So, it is that the Lefty colomunist from the NT news saying his piece about those pesky Alice springs coons! 
http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/opinion/instead-of-threatening-to-remove-troubled-aboriginal-children-from-their-families-we-should-be-looking-at-the-root-of-the-problem-writes-columnist-corey-sinclair/story-fnk0b216-1227310376179
THE streets of Alice Springs – a town that was once dubbed the stabbing capital of the world – can be quite a daunting place at the best of times. During the day, things appear calm. But at night, things start to unravel.
It's not unusual to hear the sound of screams and sirens piercing the air. It is commonplace to see mobs of children wandering the CBD unsupervised, and at times, causing havoc. Most like to paint these latchkey kids as the town's antagonists. It's easy to do.
But they aren't one-dimensional villains prowling the street looking for trouble.
There is no question that there are serious youth problems that need to be addressed in the Territory. No one is debating that. But as anybody who has been here for more than a few years can tell you, these are not new issues.
An article from the NT News in April 1995 reported that a meeting of Aboriginal leaders in Alice Springs revealed kids were turning to crime and substance abuse.
So this didn't just pop up.
It means there has been at least 20 years of government policies that have failed to address and fix these issues. Every year there's new programs, taskforces, and political agendas with little to no effect.
Labor like to attack the CLP for cutting funding to youth initiatives despite the "Summer of Crime" of 2011 that occurred under their generous payouts.
Then-assistant Commissioner Mark Payne assured the people of Alice Springs they would not have to suffer another summer of crime. He said there would be 32 dedicated officers – or one might say, a taskforce – to carry out the operation.
Four years later and youths are now responsible for two-thirds of all property crime across the NT.
This week, in reaction to those figures from the "Summer of Crime" of 2015, the now-Deputy Commissioner Payne announced a new taskforce combining police and seven government agencies to tackle youth crime. Deja vu, much?
On Monday night, a group of more than 50 youths threw rocks at police officers and passing vehicles.
There were no injuries, but in a typical knee-jerk reaction, the Northern Territory Government announced children who continued to throw rocks would be taken into their care.
North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) hit back, claiming Alice Springs youth workers had reported that a majority of the kids that had been apprehended for rock-throwing were already in the Territory's care.
But of course, the Department of Children and Families quickly denied their claim.
It is not the first time the CLP has threatened to remove children from their parents since coming into power. In 2013, Chief Minister Adam Giles said accusations of creating a new Stolen Generation would not stop him removing neglected children from parents and placing them in care.
At that time there were already 618 Aboriginal children in the Territory's care.
By June 2014, 85 per cent of all the children in care were Aboriginal. For reference, that's 787 indigenous children and 130 non-indigenous children.
The majority of these were in foster homes as the Department of Children and Families struggle to place kids into kinship homes due to stringent screening processes.
Some say it's a good thing these kids have been "rescued" and put into safe homes. But if we have learnt anything from the past, it's that it's probably not true.
Earlier this year, a girl barely in her teens fell pregnant to an older man while in care.
Another teenage girl in care was allowed to regularly leave and was eventually raped.
We only have to look at the tragic stories that came out about the old Retta Dixon Home at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse to see being put in care is not always a safe haven.
Instead of putting the problems in the "too hard basket" and saying we better start removing children from families, can we start to look at the root of the problem and ask why?(* the government treats them as our equal and gives their folks a baby bonus to breed and then has no interest in caring for them*)
Why are the kids taking to the streets at night? Where are their caring parents and families? We need to start acknowledging the fact that young Aboriginal people outnumber their elders. In 2011, more than a third of indigenous people in the NT were under 15. Only 4 per cent were over 65.
The fundamental blocks of Aboriginal culture is learning from elders so what happens when they're no longer there? It's just not as simple as pointing our fingers at parents.* well how about doing something to cull them, can't polish a turd*)
We all seem more preoccupied with what trouble the kids are going to cause instead of what might happen to them. It's just not safe for them out there. Like in 2011, when it was revealed young girls wandering the streets of Alice were being used as child prostitutes. Or the boy who recently died after inhaling deodorant.(* so it is white's fault?*)
These kids deserve as much of a chance as the rest of us.(* they get given more chances than anybody! :- easy access to apprenticeships, better study grants, so is it our fault or theirs?*)
Instead of demonising and threatening to remove troubled Aboriginal children from their families, how about we actually help them for once.
And unfortunately for you, that doesn't mean taking them away, sticking them in a home and pretending everything is all right. Because that hasn't worked over the past 200 years and it won't work now.(* No! how about giving them the snip?! How about setting up a fertiliser factory in Alice?*)

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/opinion/instead-of-threatening-to-remove-troubled-aboriginal-children-from-their-families-we-should-be-looking-at-the-root-of-the-problem-writes-columnist-corey-sinclair/story-fnk0b216-1227310376179
THE streets of Alice Springs – a town that was once dubbed the stabbing capital of the world – can be quite a daunting place at the best of times. During the day, things appear calm. But at night, things start to unravel.
It's not unusual to hear the sound of screams and sirens piercing the air. It is commonplace to see mobs of children wandering the CBD unsupervised, and at times, causing havoc. Most like to paint these latchkey kids as the town's antagonists. It's easy to do.
But they aren't one-dimensional villains prowling the street looking for trouble.
There is no question that there are serious youth problems that need to be addressed in the Territory. No one is debating that. But as anybody who has been here for more than a few years can tell you, these are not new issues.
An article from the NT News in April 1995 reported that a meeting of Aboriginal leaders in Alice Springs revealed kids were turning to crime and substance abuse.
So this didn't just pop up.
It means there has been at least 20 years of government policies that have failed to address and fix these issues. Every year there's new programs, taskforces, and political agendas with little to no effect.
Labor like to attack the CLP for cutting funding to youth initiatives despite the "Summer of Crime" of 2011 that occurred under their generous payouts.
Then-assistant Commissioner Mark Payne assured the people of Alice Springs they would not have to suffer another summer of crime. He said there would be 32 dedicated officers – or one might say, a taskforce – to carry out the operation.
Four years later and youths are now responsible for two-thirds of all property crime across the NT.
This week, in reaction to those figures from the "Summer of Crime" of 2015, the now-Deputy Commissioner Payne announced a new taskforce combining police and seven government agencies to tackle youth crime. Deja vu, much?
On Monday night, a group of more than 50 youths threw rocks at police officers and passing vehicles.
There were no injuries, but in a typical knee-jerk reaction, the Northern Territory Government announced children who continued to throw rocks would be taken into their care.
North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) hit back, claiming Alice Springs youth workers had reported that a majority of the kids that had been apprehended for rock-throwing were already in the Territory's care.
But of course, the Department of Children and Families quickly denied their claim.
It is not the first time the CLP has threatened to remove children from their parents since coming into power. In 2013, Chief Minister Adam Giles said accusations of creating a new Stolen Generation would not stop him removing neglected children from parents and placing them in care.
At that time there were already 618 Aboriginal children in the Territory's care.
By June 2014, 85 per cent of all the children in care were Aboriginal. For reference, that's 787 indigenous children and 130 non-indigenous children.
The majority of these were in foster homes as the Department of Children and Families struggle to place kids into kinship homes due to stringent screening processes.
Some say it's a good thing these kids have been "rescued" and put into safe homes. But if we have learnt anything from the past, it's that it's probably not true.
Earlier this year, a girl barely in her teens fell pregnant to an older man while in care.
Another teenage girl in care was allowed to regularly leave and was eventually raped.
We only have to look at the tragic stories that came out about the old Retta Dixon Home at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse to see being put in care is not always a safe haven.
Instead of putting the problems in the "too hard basket" and saying we better start removing children from families, can we start to look at the root of the problem and ask why?(* the government treats them as our equal and gives their folks a baby bonus to breed and then has no interest in caring for them*)
Why are the kids taking to the streets at night? Where are their caring parents and families? We need to start acknowledging the fact that young Aboriginal people outnumber their elders. In 2011, more than a third of indigenous people in the NT were under 15. Only 4 per cent were over 65.
The fundamental blocks of Aboriginal culture is learning from elders so what happens when they're no longer there? It's just not as simple as pointing our fingers at parents.* well how about doing something to cull them, can't polish a turd*)
We all seem more preoccupied with what trouble the kids are going to cause instead of what might happen to them. It's just not safe for them out there. Like in 2011, when it was revealed young girls wandering the streets of Alice were being used as child prostitutes. Or the boy who recently died after inhaling deodorant.(* so it is white's fault?*)
These kids deserve as much of a chance as the rest of us.(* they get given more chances than anybody! :- easy access to apprenticeships, better study grants, so is it our fault or theirs?*)
Instead of demonising and threatening to remove troubled Aboriginal children from their families, how about we actually help them for once.
And unfortunately for you, that doesn't mean taking them away, sticking them in a home and pretending everything is all right. Because that hasn't worked over the past 200 years and it won't work now.(* No! how about giving them the snip?! How about setting up a fertiliser factory in Alice?*)