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Alcohol ban threatens to transform Australian opal-mining outpost into ghost town

Marc Howe | July 18, 2012 | 1:21 am Australia 

The opal-mining township of Mintabie, situated on Aboriginal land at the northern edge of South Australia, could become deserted following the introduction of new laws requiring police checks of residents and prohibiting alcohol consumption in households. According to Mark Schliebs...

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