Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles said she expects alcohol bans to return in central Australian communities and town camps by the end of next week.
Prominent Alice Springs businessman Darren Clarke has unleashed on the Fyles Northern Territory Government over its lacklustre response to the ongoing crime and alcohol crisis in his town.
The former Coalition Government wrote to the Northern Territory Government last March saying it was happy for Intervention-era legislation which had banned alcohol in town camps to expire.
First Nations people and organisations have continued to propose solutions and call for genuine consultation between affected communities at all levels of government. But, as Jacob Andrewartha reports, they are being sidelined.
The Northern Territory Government is being urged to immediately reinstate alcohol bans in Alice Springs town camps after a report recommended they be restored without delay.