House debates Northern Territory National Emergency Response Amendment (Alcohol) Bill 2007

Consideration in Detail

Thursday, 13 September 2007 House of Representatives

Warren Snowdon

Warren Snowdon Lingiari, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern Australia and Indigenous Affairs

11:28 am

In excess of 400,000 people visit Uluru each year. I do not know what proportion—probably 80 per cent—are on organised tours. Similarly, there are daytrippers from Darwin who may be fishing in Kakadu. There are real questions about whether, as a result of this legislation, they can drink on the rivers within Kakadu.

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