One town's struggle with grog and homelessness
Chris Uhlmann travels to Katherine to discover how the intervention has changed the Northern Territory town.
View ArticleTerritory Hotels Association supports alcohol floor price
With Territorians drinking 150 per cent more than the national average, experts believe a floor price on alcohol might reduce the number of problem drinkers.
View ArticleGrog graves mark lives lost to alcohol
Residents in a Northern Territory community build graves featuring beer can effigies to make a statement about the deadly results of alcohol abuse.
View ArticleHaunting reality of alcohol confronts community
Alcohol related deaths have become commonplace in many Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory, but for the people of Binjari, the problem has reached a critical point and elders have resorted...
View ArticleBush publican bashed after refusing to serve grog
Police have arrested a man who allegedly assaulted the publican of a small Northern Territory community.
View ArticleCrocs lurk as police pull drunk woman from river
Northern Territory Police say an officer jumped in to a river where crocodiles were lurking to rescue a drunk woman who had gone for a swim.
View ArticleHotel reprimanded for grog sale ID breach
The Katherine Hotel has been reprimanded by the Northern Territory Licensing Commission for breaching the liquor act.
View ArticleBanned drinkers details to be checked online
Licence-holders have expressed outrage at the Government's plan to enforce the Banned Drinkers Register through online and interstate alcohol purchases
View ArticleMobile home driver fined for dodgy bridge crossing
A man has been fined after speeding over a damaged Northern Territory crossing in his mobile home while under the influence.
View ArticleTerritory grog control laws dismissed as failure
The Member for Katherine says grog restrictions introduced in the Northern Territory parliament last year have been a monumental failure.
View ArticleAlarm at petrol sniffing increase in Katherine
The Katherine Mayor says petrol sniffers in her town should be sent back to their remote communities and the Federal Government should foot the bill.
View ArticleCommunities fear resurgence of petrol sniffing
An Indigenous community group says a petrol sniffing epidemic in the Northern Territory town of Katherine is getting worse.
View ArticleKatherine Mayoral Race
The race is on for a new mayor to take over the Top End town of Katherine. The mayoral election has reignited debate over how the town best deals with high rates of alcohol abuse and anti social...
View ArticleCommunity groups unite to tackle petrol sniffing
A collection of community interest groups from a Top End town have moved to support the introduction of a petrol that doesn't give sniffers a "high".
View ArticleSupport grows for Opal fuel in Katherine region
The Member for the Northern Territory seat of Katherine says he is open to the idea of non-aromatic Opal fuel being rolled out across the region.
View ArticleSniffer steals petrol from remote police station
A man broke in to a remote Northern Territory police station to steal 20 litres of fuel for the purpose of petrol sniffing.
View ArticleTaxi drivers, police agree on grog fare go zones
The Northern Territory Taxi Council says it will work with police to prevent alcohol entering restricted areas.
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