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NTCOSS – AADANT Sector Forum, 28 May 2013

NTCOSS – AADANT Sector Forum, 28 May 2013. David Templeman. CEO Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia. Why hasn’t the NT government listened to these people?. NT Indigenous deaths in custody. Aust Institute of Criminology - NT Indigenous deaths in custody Australia’s worst

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NTCOSS – AADANT Sector Forum, 28 May 2013

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  1. NTCOSS – AADANT Sector Forum, 28 May 2013

  2. David Templeman CEO Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia

  3. Why hasn’t the NT government listened to these people?

  4. NT Indigenous deaths in custody • Aust Institute of Criminology - NT Indigenous deaths in custodyAustralia’s worst • more dying from heart attack and cirrhosis of the liver • 24 Indigenousdeaths in custody1979 – 2011 • Australia’s highest incarceration rate of Indigenous people; 97% of juvenile detainees Aboriginal • 82% of adults in prison or other detention Indigenous

  5. Alcohol in the Territory • highest per capita consumption in Australia, 1.5 times the national average • hospitals and health, policing, courts and corrections cost $642 million a year, almost 4.5 times the national average • 60% of assaults and 67% of domestic violence incidents involve alcohol • alcohol-related deaths triple the national average

  6. www.adca.org.au

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