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Extract from Australian
Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online, on17 Jan 2003
This is a transcript of The World Today broadcast at 1200 AEST
on local Successful start to Arukun community's alcohol plan The World Today - Monday, February 17, 2003 12:40 ELEANOR HALL: Well, now to our story about the Aboriginal community
which But as Louise Willis reports, those administering the scheme are
warning LOUISE WILLIS: A report by former Justice Tony Fitzgerald in 2001
detailed The community tavern is open for shorter hours during the day,
it doesn't One month into the changes, no-one wants to say that alcohol-related
Queensland Families Minister Judy Spence. JUDY SPENCE: It's early days, but we've seen the first month of
this new
LOUISE WILLIS: Do you declare this plan a success, then? JUDY SPENCE: Oh no, I think it's early days. We're only looking
at the LOUISE WILLIS: Judy Spence. On the ground, school principal Stan Sheppard has noticed an improvement
STAN SHEPPARD: I guess the assumption can be made that there would
be a LOUISE WILLIS: Local council CEO Gary Kleidon is proud of the
changes, but GARY KLEIDON: You know, there's been a significant change, and
obviously I think the issue is at the moment that what we need to do now
is to ELEANOR HALL: The chief executive of the Aurukun Shire Council,
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