00:00 In one of the busiest parts of the city, police are called to another brazen attack.
00:07 The second alleged rape in a week, both in broad daylight.
00:12 I don't understand how we've gotten to this point where this behaviour is occurring.
00:17 Yesterday a 56-year-old man was arrested after allegedly raping a woman on Austin Lane in
00:23 Darwin CBD on Tuesday afternoon.
00:26 And in a separate incident last Thursday, a woman was allegedly raped at the busy Darwin
00:30 bus exchange around 2.30 in the afternoon.
00:34 Both incidents condemned by politicians, with questions raised over how these alleged assaults
00:40 could have occurred.
00:42 Women community members should have the right to move around our community safely and those
00:47 types of incidences are completely unacceptable.
00:50 But the incidents follow an alarming trend, with sexual assaults rising 28% across the
00:55 territory over the past year and other assaults rising just as fast.
01:00 Additional police won't be deployed to the city, but officials say the community shouldn't
01:05 be alarmed.
01:06 The police are out there every day, 24/7, doing everything they can to keep the community
01:10 safe.
01:11 Austin Lane is one of Darwin's busiest thoroughfares and many were shocked to hear accusations
01:17 of a sexual assault in such a public place, let alone the second allegation of its kind
01:24 in a week.
01:25 Both sides of politics have put forward their solutions to the crime crisis in the NT.
01:30 Labor says it's working with police, while the CLP says a tough on crime approach is
01:36 the answer.
01:37 Territorians cannot wait generations for change to happen.
01:41 They're not feeling safe right now.
01:44 The 56-year-old man appeared in the Darwin local court this morning and was remanded
01:48 in custody until his next court date in November.
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