Indigenous community organisations in north-west WA are calling for greater support and investment after new liquor trading laws were introduced by the State’s liquor licensing body this week.

The laws will see trading hours in many areas in the Kimberley, including Derby and Broome with bottle shops limited to sell takeaway alcohol on Sundays and Mondays.

Trading hours for bottle shops in Derby have been cut with sales only allowed between midday and 7pm and in Broome from midday to 8pm.

Deputy chief executive of the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Jenny Bedford told the ABC the bans were a “short-term stop-gap and more support was needed.

“This could result in people not being supported adequately to detox and could result in an increase on criminal activities and domestic violence,” she said.

Some believe the restrictions will see people traveling further afield to get alcohol.

Many believe the community was ignored during the process and Derby Shire president Peter McCumstie told the ABC that while access to alcohol was being restricted “government is doing absolutely nothing to provide means to get off the alcohol”.

Mr McCumstie cited Fitzroy Crossing in WA there tough restrictions have been in place for 15 years, but where crime and domestic violence has continued to rise.

What are the news rules?

In Derby, bottle shops are banned from selling alcohol on Sundays and Mondays.

Bottle shops will only be allowed to operate between midday and 7pm.

Sales in Broome have also been capped.

Sales in Broome and Derby are strictly controlled by daily purchase limits – Either two bottles of wine, a carton of beer under six per cent proof, or a bottle of spirits.

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