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Local MP says government had to do something' about weeks of unrest' in Alice Springs

MP for Lingiari, Marion Scrymgour, says the government had to do something" when asked if a youth curfew, imposed for Alice Springs from last night, was necessary.

That's culminated in some of the riotous behaviours that we've seen played out in the streets of Alice Springs, which over a number of weeks, has gotten increasingly worse. The government had to do something.