Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Is it not true that alcohol usage rates in the Northern Territory remain the highest in the country and leading figures in the world? I understand that the figures slightly increased after 2006 when major retailers in Alice Springs sought to undermine the measures by introducing and making available cheaper alcohol—sometimes to the point of $2 cleanskins. Did this have an impact on alcohol related harm in Alice Springs, and what action did the government take to address the issue of cheaper alcohol becoming available in Alice Springs and undermining the measures? (Time expired)