Alcohol-fuelled violence falls after Newman's Indigenous elders step in
ABCElders in a remote mining town in Western Australia's Pilbara have created a community liquor agreement to curb alcohol-fuelled violence in the community. Key points: A community liquor agreement has been running for just over a month and an elder says the community is following the rules A women's shelter and local police have A Martu elder visited Port Hedland this week to educate the region's elders on the strategy Martu elder Colin Peterson said he wanted to protect Newman's young people following the death of a young woman in the town in May. The liquor agreement has been running for just over a month, but Mr Peterson said the community is following the rules and he has seen a reduction in alcohol-fuelled violence. Senior Sergeant Munday said he had Police youth engagement programs and the new liquor agreement are creating positive changes in Newman.
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