With a report expected to be delivered to the prime minister as to whether alcohol bans should be reinstated in town camps and remote communities, residents set to be impacted by the decision are speaking out.
abc.net.au/news/alice-springs-divided-over-new-alcohol-restrictions/101893268As a decision looms as to whether Northern Territory Intervention-era alcohol bans should be reinstated, residents who could be impacted by the potential changes are considering their options.
Janelle Driver resides in the Hidden Valley town camp, one of more than a dozen communities on the outskirts of town previously subjected to a long-term grog ban. "We need more support, especially for the young blokes doing the wrong things, and then maybe they'll change."'Kids are going wild'surging crime and alcohol-fuelled violenceWhen the Northern Territory government introduced its own legislation to replace the federal bans last year, it had maintained the Stronger Futures laws were a "race-based policy that disempowered Aboriginal Territorians".
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