Alice Springs elders fear NT’s youth crime plan could create new stolen generation

Strong Grandmothers say government should work with communities instead of taking children found unsupervised on the street at night into custody

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Alice Springs elders are pleading with the Northern Territory government to work with them on solutions to youth crime before implementing policies they say could lead to another stolen generation.

The Strong Grandmothers group of central Australia say they don't want the NT government to keep introducing failing" programs.

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