Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has urged further action to protect children in central Australian Indigenous communities following the reintroduction of alcohol bans.
The Northern Territory government will bring legislation next week to reinstate dry zones, which communities will be able to opt out of if they choose.
To do so, they will require 60 per cent of residents to support the decision and have an alcohol management plan.
The restrictions follow a report by Northern Territory Regional Controller Dorelle Anderson, which was prompted by a surge in alcohol-fuelled violence.
Dutton said he welcomed the alcohol bans, but more needed to be done to stop the violence in Indigenous communities….