According to media reports bottle shops in Alice Springs have been allowed to stop scanning the ID’s of people buying most types of alcohol.
 

Terry Mills, the new chief Minister approved measures removing the license conditions that require bottle-shop attendants to scan photo ID until the law covering the Banned Drinker Register appears before Parliament in October.
 

Consumers in Alice Springs are still banned from purchasing fortified wine and two litre casks until after 6pm and only one sale per customer is allowed.
 

Prior to elections, Terry Mills made the Liquor Stores Association a promise to abandon the Banned Drinker Register, so in this move he was just keeping his word. Members of the alcohol industry are pleased as they believe that prohibition doesn’t work including the Banned Drinker Registration because drinkers often find ways of getting around it anyway. It’s as easy as getting someone else to buy the alcohol for them.
 

According to Mills and others that back the move, scanning of IDs was just inconvenient for all retailers. It was also a hassle for customers and slowed down good customer service. It also caused huge problems for tourists and the elderly who often didn’t have an ID.