NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles says it is “not fair” to assume the Alice Springs crisis can be solved with the current “small” level of funding, urging the Albanese Government to boost the Territory’s budget.
Ms Fyles explained the remote town faces a myriad of issues that need to be simultaneously tackled to solve the alcohol fuelled crime surge that has made national headlines.
Love news? Stream 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends 31 October, 2023 “So for people sitting in Sydney and Melbourne perhaps watching these interviews, they have to understand that the cost of service delivery just by the remoteness costs more. The Chief Minister said she looked forward to flying to Canberra to work on long term solutions with the Albanese Government on Thursday, following the release of aThe report is expected to urge the government to step up its response and examine whether opt-out alcohol bans for Indigenous communities should be implemented.
“It will be made public. Not in the next couple of days, people would appreciate that we are not taking a knee-jerk reaction, that we are working through this thoroughly with the Commonwealth government.”
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