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Nyunggai Warren Mundine

The Voice is not going to fix Alice Springs

Any policy which does not increase economic participation and independence is a waste of time and money.

This week senior politicians, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, descended on Alice Springs amidst an escalating crisis of alcohol related violence and crime in Aboriginal communities. This crisis is not a surprise. Last year, alcohol bans were lifted in hundreds of town camps, remote communities and homeland communities across the Northern Territory and the Albanese government proudly abolished cashless welfare across the country. Many Aboriginal people, including Senator Jacinta Price and myself, warned that abolishing these measures would be a disaster. And here we are.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Alice Springs on Tuesday. Kate Geraghty

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Nyunggai Warren Mundine AO is Executive Chairman at Nyungga Black Group Pty Ltd and a former advisor to four prime ministers. He is also a former national president of the Australian Labor Party and a former candidate for the Liberal Party.

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