NT police 'not allowed' to address inquiry

THE NT government has blocked police officers and health workers from giving evidence to a federal indigenous alcohol use inquiry, MPs say.

NORTHERN Territory police and health workers have been barred from giving evidence to an inquiry on indigenous alcohol use, federal MPs say.

LABOR MP for Lingiari Warren Snowdon told community leaders on Groote Eylandt the federal inquiry wanted to hear from officers in NT communities about which harm-reduction measures were succeeding or failing.