What is going on in the often troubled town of Alice Springs? On the
streets of Alice Springs, in town camps, drinking camps and out on the
highway, in gatherings awash with alcohol, men kill one another in
seemingly senseless acts of aggression and revenge. Men kill their
wives, families feud, women join the fighting and, in the wings,
children watch and learn. From the ordered environment of the courtroom,
Trouble lays out in detail some of this deep disorder in the town's
recent history. Drawing on her decades as a journalist in Central
Australia, as well as experience of its everyday life, Kieran Finnane
recognises a story beyond the horror and tragedy of the events, the
guilt or innocence of perpetrators, to witness a town and region being
painfully remade. In this groundbreaking book, we hear the voices from
Australia's troubled heart and gain a unique insight into the challenges
and potential of this hard and beautiful place.