1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: Bungelung Calcuttin woman from Gadighl Country. The Daily oz acknowledges 3 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the 4 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: Gadighl people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torres 5 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: Strait Island and nations. We pay our respects to the 6 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: first peoples of these countries, both past and present. 7 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 2: Good morning and welcome to the Daily os. It's Monday, 8 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 2: the third of April. I'm Sara, I'm Sam. The Northern 9 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 2: Territory Government will offer to buy back grocery stores alcohol licenses. 10 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 2: It's the latest in a series of reforms aimed at 11 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,880 Speaker 2: targeting alcohol related violence in the territory, and it comes 12 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 2: after a twenty year old man, Declan Lavity, was fatally 13 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 2: stabbed while working at a Darwin bottle shop. We're going 14 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 2: to explain how the NT is trying to tackle crime 15 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 2: in the Dick Dive. But first, Sam, there was a 16 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 2: by election in the federal seat of Aston this last weekend. 17 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 3: That's all right, Zara. A massive weekend in Australian politics. 18 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 3: Labor secured their first win at a federal by election 19 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 3: by a government from an opposition since nineteen twenty after 20 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 3: the government's candidate in the Melbourne seat of Aston, Mary Doyle, 21 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 3: secured victory Doyle one in the two party preferred swing 22 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 3: by at least six percent, meaning the Liberal Party now 23 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 3: holds only three seats out of twenty six in Melbourne. 24 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 2: Finland has joined the Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization, more commonly 25 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 2: referred to as NATO after Turkie approved its bid, the 26 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 2: last nation in the alliance to do so. Finland sought 27 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 2: to join NATO after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Along with Sweden. 28 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 2: Finland shares a border with Russia and began construction of 29 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 2: a two hundred kilometer fence to strengthen security at its 30 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 2: southern border earlier this year. 31 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 3: And Max v Stuppen has taken out the twenty twenty 32 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 3: three Australian Grand after a chaotic race at Melbourne's Albert Park. 33 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 3: There were three red flag stoppages in the race, which 34 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 3: is now Vistappen's thirty seventh career victory. Australian driver Oscar 35 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 3: Pastre scored his first f one points in his debut 36 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 3: home Grand Prix, finishing in eighth place, and. 37 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 2: The good News Justice Deborah Mortimer will be the first 38 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 2: woman to serve as Chief Justice of the Australian Federal Court. 39 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 2: That's after being appointed to the role last week. Mortimer 40 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 2: has served as a Federal Court judged since twenty thirteen. 41 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 2: Towards the end of last week, the Northern Territory government 42 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 2: announced a new strategy to reduce alcohol related violence. It 43 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 2: was a voluntary buyback scheme that would allow grocery stores 44 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:50,519 Speaker 2: which currently sell alcohol to sell their alcohol license back 45 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 2: to the government. It's the latest in a series of 46 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 2: reforms that the Anti government is rolling out to address crime, 47 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 2: and particularly alcohol related crime in the territory. 48 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 3: I remember we ch added a couple of weeks ago 49 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 3: on the alcohol bands which were introduced in some of 50 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 3: the antique communities, and we'll put a link to that 51 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 3: in the show notes. But Zara, can you just give 52 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 3: us a sense of what the concerns are around alcohol 53 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 3: fueled violence in the ant Yes. 54 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 2: I think that it is helpful here to look at statistics. So, 55 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 2: according to the latest publicly available data from the Anti Police, 56 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 2: alcohol related assaults increased by almost twenty percent in twenty 57 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 2: twenty two compared to twenty twenty one. But that increase 58 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 2: was significantly higher in specific areas like in Alice Springs 59 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 2: where it's increased sixty eight percent, or Catherine, where it's 60 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 2: increased fifty two percent, all in the same period. 61 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 3: The story that brought this issue back into the new 62 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 3: cycle was the fatal stabbing of Declan Lavity. Talk me 63 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 3: through that. 64 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 4: So. 65 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 2: Declan Lavity was twenty years old and he was working 66 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 2: at a bottle shop in Darwin when he was murdered. 67 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 2: The police alleged he was stabbed after he refused a 68 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 2: nineteen year old old man's service. The man who's been 69 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 2: charged with the murder of Lavity had been released on 70 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 2: bail for alleged aggravated assault when this situation allegedly unfolded. 71 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 2: There was a really really big public outcry after Laberty's death, 72 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 2: including a protest in Darwin. 73 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 4: Three thousand people have attended a rally to protests in 74 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 4: the Northern Territory government's inaction on crime. 75 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 3: Deckland Lavitie's father, Damien Crook, was among more than three 76 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 3: thousand people who attended a rally at Parliament House. 77 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 2: Laviti's father used the rally to call for new tough 78 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 2: on crime measures in the NT. It's been a fairly 79 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 2: quick response since then. This is the Northern Territory's Chief Minister, 80 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 2: Natasha Files at a press conference. 81 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 4: It has been an extremely difficult few days for our 82 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 4: community and again I pay my respects and condolences. Our 83 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 4: thoughts are with the family, the friends, along with the 84 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 4: broader community and particularly the hospitality industry. In the wake 85 00:04:57,520 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 4: of Monday's or Sunday Nights tragic. 86 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 2: Event, Files announced the government would be reviewing bail laws 87 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 2: and they went on to introduce legislation which then passed 88 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 2: in parliament. The new laws basically apply a presumption against 89 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 2: granting bail for an alleged offender that's been charged with 90 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 2: a violent offense who involved or threatened to use a weapon. 91 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 2: So what that means is that if you're charged with 92 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 2: a violent offense that involves a weapon, the expectation is 93 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 2: that you'll be held in custody and not released into 94 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 2: the community until your case is heard. The law will 95 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 2: also apply to youth offenders and not just to adults. 96 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 3: So those are some big reforms. What was the response 97 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 3: from the parliament. 98 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 2: Well, the opposition, which in the NT is the Country 99 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 2: Liberal Party, said that the new bail laws didn't go 100 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 2: far enough to protect territorians from crime, but they did 101 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 2: still vote and support the legislation. They say that the 102 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 2: law doesn't go far enough in its definition of what 103 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 2: a weapon is when thinking about things like rocks and 104 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 2: broken bottles, which aren't classified as a weapon under the law, 105 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 2: but could be used in a potential crime. 106 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 3: Okay, so that's one way that the anti government is 107 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,039 Speaker 3: trying to reduce crime rates. How are they trying to 108 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 3: address issues particularly around alcohol related crime. 109 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, so that brings us back to this measure that 110 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 2: was introduced last week, and that was the voluntary buyback 111 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 2: of alcohol licenses from grocery stores. Currently in the NT, 112 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 2: some grocery stores are licensed to sell alcohol, and what 113 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 2: the government is doing to try and minimize the number 114 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:30,719 Speaker 2: of places that you can actually buy that alcohol is 115 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 2: a voluntary buyback scheme for those grocery stores to sell 116 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 2: back their alcohol licenses. That means that the government would 117 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 2: pay stores if they choose to return their liquor licenses 118 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 2: and in turn, they'd stop selling alcohol. The government says 119 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 2: that evidence suggests that the more alcohol stores there are, 120 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 2: the more violence there is, and the takeaway outlets things 121 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 2: like bottle shops and grocery stores actually pose the highest risk. 122 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 3: We've spoken about changes to bail laws, We've spoken about 123 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:04,599 Speaker 3: buybacks to try address alcohol related crime. What else have 124 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 3: we heard from the Northern Territory government. 125 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 2: It really does feel like this is one of those 126 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 2: turning points that prompt a whole array of responses, legal responses, 127 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 2: social responses. So we have seen a fair bit. Some 128 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 2: of the non legal responses that we've seen are that 129 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 2: the government is giving capsicam spray to public transport patrollers 130 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 2: and also putting security and crowd controllers at takeaway liquor 131 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 2: outlets like the ones we were speaking about for the 132 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 2: next three months. They've also announced safety training for retail workers. 133 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 3: This simultaneously feels like there's law reform happening relatively quickly, 134 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 3: but the issues are obviously long standing, so it'll be 135 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 3: interesting to see what impact these have. Thank you for 136 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 3: joining us on the Daily Ods this morning. 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