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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
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...
Natasha Clark 23 Dec 2025
Australian Medical Association condemns NT government abandoning alcohol floor price
The Australian Medical Association (NT) has expressed alarm at the Northern Terr...
Giovanni Torre 12 Feb 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
Kimberley Aboriginal medical peak body warns new alcohol restrictions will fail without comprehensive action

Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services warned on Friday that new liquor restrictions announced for Broome and Derby this week "are not enough" in isolation.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 14, 2024
NT Aboriginal Justice Agency criticises move to allow private security to carry pepper spray

The decision by the Northern Territory government to allow private security guards to use pepper spray at bottle shops has been criticised by a leading NT legal group, who argue they are alarmed at th...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 6, 2024
"We are not involved in sly grogging" - Elder calls out "unfair" application of alcohol rules

A prominent Nyikina Mangala community leader in WA's Kimberley region says she has been unfairly targeted and branded under the region's liquor restrictions.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 20, 2024
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress warns absence of inspectors will spark "new wave" of alcohol-driven harm in Alice Springs

Central Australian Aboriginal Congress warned on Monday that the Northern Territory government's decision to leave Alice Springs bottle shops without full coverage from Police Auxiliary Licensing Insp...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 18, 2024
Second senior Nationals MP in alcohol incident

The federal Nationals deputy leader Perin Davey has admitted to drinking before speaking during a parliamentary hearing but says she was not drunk.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 18, 2024
Alcohol restrictions alone will not work, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services board warns

Alcohol restrictions in Western Australia's far north will do little to tackle the health issue of substances abuse, the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services warned on Thursday.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 15, 2024
What if Barnaby had been Black?

The former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia was filmed lying flat on his back, muttering obscenities into his phone in Braddon, a suburb of Canberra, last Wednesday night.

Reece Harley Reece Harley Feb 12, 2024
Kerrynne Liddle urges more action to tackle family and domestic violence in the NT

Indigenous senator Kerrynne Liddle has renewed her call for more action to combat domestic and family violence in the Northern Territory. Senator Liddle, the federal Opposition spokesperson for Child...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 4, 2024
Darwin bottle shop hours change from Monday to tackle alcohol related harm

A new time change trial in Greater Darwin will begin on Monday, 11 December, in a bid to curb alcohol related harm. Announced earlier this month, requested by the Northern Territory Police Commissione...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 10, 2023
Police push for widespread alcohol bans across regional Western Australia

WA Police are pursuing liquor sale restrictions across regional Western Australia in response to a spike in alcohol-related violence. The ABC reports that Deputy Police Commissioner Allan Adams has ur...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 5, 2023
Alcohol and racism fuelling 'shocking' NT violence

Indigenous leader Marcia Langton has called for alcohol restrictions across the entire Northern Territory to solve the scourge of domestic violence and rejected suggestions the crisis is a cultural is...

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Neve Brissenden Nov 1, 2023
Alcohol action coalition calls for extended takeaway restriction in Mparntwe / Alice Springs before July expiry

The Northern Territory Government is due to make a call on restrictions over takeaway alcohol sales in Mparntwe / Alice Springs before current measures expire in July.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Jun 23, 2023
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