Your Shortcut to... what's happening in Alice Springs - Part 1

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices