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NT Government extends alcohol bans in Aboriginal communities and town camps
The Northern Territory Government has announced an extension of the total alcoho...
Dechlan Brennan 18 Jun 2026
Community safety at risk if alcohol protections lapse, NT Aboriginal health body warns
The Northern Territory Government must provide certainty about how it will maint...
Dechlan Brennan 4 Jun 2026
'We expect dignity, safety and fairness for everyone' - Kimberley leaders call for justice reform and safer courts
Djarindjin Aboriginal Corporation has urged reform of the Broome Courthouse and...
Giovanni Torre 23 Apr 2026
Police seize large quantity of alcohol bound for remote Kimberley town
Police in Western Australia's north-east Kimberley have seized a large quantity...
Natasha Clark 30 Mar 2026
Perth man charged with smuggling alcohol and cannabis in Kimberley region
A 44-year-old man from Boorloo/Perth has been charged with smuggling alcohol and...
Giovanni Torre 3 Jan 2026
Prominent Kimberley man charged over alleged sly grogging

A prominent Aboriginal man from Western Australia's north has appeared in court charged over the alleged sale of alcohol at inflated prices in dry communities in the Kimberley, according to reporting...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Dec 23, 2025
University of Sydney honours Professor Scott Wilson's decades of service to Indigenous health

Adjunct Professor Scott Wilson, an Aboriginal man of the Stolen Generation from Darwin, has been admitted as an Honorary Fellow of the University of Sydney, in a ceremony recognising his many years of...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 5, 2025
Marion Scrymgour speaks out on son’s drug addiction in deeply personal letter

The federal government's special envoy for remote communities has shared a deeply personal letter reflecting on her son's long struggle with methamphetamine addiction.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 4, 2025
Indigenous leaders partner with DrinkWise to raise FASD awareness

Indigenous leaders have teamed up with DrinkWise to encourage people to stay alcohol-free when planning a pregnancy, during pregnancy and while breastfeeding, in support of International FASD (Fetal A...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Sep 1, 2025
Drug overdose deaths spark calls for national action

Indigenous Australians die unintentionally from drug overdoses at a rate more than three and a half times higher than non-Indigenous Australians, a new report reveals.

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Farid Farid Sep 1, 2025
Parliament hosts call to action on FASD education

Indigenous leaders, health experts, and policymakers have gathered in Canberra to stress the urgent need for greater education and support around Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 25, 2025
Australian Medical Association condemns NT government abandoning alcohol floor price

The Australian Medical Association (NT) has expressed alarm at the Northern Territory government decision to scrap minimum unit pricing for alcohol, which it called "a crucial measure to reduce alcoho...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 12, 2025
Experts call for NT alcohol harm reduction measures to be retained

A group of community, health and Aboriginal community-controlled organisations have urged the NT government to retain the Minimum Unit Price (floor price) on alcohol across the Territory.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 11, 2025
Return to sender: Fitzroy Crossing cops and posties intercept booze deliveries in WA's north

Police and postal workers in Western Australia's Kimberley region have collaborated to stop people using the post to circumvent alcohol restrictions in the Fitzroy Valley.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 24, 2024
Experts urge NT Government to retain alcohol floor price to protect Territorians

Representatives from community, health, research and Aboriginal community-controlled organisations have called on the Northern Territory government to reconsider their plan to scrap the Minimum Unit P...

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Tiesha Hewitt Nov 28, 2024
Baker Boy and DrinkWise launch new alcohol education campaign for Indigenous youth

DrinkWise has launched new alcohol education resources featuring Australian music star Baker Boy and AFL star Daniel Rioli. The initiative, announced Thursday, aims to empower young Aboriginal and Tor...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Oct 31, 2024
NT nuisance public drinking laws pass Parliament

The CLP government's new nuisance public drinking laws have been passed in NT Parliament. Minister for Alcohol Policy Steve Edgington made the announcement this week, saying the laws were about "makin...

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Tiesha Hewitt Oct 25, 2024
NT government to re-criminalise public drunkeness, while also lowering the price of alcohol

Public drunkenness may become a crime in the Northern Territory as the government plans to wind back recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

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(A)manda Parkinson Oct 11, 2024
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