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Lloyd Jones

Lifting alcohol ban will boost crimes, peak body warns

Interim alcohol restrictions in Indigenous communities in the NT are set to expire in February. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Lifting alcohol restrictions in Indigenous communities would lead to a dramatic rise in domestic violence and other crimes, a peak Aboriginal medical body says.

An extension of community liquor bans in the Northern Territory is being sought ahead of a looming deadline and amid fears a lapse would have devastating consequences.

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