Bill
Northern Territory Safe Measures Bill 2023
lapsed, as at 2025-07-21.
- Sponsor
- Nampijinpa Price
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-02-07
- second reading — 2023-02-07
- second reading — 2023-02-08
- second reading — 2023-03-09
- second reading — 2023-03-23
- other — 2025-07-21
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2023-02-07.
The bill would set up a system to reduce alcohol-related harm in the Northern Territory by reinstating measures that expired under an earlier law.
It would let the Commonwealth Minister approve Alcohol Management Plans developed by the Northern Territory Government and local communities.
A Senate review of the laws' effectiveness must happen within one year of the Act starting.
- Reinstates lapsed measures from the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Act 2012.
- Allows alcohol protected areas to be declared in Northern Territory communities.
- Requires the Northern Territory Government to lead development of Alcohol Management Plans.
- Gives the Commonwealth Minister power to approve those plans.
- Lets the Commonwealth Minister request an assessor for licensed premises linked to substantial harm.
- Provides for a Senate review within one year of commencement.
All Territorians, particularly vulnerable communities, and the Northern Territory and Commonwealth governments.
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