SBS presenter says she was harassed by a cop in Alice Springs bottle shop

She detailed the story on Friday at the Women In Media national conference on the Gold Coast, saying she just wanted a bottle of wine to share with her crew over dinner at a nearby restaurant.

“She was implying I was a grog runner, that I was getting alcohol to take to a restricted area,” Ms Grant said.“I happened to run into a friend who was coming into the alcohol store as well and I told him what happened and … he said ‘it happens to us all the time’. The NT government spends millions of dollars each year trying to curb alcohol-fuelled violence. Picture: Jason EdwardsHowever, the system has been criticised for discriminating against Aboriginal customers.

SBS karlagrant28 Stop chasing head lines, every one in the NT who goes to buy alcohol has to show identification.

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