The NT government says its curfew laws have been triggered “for the safety of people in Alice Springs”. But ahead of an election, some say it smacks of politics.
On the third floor of the Northern Territory Parliament, there's a space called the Elsey Room, where governments go to wheel out significant announcements to the media.
Ms Lawler said the decision to ban adults and children from the town's streets after 10pm, for at least three nights, was a move largely without precedent in Australia."So that we can see we have a complete process now where the police commissioner is responsible for the decision .The curfew was brought in after
It was Police Minister Brent Potter who revealed a curfew was being considered by Commissioner Murphy when he spoke to the ABC on Sunday,Was it appropriate for this curfew deliberation, said to be independent of ministerial influence, to be rolled out through the media by a minister gunning for re-election?But perhaps it should've been left to Commissioner Murphy to share that, to prove the claim that any curfew decisions are truly made at arm's length from government.
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