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Labor MP slams lapse of NT alcohol ban

Lingiari MP Marion Scrymgour has criticised the decision to allow NT alcohol restrictions to lapse. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The decision to allow alcohol restrictions to lapse in some Northern Territory communities was comparable to withdrawing troops from Afghanistan without providing support to those left behind, a new Labor MP says.

Marion Scrymgour is the first Indigenous Australian to represent the sprawling electorate of Lingiari in the Northern Territory, which spans more than one million square kilometres.

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