Peter Dutton says he fears there'll be ''tragedy' in Alice Springs as the town battles an intense, violent and prolonged crime crisis.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has ramped up calls for the federal government to take urgent action in Alice Springs, where a prolonged and frequently violent crime crisis has taken hold.Mr Dutton's call for action comes a day after federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus met with the Alice Springs mayor
Mayor Matt Paterson says the federal government declined his request for federal police or Australian Defence Force assistance to battle a crime crisisThe Northern Territory town has been battling againstEarlier this week, Alice Springs Mayor Matt Paterson, calling for resources to be rolled out including the federal police or army.
He attended a video call meeting with Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus on Thursday, but said his request for further federal police support was knocked back."The mayor up there has called the Attorney-General, asking for additional federal police resources, and the Albanese Government has refused that," Mr Dutton said.Peter Dutton has backed calls for federal intervention in Alice Springs.
"It's already been a very difficult situation there for families, for kids, for business owners, for elderly people that want to go to the shops and not get accosted."The nation's supermarket giants yesterday made the unprecedented move of agreeing to stop selling one litre bottles of alcohol in the town, amid the ongoing crime wave.
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