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(A)manda Parkinson

Drinking in public to become a crime again in territory

Medical experts have raised concerns, saying the laws will target Aboriginal people. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Public drunkenness may become a crime in the Northern Territory as the government plans to wind back recommendations from the Aboriginal deaths in custody royal commission.

Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro is reintroducing laws that will give police the powers to search and arrest people drinking in public, while also reducing the cost of alcohol.

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