a proposal by the NT police to recall police prosecutors to frontline policing.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 12, 2024
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