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What we know about the disappearance and suspected homicide of Alice Springs woman Angie Fuller

Two weeks after her last confirmed sighting at a truck stop in Central Australia, police have declared the case of missing mother Angie Fuller a suspected homicide. Here's what we know so far.

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Tangentyere Council in Alice Springs blasts previous Northern Territory liquor bans as 'punitive'

Residents of Alice Springs’ town camps aren’t supportive of a return of blanket alcohol bans, a local Aboriginal council says, as a snap review ordered by the prime minister begins.

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All quiet on the Assange front

There has been no correspondence from either the PM’s or attorney-general’s offices about Julian Assange for more than six months, and Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe has again rubbished the Voice to Parliament.

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Katherine crime rate rises as business owner considers closing due to break-ins

The latest police statistics paint a bleak picture for Katherine, with "peer pressure, being goaded into it by mates and social media" playing a big part in driving up crime rates.

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Vote flagged on NT booze ban to cut crime

The Northern Territory's chief minister says the Australian Electoral Commission could hold a poll on communities opting in or out of alcohol bans.

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Indigenous elders welcome Alice Springs alcohol curbs but plead for more help

Measures announced by Anthony Albanese seen as a good first step but politicians urged to follow up with aid for ‘neglected’ remote communities

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'Opt-out' alcohol bans in prospect for Indigenous communities after PM's Alice Springs visit

New temporary restrictions on takeaway sales and the prospect of reimposed bans on alcohol in Indigenous communities – with “opt-out” provisions – have followed Anthony Albanese’s Tuesday visit to crisis-ridden Alice Springs.

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Government announces immediate restrictions on alcohol sales in Alice Springs to quell crime spike

Anthony Albanese also outlined $50m in funding and appointment of central Australian regional controller to coordinate law-and-order plan

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese flies into Alice Springs amid calls for action on alcohol-fuelled crime crisis

Anthony Albanese will join Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles on the trip, after days of pressure from the federal opposition and national media.

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NT alcohol restrictions amid crime crisis

The Northern Territory government will restrict the sale of alcohol in Alice Springs and central Australia in a bid to curb surging youth crime.

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NT senator Malarndirri McCarthy urges alcohol industry to 'step up' and help reduce crime and violent behaviour

Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy calls on the liquor industry to 'step up' and help clamp down on alcohol-fuelled violence in Central Australia.

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New alcohol restrictions for Alice Springs amid law and order crisis – as it happened

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Sowing doubt and confusion about an Indigenous voice is Dutton’s game plan

If the Coalition supported a voice to parliament enshrined in the constitution, it would have said so a long time ago

The Guardian - AU

Federal Labor MP warns Alice Springs crime crisis is impeding Voice debate

The debate over enshrining an Indigenous Voice in the Constitution is being impeded by the Alice Springs crime crisis, according to the Indigenous Labor member for the Northern Territory seat of Lingiari, Marion Scrymgour.

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Pressure mounts on NT government to reimpose alcohol bans to restore law and order in Alice Springs

Medical experts say crime and antisocial behaviours are being driven by increased access to alcohol, while Labor MP calls for restrictions on alcohol sales

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Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton urges PM to visit Alice Springs amid crime increase

Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says the government needs to be pouring more resources into dealing with escalating crime rates in the Central Australian town.

AAP

PM urged to intervene in territory crime

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has called on the government to act urgently to control an uptick in crime and anti-social behaviour in the Northern Territory.

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Do the NSW Liberals care more about climate change than Labor?

Labor’s thrown a few ideas up in the air but the Perrottet government (with Matt Kean’s prodigious output) has put ideas into action.

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Beetaloo gas fracking could start soon, despite NT government delay in implementing Pepper inquiry recommendations

The oil and gas industry's peak body says Beetaloo fracking licences could be issued in a month, as critics say the government's promise to implement a key inquiry is "impossible".

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Pedestrian deaths are declining in other states but still rising in the NT, where every victim last year was Aboriginal

Unlike the rest of the country, pedestrian deaths in the NT are going up. And it's Aboriginal people who are making up the increase.

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Union calls for urgent transition from failed funding model for Northern Territory schools

The union is calling for a controversial Northern Territory school funding model to be scrapped much sooner than planned in order to save struggling schools from collapse, as the government says it could take up to five years.

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NT Coroner to probe death and investigation of Katherine father Shane Tapp

For almost two years the family of a young Aboriginal father from a small town in the Northern Territory, who was found decomposed by a river days after he died, has been waiting for answers.

AAP

Still no sign of missing NT woman

Northern Territory police say they hold grave fears for the safety of a woman missing in central Australia since January 10.

ABC News

Northern Territory Indigenous leader Yingiya Guyula angered by government's decision to close NT Treaty Commission

Independent NT politician Yingiya Guyula says the $4 million already spent on the treaty process has been squandered.

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Peter Dutton calls for the federal government to act on Alice Springs crime, as supermarket giants reduce liquor sales

Peter Dutton says he fears there'll be "tragedy" in Alice Springs as the town battles an intense, violent and prolonged crime crisis.

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