‘Dog act’: NT police minister reacts angrily to Peter Dutton’s claims of Alice Springs child sexual abuse

Traditional owners call opposition leader's claims insulting' and Labor demands he stop using the town as a political football'

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The NT police minister and prominent Aboriginal Territorians have reacted angrily to Peter Dutton's claims that young Indigenous kids are being sexually assaulted on a regular basis" in Alice Springs, saying he should report any wrongdoing to police for further investigation.

Kate Worden, the police minister, told reporters on Thursday: What we've seen over the last couple of days from Peter Dutton in central Australia is absolutely opportunistic, political game-playing, and using the most vulnerable people here in the heart of our nation as a pawn in that game. It's quite frankly, a dog act."