NON DISCRIMINATORY ALCOHOL MANAGEMENT
DEMAND 10
Repeal blanket alcohol bans in Aboriginal communities.
Provide resources to allow communities to develop local solutions to alcohol misuse that are driven by and appropriate to the needs of the community. Resource culturally appropriate and accessible alcohol treatment programs in all communities.
Broader measures to empower communities, employ Aboriginal people in rewarding work and ensure delivery of basic services are crucial for dealing with problems associated with alcohol
Provide resources to allow communities to develop local solutions to alcohol misuse that are driven by and appropriate to the needs of the community. Resource culturally appropriate and accessible alcohol treatment programs in all communities.
Broader measures to empower communities, employ Aboriginal people in rewarding work and ensure delivery of basic services are crucial for dealing with problems associated with alcohol
REFERENCES
Alcohol regulation and the Emergency Intervention: Not exactly best practice (PDF pg. 59)
CAEPR fellow Maggie Brady compares the race-based alcohol restrictions of the NTER to World Health Organisation research on measures which can help reduce alcohol related harm.
NT Intervention bulldozes the successful patchwork
Opinion piece by David Dalrymple, an NT prosecutor, outlining how NTER alcohol bans have undermined pre-existing community driven restrictions.