Canny locals exploit booze ban loophole
Alice Springs locals are exploiting a loophole permitting them to drink alcohol in a licensed venue from as early as 11am despite booze bans coming in to force overnight.
Alice Springs locals are exploiting a loophole permitting them to drink alcohol in a licensed venue from as early as 11am despite booze bans coming in to force overnight.
Northern Territory ambulances have attended to nearly double the number of assaults and sexual attacks since strict alcohol bans lapsed late last year.
In a settlement called Utopia, north of Alice Springs, Matthew Mulladad hasn’t heard of the voice. But he’s never been more frightened.
As people try to get alcohol however they can before temporary grog bans in Alice Springs, the shocking rate of crime there has been revealed.
An outbreak of assaults, property damage and burglaries are expected to sweep Alice Springs in the wake of the booze restrictions implemented on the town this week.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will not support blanket alcohol bans across central Australia despite calls from Indigenous leaders that extreme measures are needed.
Residents won’t have access to takeaway alcohol on Mondays and Tuesdays after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese flew in to address the town’s skyrocketing crime rates.
Bettrina Pula Bundy wants to see her daughters, aged 8 and 5, grow up with a life centered around education and away from the temptations of alcohol and crime in the Alice.
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The besieged residents of Alice Springs saw something this week they had rarely seen in recent years: police in control of the town. And they immediately smelled a rat.
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