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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Mike Hohnen

Afternoon Update: Youth curfew in Alice Springs; Labor’s ‘urgent’ immigration bill delayed; and the veggie chip taste test

Dusk falls of the town of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. A curfew will run from 6pm to 6am.
Dusk falls of the town of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. A curfew will run from 6pm to 6am. Photograph: Blake Sharp Wiggins/The Guardian

Welcome, readers, to Afternoon Update.

The Northern Territory chief minister, Eva Lawler, has announced there will be a curfew enacted in Alice Springs for young people from tonight. The curfew, which will run from 6pm to 6am, comes after chaos descended on the town CBD on Tuesday when up to 70 people attacked a local pub, the Todd Tavern. The NT police commissioner, Michael Murphy, told a press conference yesterday’s incident followed the death of an 18-year-old last week. “That’s led to family feuds and that’s what erupted in Alice Springs yesterday,” he said.

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