‘Alcohol laws can’t solve this’: NT Indigenous groups welcome new funding but urge longer-term solutions

The funding measures, along with the reintroduction of alcohol bans, were called a ‘circuit breaker’ by federal NT senator, Malarndirri McCarthy

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Indigenous organisations are welcoming much-needed federal funding for youth, employment and health investments in Central Australia, announced alongside the reintroduction of alcohol bans in the Northern Territory.

The measures announced Monday mean that Aboriginal people living in remote communities and town camps in the NT will not be able to buy takeaway alcohol, with the communities reverting to becoming dry areas.

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