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Labor MP says detail needed on plan to reduce crime by removing unsupervised children from families in Alice Springs

Federal Labor politician Marion Scrymgour says she wants more detail around what the Northern Territory government is calling an "intervention" to get unsupervised children off the streets of Alice Springs at night. 

The NT government has been facing growing pressure over the rising levels of crime in Alice Springs, which reached a tipping point on Wednesday after police issued a public alert advising people not to enter the CBD because a stolen car was being driven dangerously. 

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