The Northern Territory government will introduce legislation next week to return the areas to 'dry zones'.
Alcohol bans will be reinstated to stop the sale of booze in central Australian communities and town camps.The removal of the bans has been blamed for a sharp increase in crime in Alice Springs.
The Northern Territory government will introduce legislation next week to return the areas to "dry zones", Chief Minister Natasha Fyles said on Monday. Ms Fyles said the new restrictions were based on the recommendations of the newly appointed central Australian regional controller Dorrelle Anderson.Ms Anderson, who was appointed after the prime minister's visit, reviewed the territory's opt-in alcohol restrictions, that replaced expired Intervention-inspired liquor bans last year.
Earlier, NT senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price made an impassioned plea for alcohol bans to be reinstated in Alice Springs to tackle a surging crime wave.
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