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"Let us tell you about our town, our home. Mparntwe/Alice Springs is a small
town on Arrernte Country in the red hot heart of the land now called Australia.
Our town, our home, is a place of beauty: spinifex-speckled red sand dunes;
black limestone after the rain; emerald waterholes nestled between the ranges;
a wonderfully alive desert in one of the most remote places on Earth.
We hear more than 100 Indigenous languages being spoken on our streets every
day, including Arrernte, Warlpiri, Luritja and Alawyerre & Pitjantjatjara. We
are vibrant and multicultural. We are entrepreneurial. We love our sports, and
our arts – and we cannot believe how much talent there is in our home.
But these are not the reasons our home has been plastered across national media
for the past month. These are not the reasons you have clicked on this article.
According to news reports, a “crime wave” or surge of “alcohol-fuelled
violence” is sweeping through our town. There was even talk of another military
intervention.
Sensationalised media headlines and political pressure seem to be what prompted
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to make an impromptu trip to Alice Springs to
meet with a handful of people, and introduce yet more alcohol restrictions.
However, the media reports contain little to no context regarding the issues,
and reinforce the same negative stereotypes that made the Northern Territory
Emergency Response (or what we call “the Intervention”) possible."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
