An Indigenous senator has made an impassioned plea for alcohol bans to be reinstated in Alice Springs to tackle a surging crime wave.
Northern Territory senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price told the senate chamber her family had experienced sexual violence, trauma and murder in central Australia because of alcohol.
The Country Liberal Party senator will move a bill to legislate the reinstatement of an alcohol ban after the Stronger Futures laws lapsed last year.
Senator Price said she'd been working on her bill since August, weeks after the legislation lapsed.
"It's not something that has come about as a knee-jerk reaction," she said.
"I knew with the removal of the cashless debit card, with the ending of the Stronger Futures legislation, this was going to happen.
"I don't want to lose any more family members to alcohol-fuelled violence in town camps."
She also invited the prime minister to talk to her, saying she could bring a wealth of knowledge and personal experience to the table.
"I would absolutely welcome a conversation with the prime minister. It's no longer about politics, it's about saving lives," she told reporters in Canberra.
"I've lived my entire life in Alice Springs. I know what the situation is on the ground."
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles have been handed a report on Alice Springs.
It reportedly recommends grog bans while alcohol management plans can be enacted.
The prime minister is due to respond to the recommendations and make the report public this week.
