Katherine TBL success forces $6.1m rehab rethink

By Lyndon Keane
Updated April 15 2015 - 9:45am, first published 7:30am
BIG RESULTS: Health Minister John Elferink says a mandatory alcohol rehabilitation facility is no longer needed in Katherine due to the impact the town's current temporary beat location trial is having.
BIG RESULTS: Health Minister John Elferink says a mandatory alcohol rehabilitation facility is no longer needed in Katherine due to the impact the town's current temporary beat location trial is having.

THE Northern Territory government has shelved its contentious plan to build a 20-bed alcohol treatment facility in Katherine due to the overwhelming success of the town’s temporary beat location trial.

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