Comments on: Country Liberals ‘not ruling out’ a floor price for alcohol

By: David Chewings

David Chewings — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:44:26 +0000

@ Hal Duell Posted September 19, 2012 at 1:17am.
Above all else Hal I think it shows that the NT Police were never, in all reality, up to the mark of delivering the duty of care as required to all people under their detention, at ALL times.
The war on grog arguably, has been foisted upon the force in totality. There are casualties from those rather exuberant and rambunctious policies for example, the Briscoe family.
I predict that Commissioner McRoberts won’t be lasting much longer in the Northern Territory.
D. R. Chewings aka THE lone dingo.

By: Bob Durnan

Bob Durnan — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:57:33 +0000

Hal (Posted September 19, 2012 at 1:17 am): a large part of the needed cultural change will necessarily depend on, and hinge around, the resolution – at least to some degree – of the police workforce recruiting and retention issues. We need to see more of the talented, committed, effective police staying longer in the force and rising to senior positions and providing their seasoned experience and leadership.
I suspect that this is what the Coroner has in mind when he places such strong emphasis on reducing the impacts of the excessive alcohol consumption, as the effects of this consumption serve to undermine both the stability of the police workforce and also the efforts to improve its attitudes to complying with measures that treat drunks humanely and according to the standard operational procedures.

By: Hal Duell

Hal Duell — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:47:13 +0000

“All aspects of alcohol policy will be up for discussion.”
Would this include the possibility of a day off, a day (Sundays would work) on which no take-away alcohol could be bought. Ayn Rand will be turning over in her grave, but, seriously, wouldn’t it be a treat to have a day off?
I have a neighbour, and I really like her. But she has visitors, and I don’t much like them. If there were one day a week on which they couldn’t buy grog, they just might bugger off back to where they came from. Bliss. Bugger off.
At the very least it would give us all – them too – a day off.
And then there’s this “cultural change within the Territory police force”. Any ideas of what that means? Anyone? I have read that the police are really over slopping up after drunks, and who can blame them! Is that a cultural change, or is it just an admission that they are really over slopping up after drunks?