Shadow Indigenous Affairs Minister Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says Alice Springs curfew is working but is not the answer to youth crime

In short: Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says curfews are only a short-term solution to youth crime problems in the NT Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says curfews are only a short-term solution to youth crime problems in the NT Extending the current youth curfew in Alice Springs is being considered What's next? Youth curfews could be implemented in other towns in the NT, according to the Chief Minister Northern Territory Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is not opposed to extending the youth curfew in Alice Springs or having them take place in other parts of the NT, but has warned they are not a long-term solution. Ms Lawler told Newscorp Australia that towns struggling with crime, such as Katherine or Tennant Creek, could see curfews based on what she described as the "positive impact" of the curfew in Alice Springs. Theft on repeat, says senator A resident of Alice Springs, Senator Nampijinpa Price said that returning youths to their homes or the care of "responsible adults" in Alice Springs was not working as they would simply reoffend, sometimes hours later.