Liquor bans implemented for two Kimberley communities
Source: Western Australia. Minister for Racing and Gaming. Media Release.
"The Aboriginal communities of Noonkanbah in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley and Juwurlinji in the Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley will be declared restricted areas under section 175 of the Liquor Control Act 1988. Racing and Gaming Minister Terry Waldron said from Saturday July 25 it will be an offence to sell/supply; possess or bring liquor into either community. “Last year, the Yungngora Association wrote to me asking for the introduction of regulations under section 175 of the Act to restrict alcohol in the Noonkanbah community,” Mr Waldron said. “This was because the existing by-laws did not apply to the whole community and were therefore not the most effective way of reducing the amount of alcohol-related harm and ill-health in the community.”