A local Alice Springs business owner has delivered an impassioned and desperate plea to clean up the embattled town’s streets as he declares: “These kids are not safe”.
shared their desperation over the worsening crisis.
A fiery Darren Clarke surrounded by members of his local community demanded action on the worsening crime in Alice Springs. Picture: Sky News Australia “These kids are not safe…So let’s get them to a facility where they can get an education, they can get looked after, they’ve got some people around them that can love them and that can care for them.situation in the red centre has slowly deteriorated in previous yearsIn the past 12 months property damage has increased by 60 per cent, commercial break-ins by 56 per cent, alcohol related assault by 55 per cent, domestic violence by 54 per cent, assault by 43 per cent and car theft by 42 per cent.
“This place is totally out of control, the violence on the streets is out of control, the domestic violence you see on the streets every night and through the day is just totally, totally out of control. Something needs to be done,” he said.
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