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Cherbourg Mayor: “lift racist alcohol management plan”

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cherbourg mayor_ken_boneAlcohol management plans (AMP) in Aboriginal communities are a racist policy and should be removed, the Cherbourg Mayor, Ken Bone has said.

The plans were introduced in 2002 and restrict or ban alcohol in Indigenous communities. The Queensland Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Glen Elmes said he intended to meet with community leaders in the next few...

 

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