An emergency has been declared in Alice Springs by the Northern Territory government, with a curfew enforced for children and teens aged 18 and under for two weeks.
Violent brawls involving hundreds of people at a local pub have triggered an emergency declaration in Alice Springs. Chaos descended in the Northern Territory town on Tuesday afternoon when a large group attacked the Todd Tavern as tensions escalated following the death of a teenager. Chief Minister Eva Lawler said the assault was horrific and unacceptable. "We never want to see anything like that in the Northern Territory again," she told reporters on Wednesday.
Later on Tuesday evening, the ceremony was continuing at Hidden Valley town camp outside Alice Springs when more than 150 people were involved in a violent brawl, police said. The brawl resulted in broken windows, smoke damage to a house and a car set on fire. Three people aged 19, 31 and 50 have been arrested. Murphy said he was fed up with the rising crime rates in Alice Springs.
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