Alice Springs bottle shop owners say they've seen a spike in aggression at local liquor outlets since police auxiliary liquor inspectors were suddenly removed.
Police auxiliary liquor inspectors have been removed from suburban bottle shops in Alice Springs.The Northern Territory government has defended its abrupt removal of police auxiliary liquor inspectors from Alice Springs bottle shops, despite claims it has unleashed "chaos" at local liquor outlets.PALIs have the power to intervene and stop takeaway alcohol sales at bottle shops across the NT while checking patrons' ID and whether they have a place to drink.
"There are PALIs, there are constables, there are unmarked secondary supply policing operations occurring right now in Alice Springs and that will continue right through to June," he said.Alice Springs local Alecia Buchanan said she was at the East Side IGA on Saturday night when staff were forced to close the shop's doors after a customer was "extremely aggressive" towards a security guard.
Meanwhile those not impacted by the cap, including Coles and Woolworths, were continuing to see a fixed presence of PALIs or constables. Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, the region's Indigenous health service, warned the removal of PALIs would lead to a "new wave" of alcohol-related harm in the town.Chief executive Donna Ah Chee said while Congress supported career progression for PALIs, she was mystified why they had been withdrawn "all at the same time" and on "extremely short notice".
"That is the Territory Safety Division and other specialist capabilities going down to conduct a social order operation in and around Alice Springs," he said.Mr Finn said antisocial behaviour in Alice Springs at the weekend had "absolutely everything" to do with a lack of coverage at local bottle shops.
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