INTERSECTORAL ACTION TO REDUCE PETROL SNIFFING IN REMOTE
The inquest, just the second ever to be held into petrol sniffing in the Northern Territory, was
told yesterday petrol sniffing had left a number of people permanently brain damaged in the
community, and may have played a part in up to 60 Aboriginal deaths in the Northern Territory
in the past seven years.
The inquest also was told sniffing had become a tolerated and entrenched behaviour in many
communities, where families often lived in fear of unpredictable outbursts of violence and felt
helpless to stop the self-destructive behaviour.
THE AGE, 10 August 2005
… the problem has largely abated. Today social workers and community leaders estimate there
are just 20 petrol sniffers left in Central Australia above the Northern Territory border,
compared with about 600 a year and half ago. In some communities south of the border, petrol
sniffing estimated to have fallen by 60 per cent.
Weekend Australian, 17 March 2007
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