Mayor Urges Federal Intervention Following Aboriginal Riots Through Town

‘The Northern Territory government need to remove themselves, and we need the federal government to step in,’ said Alice Springs mayor.

A police vehicle outside the Alice Springs Police Station in Alice Springs, Australia, on Sept. 4, 2022. AAP Image/Aaron Bunch

The mayor of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory has pleaded with the federal government to step in and put the whole territory under its control following a violent riot that resulted in buildings damaged and workers forced to lock themselves indoors on March 26.

Residents in the city centre of Australia’s outback were shocked when hundreds of Indigenous people gathered at around 3 p.m. and started to attack businesses and vehicles in the area with crowbars, bricks, and rocks.