Despite receiving a letter from Indigenous representatives pleading for an extension of alcohol restrictions in June 2022 and months of talks with the NT government, Linda Burney believes a Voice to Parliament would have prevented the new measures.
in response to skyrocketing crime rates in Alice Springs since the lapse of an Intervention-era alcohol ban last July.
Love news? Stream 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends 31 October, 2023 She also admitted to receiving a letter in June 2022 from the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress pleading with the government to extend the Intervention-era bans. “I have also been in constant discussion with the community organisations here in Alice Springs. This is not something that has come up overnight. This is something that has been brewing for a very long time.”
In Alice Springs, takeaway alcohol sales will be banned on Monday, Tuesday and Sunday for the next three months.
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