Curfew, Extra Cops: Emergency Grips Alice Springs

‘I’m fed up with this appalling level of crime and anti-social behaviour,’ Chief Minister Eva Lawler said.

Members of the Mutitjulu Aboriginal community walk through the grounds in Mutitjulu, near Alice Springs, Australia, on July 6, 2007. Ian Waldie/Getty Images

Children in Alice Springs will not be allowed outside their homes at night after the Northern Territory government mandated an emergency curfew to curb escalating violence in the red centre.

Chaos descended on Alice Springs on Tuesday afternoon, March 26, when a large group attacked the Todd Tavern, leaving a $30,000 (US$19,584) damage bill, as tensions escalated following the death of a teenager.