Anthony Albanese has been called out for not knowing how much “carnage” youth crime has inflicted on Alice Springs by a local advocate. Anti-crime campaigner Darren Clark met with the Prime Minister on Monday afternoon when Mr Albanese returned to the outback town for the first time in more thanContinue Reading
A two-week youth curfew in the Alice Springs will be extended until the end of the school holidays following a series of emergency meetings. The curfew, which was due to end on Wednesday, will be extended for another six days. It bans young people under the age of 18 fromContinue Reading
An Alice Springs anti-crime campaigner has called out his town’s ongoing “crisis” after a group of youths allegedly broke into his home over the weekend as he slept. Darren Clark, who founded the crime awareness group Action for Alice, revealed five youths allegedly invaded his home on Sunday night andContinue Reading
The Victorian man suspected of killing a teenager on New Year’s Day has been spotted at Melbourne airport after his extradition was approved. Koang Wuordol, 22, was snapped bording a Qantas plane shortly before midday on Monday as police escorted him to the Northern Territory, where a murder charge willContinue Reading
Alice Springs baker Darren Clark has been left speechless after being awarded a $10,000 cash prize by 2GB radio host Ben Fordham. Fordham phoned Mr Clark on Friday morning to inform him he was being given the prize for “news tip of 2023”. The outspoken community activist, who runs theContinue Reading
An Alice Springs local has left a police officer stunned with a seven-word response that perfectly captured the levels of distress in the crime-riddled town. Darren Clark, who runs the Action for Alice Facebook page documenting crime in the Northern Territory, shared a video on Saturday of a car engulfedContinue Reading
An Alice Springs business owner shining a light on the local crime wave has warned the town will soon be “unliveable”, after his bakery was trashed for the 42nd time. Darren Clark, 51, gained worldwide media attention last month through his Action for Alice Facebook page, where he has documentedContinue Reading
Today host Brooke Boney has gone head-to-head with the man who has been documenting the crime wave that’s gripping Alice Springs. The Indigenous TV host was visiting the troubled outback town to record a segment for the show when she interviewed Darren Clark, who runs the Action for Alice FacebookContinue Reading
Out-of-control youth in Alice Springs have been filmed hurling racial abuse, spitting and assaulting pub patrons in a weekend of violence just days after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to the troubled outback town. Rachel Hale, 45, captured the series of encounters from her room above The Diplomat Hotel onContinue Reading
As an out-of-control youth crime wave and surge in alcohol-fuelled violence grips Alice Springs, even something as simple as doing the shopping is getting harder. This week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles made an emergency visit to the troubled outback town to announce newContinue Reading