Matt Paterson: Alice Springs mayor calls for harsher restrictions on crime and alcohol in the region - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Calls for harsher alcohol restrictions in Australia's Northern Territory.

Reports of domestic violence and crime have soared since a law banning alcohol consumption in town camps in Alice Springs expired last July.

Australian PM Anthony Albanese has recently banned selling takeaway booze on Monday and Tuesday and restricted sales hours for the rest of the week.

Alice Springs mayor, Matt Paterson says these restrictions won't be enough to curb crime and violence.

"We've got an alcohol problem and an anti-social behaviour problem. And so we can't say they're intertwined with alcohol, they're two separate issues. And we've just had the alcohol restrictions."

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