For the last few months traditional owner John Wilson has been devastated to see an upsurge in alcohol-fuelled violence tearing his remote Northern Territory Indigenous community, Peppimenarti, apart.Peppimenarti community leaders say increased welfare payments are being spent on alcoholThe community is trying to address its problems by building community pride in new sports projects
He said smugglers are taking advantage of the increased demand, in a community where takeaway alcohol has been banned since the NT Intervention in 2007. The traditional owner said the heavy drinking has exacerbated tensions and jealousies within the community, which usually simmer below the surface.They have made some big seizures but they can't man the main road into the area all the time and the smugglers carefully monitor the officers' shifts.Many people in the community of 200 rely on welfare and under the Federal Government's remote work-for-the-dole scheme, most who can are usually engaged in work and training.
Children who've truanted from school during the COVID-19 crisis won't be allowed to ride here if they skip school.
Can I invest
indigenous keeps blaming gov for their health outcome It is their drinking spree n parties that is ruining their health They must be bored in dusty plains with nothing around
This is where our $33B tax is going each year to look after the indigenous. And the left want to give more.
Supply and demand...
You can't have exploitation of this kind if you don't have fools buying it at that price. Really who needs a drink that bad.
Is this the Daily Telegraph or ABC?
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