The Northern Territory Chief Minister announces the youth curfew in Alice Springs will end on Tuesday; Women demand an end to male violence in a Victorian community; And in AFL, Former player Carl Ditterich is charged with historic child sex offences.
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- The Northern Territory Chief Minister announces the youth curfew in Alice Springs will end on Tuesday;
- Women demand an end to male violence in a Victorian community;
- And in AFL, Former player Carl Ditterich is charged with historic child sex offences.
The Northern Territory's Alice Springs youth curfew is set to end on Tuesday next week at 6am local time.
The Territory's chief minister Eva Lawler says a high visibility police presence will continue, with officers to be stationed at every bottle shop in Alice Springs.
Twenty-five additional police officers will be stationed in Alice Springs until the end of June.
Additional staff from support service Territory Families will be on the ground from 10pm to 6am every night.
And a community safety hub will be established in the mall [[made up of a visible presence of people including Traditional Owners, police auxiliaries, Territory family staff and engagement officers]].
Ms Lawler says she is more than happy to call another curfew if it's required in the future.
"We want the same feel about the town that we've got through a curfew without having a curfew. The curfew has been the one that has got all the media attention but it has been all the work that's ended up happening underneath that to make sure that the curfew worked. We will continue to do that work."
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Women in a Victorian community affected by three recent killings are demanding an end to male violence.
The Ballarat region's Samantha Murphy, Rebecca Young and Hannah McGuire have allegedly died at the hands of men since the beginning of February.
A rally will begin at Ballarat train station before gathering at nearby Camp Street, where family members of the victims, community leaders and family violence specialists will address the gathering.
Organiser, Sissy Austin, who was herself savagely attacked while on a run in 2023, says the issue is a national crisis.
Ballarat Mayor Des Hudson says the rally is looking to draw attention to gender-based violence and call on the government to do more to address the issue.
"Every one of the stories, there's an absolute tragedy. Whether it's the Samantha Murphy, Rebecca Young or even Hannah McGuire. Their families have been absolutely turned upside down and in turmoil. To use the momentum out of that tragedy to bring it to the attention at the moment. And in fact 22 females have lost their lives around Australia this year in 14 weeks. This is a national issue, this is at crisis point and we need more to be done."
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Tens of thousands of homes are set to be built near train lines across New South Wales over the next decade in an effort to tackle the state's growing rental crisis and an exodus of young people.
Premier Chris Minns made the announcement, citing extensive negotiations and warnings from the state's productivity commissioner in making the decision.
Between 2016 and 2021, 70,000 people between the ages of 30 and 40 left New South Wales.
Premier Minns says a city without young people is a city without a future.
"When I was younger, the question my friends and I asked when we got married was would we ever be able to afford a place in Sydney. Now the same conversation is taking place among the same group of people, but the questions being asked is, 'Will I even be able to afford to rent a place?' These changes are important, they're significant; they're not enough however. And the New South Wales government will be pursuing more reforms, more changes to policy to make it easier to buy homes, to rent homes, to make it easier to live in a wonderful place like New South Wales."
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Social media giant Meta has launched new tools to help prevent sextortion and online intimate image abuse.
Sextortion is the practice of extorting money or sexual favours from someone by threatening to reveal evidence of their sexual activity.
The move by Meta follows the recent suicide of an Australian teen in a sextortion case involving two Nigerian men who have been charged with sextortion offences.
Some of the safety features include blurring out images detected as nudity and encouraging people to think twice before sending; preventing potential scammers from connecting with teens, and links ot child safety helplines following reported incidents.
Meta's Regional Policy Director, Mia Garlick, said exposure of a minor's intimate image can be traumatic and that the company is focused on doing everything they can to prevent the horrific scams.
If you or someone you know needs crisis support, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14, the Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467 and Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800.
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And in sport,
Australian rules football great Carl Ditterich has been charged with historic child sex offences.
The former ruckman, who played 285 games for St Kilda and Melbourne from 1963 to 1980, has been charged with three counts of indecent assault and one count of gross indecency.
Bayside Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team laid the charges against the 78-year-old Moama man following an investigation into alleged historic child sex offences.
The matter is due back in court in late June.
