Dutton Pledges Full NT Crime Crackdown Beyond Drone Deployments

Finocchiaro’s seven-point plan for Alice Springs received limited backing from Albanese.

Aboriginal children in the Mutitjulu community, near Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Ian Waldie/Getty Images

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has thrown his support behind the Northern Territory’s crime crackdown, vowing to back all seven of Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro’s key demands if the Coalition wins the next election.

Finocchiaro had urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to back her government’s full plan to tackle soaring crime in Alice Springs.