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Today Tonight Destroys Alice Springs, Hungrily Eyes Off Adelaide.
Posted by Jess McGuire at 9:41 AM on May 3, 2007
Alice Springs is set for a cold, lonely winter after current affairs juggernaut of honesty Today Tonight revealed it to be the "murder capital of Australia".
The Northern Territory Government has moved to allay fears that Alice Springs is a violent town awash with gangs, alcohol and criminals, following the screening of a Today Tonight program which dubbed it the "murder capital of Australia".
The Channel Seven's Today Tonight program, broadcast last night, has destroyed hopes for Alice Springs' upcoming tourist season, the Central Australian Tourism Industry Association (CATIA) said.
Today Tonight painted Alice Springs as a city of sin and a place where many residents were too scared to leave their homes.
Finally, the ugly truth about Alice Springs is out. Well done to Anna Coren and team for another sterling report uncovering unpleasant but necessary truths about our nation to the general public.
The only suggestion we could come up with for the Central Australian Tourism Industry Association on how to make the most of Alice Springs' chilling description as "a violent town awash with gangs, alcohol and criminals" is to rename the place Deadwood and hope that your average foreign tourist assumes it's a theme park of some sort.
Coming soon to Today Tonight:
- Adelaide - Downer breeding, serial murdering city of Churches. Erm, of Australia.
- Melbourne - pretentious insecure latte capital of Australia.
- Canberra - pot smoking, pyromaniacal porn capital of Australia.
- Gold Coast - Big Brother capital of Australia. Enough said.
Comments
harry
Posted May 4, 2007 10:22 PM
At least today tonight had the guts to tell how it really is in Alice Springs.
We have just traveled from Adelaide and up through the centre, and I can tell you Alice Springs is not the only region that has problems, all through northern territory Western Australia have these problems, and nothing is done about it. Most of the southerners traveling north are appalled at what they see, all too often I hear the comment, well I have changed my opinion now and I no longer have time or sympathy for these types of people.
The bush telegraph is very busy at the moment with no go zones. And no one will go there. I always ask fellow travelers about a town or region. And often you get told that these places are not even recommended even to stop. at for fuel These people are given to much and you could bet that most Australians are sick and tired them .the problems at Alice springs is of the regions own doing the place should have been cleaned up long ago and kept that way. HARRY