Opt-out grog bans are now back in force in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory.
The Liquor Amendment Bill passed the Northern Territory parliament on Tuesday, a few hours after it was introduced by Chief Minister Natasha Fyles on what was the NT parliament’s first sitting day of the year.
On Thursday afternoon, she tweeted the Northern Territory’s Liquor Amendment Act 2023 “is now in effect.”
Ms Fyles had been reluctant to reintroduce the alcohol bans which abruptl...
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