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Hospitals in Alice Springs and Darwin see a surge in alcohol-related presentations, as organisations call for immediate funding to help quell soaring rates of family violence.

NT chief minister Natasha Fyles says ballots in communities on alcohol bans an option, as regional controller hands down report on crisis

While some locals call for legal action against the NT government, others fear tension could stir racism and vigilante attacks

A small business owner says government "negligence" is to blame for high rates of crime and violence in Alice Springs and argues rate-payers should be compensated, ahead of a decision expected tomorrow on emergency alcohol restrictions.

NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles would not say if she expects opt-out bans to be reimposed this week, as flagged by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Strong Grandmothers of the Central Desert group wants Anthony Albanese and other politicians to hear concerns at grassroots level

The Albanese government’s cultural policy, released Monday, “puts First Nations first”, while also promising regulated Australian content on streaming services and a shift to greater support for the popular in the arts.

Anthony Albanese flew in and announced new alcohol restrictions, leaving the Arrernte people worried about curfews, military, and being ignored

The supposed dimensions of the “crisis” in Alice Springs have been exhaustively portrayed in the media, both nationally and in the Northern Territory. The stories abound: shopfront windows repeatedly broken, groups of young children wandering the streets at night, and defenceless elderly residents struck down during violent robberies of their…