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Aboriginal Central Australians meet in Alice Springs to discuss strategies for tackling crime and social unrest

Community members attended an Indigenous-only meeting in Alice Springs to discuss rising crime rates. (ABC News: Xavier Martin)

More than 200 Aboriginal people across Central Australia have gathered at an Indigenous-only meeting in Alice Springs to discuss strategies to combat rising crime and community unrest and anti-social behaviour. 

It comes amid weeks of national attention on the Red Centre, where a recent surge in alcohol-fuelled violence has prompted the Northern Territory government to reinstate liquor bans in Aboriginal town camps and remote communities. 

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