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Alice Springs youth crime: Grandmothers call for return to country — not custody

A group of senior First Nations women in Alice Springs are continuing to call for children to be placed back on country, not in custody, amid rising tensions over youth crime in the region.  

The Strong Grandmothers Group of the Central Desert held a snap action on the Alice Springs courthouse lawns today to mark five years since The Royal Commission into the Detention and Protection of Children in the Northern Territory handed down its final report.

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