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Alcohol bans and law and order responses to crime in Alice Springs haven't worked in the past, and won't work now

  • Written by Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
Alcohol bans and law and order responses to crime in Alice Springs haven't worked in the past, and won't work nowPin Rada/AAP

Since colonisation, “interventions” to curb Aboriginal “crime” and alcohol have been deployed to control and harm First Nations communities and people. Nowhere is this more true than in the Northern Territory.

When these moral panics reach the national media and political stage, the response has typically been...

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