No decision on Alice Springs alcohol bans yet after report handed to PM

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A decision on alcohol bans in central Australia could take up to a week as measures to reduce crime are still being discussed. 9News

"I would like to see the investment we know will drive the long-term change not only for Territorians but for all of those people living in disadvantage," she said.

Indigenous Northern Territory Country Liberal Party Senator Jacinta Price said the government needed to review where funding was going, following criticisms GST money had gone to fund urban areas. "I think it's hypocritical of her to suggest that there needs to be needs-based funding when she's been very heavily funded to provide the services that are needed for our most vulnerable community members."The review came off the back of Albanese's trip to Alice Springs amid calls for federal intervention in the crime wave.

Crime is on the rise, with residents at their wits' end after a surge of break-ins, vandalism and alcohol-related assaults. The latest data released by NT Police showed alcohol-related assault jumped 55 per cent in the last year to November, while domestic and common assault both increased by 43 per cent and 54 per cent, respectively.Commercial break-ins were up 56 per cent and reports of property damage climbed by almost 60 per cent.The prime minister announced

 

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Gotta love the left/Labor... just like with the boat people disaster under Rudd/Gillard again they take a situation that was working, crush it, create a disaster and then look to others to blame. Typical

No Brainer! Some just can’t handle it at all

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