Report into Alice Springs unrest recommends urgent alcohol ban in central Australian communities

A bottle shop in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. One of the key recommendations of an urgent report into rising street violence is to impose alcohol bans in certain central Australian communities. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

The Northern Territory government must urgently amend its laws to impose alcohol bans in central Australian communities, including the town camps in Alice Springs, according to a snap review.

The bans would remain in place until communities have time to develop their own alcohol management plans. Once those plans are in place, communities may then opt out of the legislative restrictions.