Sky News Northern Australia Correspondent Matt Cunningham says he expects to see a “total backflip” on the decision to allow alcohol back into some Alice Springs town camps.
In an exclusive interview with Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the decision was under review and they would consider making it an “opt out” initiative.
“That means the communities would have to put forward a special case if they wanted alcohol to come in,” Mr Cunningham told Sky News host Cory Bernardi. “That’s not what was done, basically the tap was turned straight back on and a lot of people said, ‘well they should have had to make the case as to why alcohol should have come in those communities in the first place’.”
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