Matt Cunningham, who has worked as a journalist for more than 12 years in Northern Territory and covered the escalating crime rate, was overcome with emotion during a live cross on Friday morning.
The town of Alice Springs has been thrust into the national spotlight this week over surging crime rates in the community, as well as child protection issues.
Matt Cunningham, who has worked in the Top End for more than a decade covering issues affecting Indigenous communities, and has been on the ground covering the story this week, said in a live cross on Friday the concerns were not new. "We see Linda Burney the Minister for Indigenous Australians say this week if a Voice had been in place then some of the things we’re seeing in Alice Springs perhaps wouldn’t have happened. That wasn’t the impression I got when I was on the ground here in September."
"Have a look at this place, it is the most beautiful place in the world. You know the heart of this country, but it’s breaking at the moment," he said as he appeared to tear up.
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