The prime minister's visit to Alice Springs this week has left leaders across the border in WA questioning whether the same national attention would help solve their region's youth crime problem.
Leaders in Western Australia's north are urging politicians to embrace long-term solutions to the region's soaring youth crime rates, with a focus on improving family life.
"For a survival instinct, [children committing crimes] just get out of the house. Well, where do they go and what do they do during the night? They can only roam the street." "It also gives me time to do some smaller developments … and design the houses correctly so our First Nations people get a house that's suited to their way of life and culture."Leaders and business owners say persistently high crime rates have had a significant economic impact in Kununurra.
Indigenous advocate Ian Trust said if the federal government was to draw national attention towards the East Kimberley — in the same way as Alice Springs — measures should be aimed at improving the lives of disadvantaged families in overcrowded homes.The Gija man said he viewed western society's layered response to intergenerational trauma as a system of concentric circles.
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