After a Palmerston supermarket was granted an alcohol licence, the NT Government has been accused of being too generous in their handing out of the alcohol licences.
Former Territory Corrections Commissioner Ken Middlebrook said the NT government were issuing licences like “they were tickets to a party”.
Mr Middlebrook said this led him to question the commitment of the state government to address alcohol issues. He highlighted the high number of alcohol related incarcerations in Territory prisons.
IGA supermarket under construction on Forrest Parade in Rosebury was granted a liquor licence by the Director General of Licensing recently, which led Mr Middlebrook to condemn the government for not addressing alcohol issues in the state.