The NT Chief Minister is expected to meet with liquor and hospitality industry representatives today to consider options for reducing alcohol-related crime, following the fatal stabbing of a young worker at a bottle shop in Darwin.
Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles says the community wants urgent action to combat alcohol-related crime following the fatal stabbing of a young worker at a Darwin bottle shop, but she is yet to outline her government's response.
Ms Fyles stopped short of outlining what changes were being considered, and did not say when they would be implemented."And that's why it's important to work with police, work with industry particularly [as] they understand this type of business environment.Members of the public have left flowers outside the store where Declan Laverty died.
"This has got to be a turning point for the Fyles government to do things differently and stop the carnage on our streets because people have had enough."She said the government should implement an "immediate crackdown". "It is without a doubt the strong, industry-wide view that this unfortunately has been building and coming," Alex Bruce told ABC Radio Darwin.He said dangerous incidents had been occurring in a range of settings."We've had sledgehammers at cafes. We've had grown men with axes in their back pocket walking down main streets of suburbs of Darwin."Mr Bruce acknowledged there was no single measure that could fix the issue.
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