Beneath the Alice Springs 'crime wave' are complex issues – and a lot of politics
Alcohol has long been identified as the key problem in Alice Springs crime - and bans and policing its primary solutions. But that is far too simplistic, which is why is hasn’t worked.
As usual the police are too scared to be seen as racist to actually do their jobs - end of story
To be fair, police trying to properly exocute their jobs have a tendency to lose their jobs...