http://www.alicespringsnews.com.au/2012/10/05/alcohol-meeting-in-chaos-and-under-heavy-guard/ The freedom of the press still furnishes that check upon government which no constitution has ever been able to provide - Chicago Tribune. Mon, 20 May 2013 03:09:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.alicespringsnews.com.au/2012/10/05/alcohol-meeting-in-chaos-and-under-heavy-guard/#comment-4736 Bronwyn Dealdi Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:55:15 +0000 http://www.alicespringsnews.com.au/?p=10286#comment-4736 Behaviour does have an element of personal responsibility to it. We are every day becoming more a victim centred culture. Victims stay victims. They do not grow.

]]> http://www.alicespringsnews.com.au/2012/10/05/alcohol-meeting-in-chaos-and-under-heavy-guard/#comment-4593 Hal Duell Fri, 05 Oct 2012 06:44:24 +0000 http://www.alicespringsnews.com.au/?p=10286#comment-4593 I would like to go on record here in support of Robyn Lambley.
A short two weeks ago she was made Deputy Chief Minister in a newly elected CLP government. She immediately responded to the NT Coroner’s report on the death of Mr Briscoe and called for today’s meeting. This will, we hope, start the process of sorting out the deplorable state of alcohol-related affairs we see in Alice Springs.
This state of affairs has been a long time coming, and it will not be sorted overnight. So let’s give her a break, and instead of bagging and demanding, let’s ask what we can do to aid the process.
The NT police have admitted that they have gotten some things wrong in the past and are acting to remedy that.
Has anyone else done as much?
It’s not our fault. It’s all your fault. No. We are in this together, and if we don’t want to go down the gurgler (together), we had better start acting like it.

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