Youth worker NT's Australian of the Year
WILL MacGregor, founder of the BushMob youth rehab centre in Alice Springs, was awarded NT Australian of the Year for his innovative program.
MORE than 30 years ago, in a different life, Will MacGregor was no stranger to drugs and alcohol.
THE youth worker could relate to the struggles with substance abuse some young indigenous people in the Northern Territory were facing, and so in consultation with Aboriginal elders he devised trips out on country, where young people could detox and re-evaluate their choices.
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