Your Shortcut to... what's happening in Alice Springs - Part 1
Squiz Shortcuts is the backstory to the big news stories
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (traffic.megaphone.fm) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
Alice Springs has been in the national spotlight for all the wrong reasons over the past couple of weeks after a shocking escalation of crime in the town forced the PM to take action. So in this episode of Squiz Shortcuts, we take a look at what it's been like living in Alice lately, how things got so bad, and the complicated history behind all the previous attempts to help.
Squiz recommends:
'Why an Indigenous Voice to parliament would have helped in Alice Springs' - Lingiari MP Marion Scrymgour in The Sydney Morning Herald
NT reporter Matt Cunningham's emotional reaction during live cross about Alice Springs violence - Sky News
A dangerous game - ABC News