Police struggling to cope with NT violence
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Alice Springs :: Australia | updated 2012-05-12 15:31:22 -0700 | political-news
The Northern Territory Government has been horrified by recent attacks, including the alleged sexual assault at gunpoint of two European tourists in Alice Springs. The tiny community of Yuendumu again plunged into violence last week , with an alleged riot...
Reward offered for missing British backpacker
Source: The Courier-Mail
Alice Springs :: Australia | updated 2012-05-11 22:01:11 -0700 | political-news
Peter Falconio, the British tourist thought murdered in the Australian outback, is still alive. Keith Allan Noble arranged for posters to be stuck up in Alice Springs, 931 miles (1499km) south of Darwin, offering the equivalent of around $40,000 for...
Demons playing tougher says skipper
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Alice Springs :: Australia | updated 2012-05-08 10:08:23 -0700 | sports-news
Story continues below Trengove said the biggest improvement had come with the team's greater emphasis on defence. "That's probably where we've been scrutinised in the past ... that we're all downhill skiers and run forward," he said. "We're great when...
Elder says scalping reports exaggerated
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Alice Springs :: Australia | updated 2012-05-07 04:23:52 -0700 | political-news
Locals in the troubled Northern Territory Aboriginal community of Yuendumu say the alleged riot and descriptions of a scalping that followed are exaggerated. The tiny Northern Territory community plunged into violence again over the weekend, with a young man receiving...
Demons fume over Viney hit
Source: The Age
Alice Springs :: Australia | updated 2012-05-05 10:13:40 -0700 | sports-news
Story continues below Asked about the incident, Melbourne coach Mark Neeld said: ''Do you want me to be honest or do you want me to be politically correct?...We've got two broken jaws in the VFL and you don't want anyone...
Man scalped during bloody Yuendumu clashes
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Alice Springs :: Australia | updated 2012-05-05 06:08:15 -0700 | political-news
Police say between 50 and 70 people were involved in a disturbance near the community's health clinic this morning...When the violence stopped they found a man and a woman had been beaten with a blunt object...The man and the woman...
Teens held over Red Centre tourist sex attacks
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Alice Springs :: Australia | updated 2012-05-03 19:28:30 -0700 | political-news
One of the Aboriginal teenagers has been charged with sexual assault. The other two are still being interviewed by Northern Territory Police and are expected to be charged later. Police say the youths attacked the women tourists, aged 21 and...
Teen arrested as tourist sex attack manhunt widens
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Alice Springs :: Australia | updated 2012-05-03 04:49:41 -0700 | political-news
Police say the two European women were sleeping in their car when at least three three men attacked and sexually assaulted them at gun point. Northern Territory Police Commander Michael Murphy says police are still looking for the vehicle the...
Female tourists attacked while sleeping in car
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Alice Springs :: Australia | updated 2012-05-02 10:08:17 -0700 | political-news
They say the two women were attacked at about 4:00am near Maconochie Road at suburban Mount John where they had been sleeping in their vehicle overnight. Police say three Aboriginal males broke into their car and forced the women to...
Sniffers hit pits in rush on spray deodorants
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Alice Springs :: Australia | updated 2012-04-30 23:35:09 -0700 | political-news
The Central Australian Youth Link Up Service says, over the past fortnight, it has found more than 100 deodorant cans that have been used for sniffing. Most of these have been found outside a local department store. Blair McFarland from...
Hamlin to withdraw support for Aussie fundraiser
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Alice Springs :: Australia | updated 2012-04-25 03:43:19 -0700 | health-news
Famed for her humanitarian operations in Ethiopia, Dr Hamlin says she has lost confidence in the Australian Hamlin Trust, following a bitter dispute over religion. Dr Hamlin has demanded the resignations of three Australian board members, including the chair.
Rock attacks drive cab curfew threat
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Alice Springs :: Australia | updated 2012-04-23 13:46:53 -0700 | political-news
Ten cab drivers had rocks thrown at their cars on the weekend. The town's mayor Damien Ryan said tourists would suffer if the curfew was introduced. "It's a big disappointment for a town that relies on tourism," he said. "It's...
Dees must back their man: Drum
Source: The Age
Alice Springs :: Australia | updated 2012-04-23 19:10:47 -0700 | political-news
Story continues below The Swans of 1993, who lost 11 straight, also dumped their coach, Gary Buckenara, through this streak...Neeld has the security of being in his first year of a three-year contract...Their imposing schedule begins against St Kilda on...
Threats to kill Aboriginals on Alice Springs Facebook forum
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Alice Springs :: Australia | updated 2012-04-22 23:19:57 -0700 | political-news
Online forums have been set up on Facebook for people to comment about lawlessness and its effects on the Central Australian town. But some comments have angered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda. Mr Gooda says...
NT prisons described as third world
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Alice Springs :: Australia | updated 2012-04-22 23:19:52 -0700 | political-news
The Territory Government has announced funding for extra beds in next month's budget, but there are calls for more immediate action. Room in prisons at Berrimah and Alice Springs is scarce.NT Prison Officer Association's Phil Tilbrook says inmates are sleeping...
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