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- No evidence' snap curfews will solve Alice Springs' problems, advocate for Indigenous children says
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The minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney, said that when it comes to the Alice Springs curfew, politics needs to be left out of it.
Speaking with ABC RN, Burney said:
This issues in Alice Springs have been a long time in the making ... [The issues] will only be addressed over a long-term funding commitment, which we've made from the federal government.
We certainly are concerned that this is going to continue to increase and potentially overwhelm the hospital systems.
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