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NT federal politicians Jacinta Price, Marion Scrymgour highlight Indigenous policy failures in maiden speeches

Northern Territory senator Jacinta Price and Member for Lingiari Marion Scrymgour both address Aboriginal disadvantage, domestic violence and alcohol laws in their maiden speeches in federal politics.

ABC News · Jul 27, 2022

Covid pandemic increased binge drinking with a surge of hospital admissions expected

The Covid pandemic has had a significant impact on most with the lingering effects still present. According to a new report, excessive drinking habits have also been hit with an estimated one million hospital admissions expected from alcohol-related instances alone

Daily Mirror · Jul 27, 2022

Labor MP slams lapse of NT alcohol ban

The new Labor MP for Lingiari in the Northern Territory has criticised the former government for allowing community alcohol restricting laws to lapse.

AAP · Jul 27, 2022

Northern Territory government facing calls to pause new post-intervention alcohol laws

Pressure is growing on the Northern Territory government to change its alcohol policy, as frontline services report spikes in alcohol-related incidents following the end of alcohol bans.

ABC News · Jul 26, 2022

Drinking over seven pints of beer a week makes your DNA age, study finds

Data from half a million Britons enrolled in the Biobank was used to look for genetic markers showing how much alcohol a person drinks. People with longer telomeres are thought to have longer lifespans

Daily Mirror · Jul 26, 2022

Mum who had 'two pints' marched off Ryanair flight in Manchester by police after she became 'verbally aggressive'

'I didn't do nothing wrong', she told officers as she was taken away

Manchester Evening News · Jul 26, 2022

World Cup travel survival kit: Everything you need to know about Qatar 2022

On the eve of the tournament, Simon Calder reports on the latest state of travel play

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2022

Chaos as 21 people die and dozens sick after drinking homemade moonshine

Locals in western India have been hospitalised after drinking homemade booze which is often filled with chemicals and pesticides for a higher percentage on the black market

Daily Mirror · Jul 26, 2022

Binge-drinking mum tried to frame 2 men for horrific abuse of her three-month-old

Julia Priadina, 32, tried to blame two complete strangers for abuse after she was caught inflicting more than 30 injuries on her three-month-old baby leaving the vulnerable child cut and bruised

Daily Mirror · Jul 26, 2022

Mum who downed two pints before swearing at passengers on Ryanair flight spared jail

Lyndsey Fitzsimmons, 39, was on a Ryanair flight from Lanzarote to Manchester in February, when the pilot was forced to alert police 17 minutes before the plane was due to land

Daily Mirror · Jul 26, 2022