High crime rates and continued domestic and public violence in Alice Springs has prompted demands for action, with Police Minister Kate Worden set to meet with alcohol retailers to find solutions.
, making liquor legal in dozens of Aboriginal living areas for the first time in 15 years, there has been a surge in alcohol-fuelled violence in the region.
Licensed grocery stores — excluding Coles and Woolworths — are also required to cap their liquor sales so that they do not exceed 25 per cent of total sales. "I'm really keen to sit them at the table and ask them if they've got solutions things like secondary supply," she said.
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