The Northern Territory is about to ease alcohol restrictions, but more consultation from First Nations community members is needed first
- Written by Elizabeth Crawford Spencer, Professor of Law, Charles Darwin University

In 2012, legislation was introduced in the Northern Territory to restrict the possession and supply of alcohol without a liquor license or permit in designated alcohol protected areas in the Northern Territory.
This legislation will expire at midnight on 16 July 2022, when 344 areas where Aboriginal people live will go back to...