Jamie Fejo stands outside a house at the Ilpeye Ilpeye town camp on the edge of Alice Springs. The Arrernte and Larrakia man grew up here, but he’s shocked at what’s happening to the place he loves.
The Prime Minister has announced new measures to deal with out-of-control crime in Alice Springs on a visit to the troubled outback Northern Territory town on Tuesday.
The iconic central Australian city of Alice Springs has become a lawless community where up to 200 children roam the streets at night breaking in to houses, and stealing and burning cars.
The mayor of Alice Springs says the decision to lift alcohol bans in Indigenous communities and town camps has had a catastrophic effect as he called for the army to be brought in to help.