Indigenous groups say they received no proper support when the 15-year-old Commonwealth bans lapsed last year, as the NT and federal governments pledge funds for future solutions.
She said there should have been extensive consultation done by government before the bans ended, and more facilities and services set up to provide support.
The bans lifted less than two months after the Albanese government was elected, but before the first sittings of the new parliament, a fact that has seen Labor distance itself from responsibility."We weren't the government when that decision was made," Mr Albanese said last week. When asked if more focus should have been put on the liquor bans lapsing by the incoming government, Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney did not directly answer.
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