[A Thread] The NT crime wave.
Alcohol in indigenous communities has been problematic for as long as anyone can remember. Nor is it unique to Australia. I've seen it in Inuit communities in Canada and Greenland. #auspol 1/8
Alcohol in indigenous communities has been problematic for as long as anyone can remember. Nor is it unique to Australia. I've seen it in Inuit communities in Canada and Greenland. #auspol 1/8
In 2012, the Gillard Labor government implemented its Stronger Futures program to help address the issue in the NT. It did not eliminate the problem but it certainly significantly reduced it to more manageable levels. #auspol 2/8 
Stronger futures was a 10 year fully funded program. It expired in mid 2022 under the Morrison Liberal "government", that refused to renew it, choosing to save money by winding it up. As a direct result alcohol induced crime increased again. #auspol 3/8
By late 2022 the crime wave in Alice Springs reached crisis proportions - a direct result of the Liberal government's defunding of the program. Dutton then had the audacity to claim that the new Labor government was doing nothing to address the issue his mob created. #auspol 4/8
In the meantime, Albanese was going quietly about dealing with the situation behind the scenes, putting plans in place for a summit in Alice Springs. Dutton got wind of this and flew into the Springs ahead of Albo trying to steal his limelight #auspol 5/8
When Albo did arrive as he had always planned, the Libs then claimed he has succumbed to their pressure to act. The Murdochistas of course amplified this nonsense. Completely ignoring that it was Liberal incompetence that created the issue in the first place. #auspol 6/8
Dutton's racist QLD copper mentality also aims to paint indigenous people as violent drunks incapable of managing their own affairs - why would he give such people a #VoiceToParliament in the constitution? This is the real motivator. #auspol 7/8
The Alice Springs crime wave also takes the #RobodebtRC horror stories off the news cycle this week - just as the commission re-opened after the New Year break. The entire Liberal approach is cynical racism and diversion at work. Don't be fooled. #auspol 8/8
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