The high price of housing drunks in Katherine

By Chris McLennan
Updated March 12 2019 - 10:11am, first published 3:00pm
Police want the sobering up shelter open on weekends and other groups want the shelter to work better with the community night patrol.
Police want the sobering up shelter open on weekends and other groups want the shelter to work better with the community night patrol.

Taxpayers are paying $653 a night for each drunk to stay at the under-used sobering up shelter in Katherine.

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