Authorities are looking for a group of Alice Springs teens captured on CCTV allegedly attacking two female tourists and a woman on a bike on Thursday.


Authorities are looking for a group of Alice Springs teens captured on CCTV allegedly attacking two female tourists and a woman on a bike on Thursday.

An Alice Springs councillor has said the NT’s head public servant Jodie Ryan has failed to respond to the violence that lead to the Parrtjima festival being moved out of the town’s CBD, with some other events cancelled.

Parrtjima Festival events in Alice Springs have been cancelled or relocated away from the Alice Springs CBD following a spate of crime.

Chief Minister Michael Gunner needs to show leadership in Alice Springs amidst ongoing racial tensions that came to a head late last week when residents were advised to avoid the town centre over “social unrest”, Territory Alliance MLA Robyn Lambley says.

UPDATED: The NT Police media team have reported that police have apprehended a 25-year-old man who escaped custody in Alice Springs on Friday evening, finding him in a car on the street where he allegedly committed the crime on Monday afternoon.

Alice Springs’ CBD is set to gain additional CCTV cameras, LED lights, shade structures and more native trees as part of a $20 million revitalisation project.

The CLP has entered into the National Aboriginal Art Gallery debate, declaring it will build the facility at Alice Springs Desert Park instead of Anzac Oval if it wins government in August.

The Gunner Government has received a letter of support to build the National Aboriginal Art Gallery on Anzac Oval from the same Aboriginal corporation it signed an agreement with to release five parcels of land for development.

Territory Alliance have recruited Alice Springs deputy mayor Matt Paterson to run in the NT Election in the seat of Namatjira.

Alice Springs Town Council has voted to fight the Gunner Government over its decision to compulsory acquire Anzac Oval to build the National Aboriginal Art Gallery.

Alice Springs Aboriginal fuel company, Indervon Pty Ltd, has pleaded guilty and been fined $140,000 for the death of one of its drivers while on duty.

Territory Alliance MLA Robyn Lambley said an Alice Springs petition signed by more than 2000 demonstrated the government needed to do more to stop youth crime in the town.