'Two drinks tops': elderly warned of health risks
Drinking guidelines for older Australians should be lowered to no more than two drinks per day, according to a Melbourne researcher. But not all Territorians are supportive of the idea
View ArticleProblem drinkers, hospital patients lose services as Minister plays tough
More drunks will be taken into custody and Indigenous people who visit Darwin from remote communities will be stranded, after the Government axes funding for the Larrakia Nation night patrol and return...
View ArticlePolice questioning of alcohol patrons 'intimidating'
The head of Katherine's Liquor Stores Association says police in the town are going into pubs and shops and questioning patrons about where they plan to drink alcohol.
View ArticlePush for rehab instead of prison in the NT
The national council on drugs has expressed concerns over the Territory Government's plans to build minimum security prisons for problem drunks, after new figures reveal the cost of imprisoning...
View ArticleDoubts about mandatory rehab of problem drunks
Health and Alcohol Policy Minister Dave Tollner says he is not confident that the mandatory rehabilitation of problem drunks will reform them. But he says the Government's rehab scheme is necessary...
View ArticleCLP won't bow to PM's call for BDR to be reinstated
Northern Territory acting Chief Minsiter Robyn Lambley says the Country Liberal Party will not bow to pressure from the Federal Government to reinstate the Banned Drinker Register
View ArticleJenny Macklin to push Chief Minister on BDR
Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin will meet Chief Minister Terry Mills today to push for the Banned Drinker Register to be reinstated
View ArticleTwo men arrested in Katherine cannabis bust
Northern Territory Police say they have cracked a drug operation that saw commercial amounts of cannabis carted from South Australia to be sold on the streets of Katherine.
View ArticleMan in court over alleged murder
A man charged with murdering a woman outside a remote community faced court today.
View ArticleChange not possible this lifetime: Katherine Mayor
Katherine's Mayor Fay Miller says she does not believe she will see her town overcome widespread antisocial behaviour and homelessness within her lifetime.
View ArticlePolice target drunks and antisocial behaviour
Five people have been arrested and more than 60 taken into protective custody during the first two days of a police blitz at Katherine.
View ArticleCompulsory alcohol rehabilitation bill attacked
A Top End justice organisation says the Northern Territory Government's new mandatory alcohol rehabilitation legislation is draconian.
View ArticleRoad train dead seen at local drinking camp
Police say a man and women killed by a road train near the Northern Territory town of Katherine had been drinking at a roadside camp.
View ArticleCommission calls for more local control of grog
The Northern Territory Licensing Commission says two remote communities plagued by grog problems should set up a locally-controlled system to allow more residents get alcohol permits.
View ArticleThey tried to make me go to rehab...
Visit one of St Vinnies' free lunches in Darwin and you are bound to find people who have been to alcohol rehabilitation programs. Finding one who has completed a program is another story though. So is...
View ArticleKatherine Hospital loses beds to mandatory rehab
Four beds at the Katherine Hospital will be used to treat drunks under the Government's new mandatory rehabilitation scheme, with no date set for the creation of a purpose-built facility in the region.
View ArticleHospital beds hijacked for grog rehab scheme
Four beds at the Katherine Hospital will be set aside for people undergoing clinical assessments for the Northern Territory Government's mandatory alcohol rehabilitation scheme.
View ArticleCall for licensed clubs in Aboriginal communities
The Mayor of Katherine has called for licensed clubs to be set up in remote Aboriginal communities to help prevent fatalities at roadside drinking camps.
View ArticleMandatory grog rehab gets wobbles in Top End town
The Northern Territory Opposition says the Government's mandatory alcohol rehabilitation scheme in the town of Katherine is in a state of chaos.
View ArticleSign of drying times as alcohol consumption falls
Alcohol consumption per person in the Northern Territory has fallen to its lowest level since 2004.
View ArticleNo 'silver bullet' in Indigenous portfolio shift
Northern Territory Country Liberals Senator Nigel Scullion says there is no single way to address alcohol problems in remote Aboriginal communities.
View ArticleCash controls for mandatory grog rehab patients
The Northern Territory Government will begin quarantining welfare payments of people in mandatory alcohol rehabilitation programs.
View ArticleViolence around Top Springs Hotel prompts Licensing Commission to clamp down...
An outback hotel has had some of the toughest restrictions on selling alcohol ever imposed in the Northern Territory, after being linked to violence in nearby Aboriginal communities and a death. The NT...
View ArticleTop Springs grog restrictions is new banned drinker register, NT Opposition says
A new register prohibiting grog sales to problem drinkers is just another banned drinker register (BDR), the Northern Territory Opposition has said. The NT Licensing Commission has banned the Top...
View ArticleAlcohol Mandatory Treatment centre in Katherine canned following community...
An Alcohol Mandatory Treatment (AMT) centre slated for Katherine has been canned following community outrage about its industrial location.
View ArticleKatherine's plastic wine bottle policy a bandaid solution for alcohol abuse,...
Jenny Duggan picks up so much rubbish that she can guess an empty wine bottle's brand from metres away. The litter collector says Katherine's new plastic bottle policy does not go far enough.
View ArticleViolent offenders in NT should face compulsory tests for drug ice, report finds
Anyone arrested for violent offences in the Northern Territory should be tested to see if they have taken the drug ice, a new report into the drug's impact on the NT recommends.
View ArticleSober drivers in Katherine offered chance to win $500 in NT Police...
An outback town in the Northern Territory is rewarding people who blow a zero blood alcohol reading, giving them a chance to win cash.
View ArticleNT Police handing out discount fuel vouchers to reward sober drivers over...
Darwin drivers who blow under the limit will be given discount fuel vouchers this month, as part of an NT Police bid to reduce drink-driving over the Christmas period.
View ArticleTake-away alcohol consumers waiting 'about three minutes' during licence...
A bottle-shop manager says customers buying alcohol at the weekend were waiting about three minutes longer than usual, under a trial of new licence scanning equipment in Katherine.
View ArticleKatherine plagued by anti-social behaviour amid failing banned drinkers...
The Northern Territory town of Katherine is struggling with anti-social behaviour on its streets due to a lessened police presence and a failing banned drinkers register, its Mayor says.
View ArticleFears ice infiltrating remote Top End community of Wadeye
Northern Territory Police, health services and community stakeholders have met in the remote Top End community of Wadeye, amid a recent spate of health centre admissions linked to the drug ice.
View ArticleHemp industry has high hopes for Top End production as legalisation decision...
The company that trialled hemp in Katherine says the crop could have a big future in the Northern Territory, if it gets government support.
View ArticleNT town residents call for change after six killed walking 25km home from...
Half a dozen deaths have occurred in the past decade on a small stretch of highway, 300 kilometres south-east of Darwin, and residents say they can all be linked to a policy aimed at reducing...
View ArticleAlcohol-fuelled violence in Katherine has reached Darwin levels, police say
The Northern Territory Police say they believe royalty money used to buy alcohol is behind an upsurge in violent incidents, including a series of sexual assaults, over the past few days in Katherine.
View ArticleKatherine sobering-up-shelter intake spikes by 500 per cent as town...
Public drunkenness and violence in Katherine spikes dramatically since police withdrew a permanent presence at the town's bottle shops, with residents reporting "brawling and blueing" on the streets.
View ArticleWoman charged with driving on drugs three times in a week
A woman has been charged three times this week for driving on drugs, with a used syringe allegedly found beside a five-year-old passenger on one occasion.
View ArticleDo Darwin residents really drink more than other Australians?
Having a beer, or several, is both held up as an ideological lifestyle trophy and condemned as a huge source of harm in the community. But is Darwin really that drunk?
View ArticleNT Police did not have power to breath-test woman in her home, judge finds
An Aboriginal woman in Katherine has been breath-tested in her own home by Northern Territory Police despite officers receiving no complaint about her and arrested for being in breach of a domestic...
View ArticleThe Northern Territory remains Australia's haven for unregulated boaties but...
Currently in the NT, there's no need for boat registration or boat licensing, while recreational boaties have no drink-boating limit that applies to them while on the water. And according to the...
View ArticleOne in every 33 people in Northern Territory seeks treatment for alcohol...
Between 6,000 and 8,000 people sought treatment for alcohol problems in the Northern Territory in 2016/2017, a first-of-its-kind study shows.
View ArticleIs the NT kicking its cask wine addiction? Bottle shops lifting their...
Bottle shops in Darwin have eased voluntary restrictions on the sale of cask wine, saying Government policies have made them superfluous. But the move has prompted criticism from police, and a major...
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