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Advocates say PM's Alice Springs alcohol response ignores calls for needs-based domestic violence funding

The federal government is still resisting calls for needs-based funding for domestic violence services in the Northern Territory, despite citing concerns about women's safety as a basis for emergency alcohol restrictions.

Limits on takeaway alcohol purchases and bottle-shop opening hours in Alice Springs took effect on Wednesday following Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's emergency trip to the town on Tuesday.

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