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NT government under fire for letting Alice Springs grog bans lapse, urged to act quickly on report

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner has thrown her support behind recommendations that takeaway alcohol bans be immediately reinstated in Indigenous communities across Central Australia. 

The freshly installed Regional Controller, Dorrelle Anderson, was last week tasked by the NT and federal governments with recommending a way forward on alcohol policy in and around Alice Springs, following a serious uptick in crime and violence in the outback town.

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