High rates of crime and alcohol-fuelled violence plaguing Alice Springs are a legacy of the now-repealed Northern Territory Intervention, a senior traditional owner says, as the potential return of blanket alcohol bans loom.
The comments come after NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker, said "broken" services in remote communities were also forcing remote community residents to leave for bigger centres.
Beyond changes to alcohol policy, Ms Dodds said remote communities needed support to rebuild what had come undone. Ms Fyles today floated the idea of a popular vote to determine whether community-level bans were reinstated. Mr Tilmouth said domestic violence was partly being fuelled by "disputes over money, the lack of money, the lack of food, the lack of even having a place to stay".
But the head of the Alice Springs women's shelter Larissa Ellis said it was "frustrating" to see alcohol presented as a primary driver of domestic violence.
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