Stronger Futures Act 2012

Behind the ‘crisis’ in Alice Springs

First Nations people and organisations have continued to propose solutions and call for genuine consultation between affected communities at all levels of government. But, as Jacob Andrewartha reports, they are being sidelined. 

Alcohol bans and law and order responses to crime in Alice Springs haven’t worked in the past — and won’t work now

The current frenzy around the Alice Springs crime wave risks risks repeating the same moral panics and deployment of top-down policies which disempower First Nations people, write Thalia AnthonyÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýVanessa Napaltjari Davis.