A nurse from Alice Springs has revealed what causes dozens of children to roam the streets at night, leading to destruction and havoc in the central Australian town.
The central Australian town is struggling with a crime crisis spiralling so far out of control Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was forced to jet to the community last week and implement immediate alcohol restrictions.
“There was so many children on the streets and they were just filled with hatred and as we’ve spoken about before not one of these children were intoxicated they were just filled with hate. “I’ve seen a little four-year-old boy come in with anal warts, a six-year-old girl with vaginal sores, an entire family from the little kids to the parents with the same strain of gonorrhoea,” she said.
Mr Burton said the legal system and Northern Territory Government were failing to effectively intervene and stop the children from causing further harm in the community. The Northern Territory has youth detention centres in Darwin and Alice Springs and multiple organisations to help children and families with support.
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