Alice Springs business owner Darren Clark says the government “keeps failing” on economic development in remote communities amid the Alice Springs crime crisis.
“How about you spend the money in the bush, build an economy in the bush … get them jobs.
“Money never trickles down to the people that matters – no extra food in remote communities … no extra health services … half the police stations in the Northern Territory remote communities are empty.”
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