Study aims

The project’s science and research priority areas are Better health outcomes for Indigenous people, with strategies for both urban and regional communities, and Improved prediction, identification, tracking, prevention and management of emerging local and regional health threats.

This study will comprehensively examine the impact of the reintroduction of the Banned Drinker Register (BDR), alongside the wider framework of alcohol control measures in operation in the NT - such as the Minimum Unit Price (MUP) on alcohol and the Police Auxiliary Liquor Inspectors (PALIs), including broader policy-relevant factors such price, alcohol availability and social equality.  This will provide important information for policy makers, treatment agencies and key stakeholders within the NT, nationally and internationally.

The project has two overarching aims:

1)    To investigate how the BDR intervention impacts banned drinkers, their immediate families, and the wider community;

2)    To investigate the ways in which the BDR impacts civil society.

These aims will be addressed using a mix of quantitative and qualitative approaches, providing a rigorous and detailed assessment of the effects of the BDR at the individual, family, community and Territory level.

The project aligns with two national science and research priority areas:
1) Better health outcomes for Indigenous people, with strategies for both urban and regional communities, and 2) Improved prediction, identification, tracking, prevention and management of emerging local and regional health threats.