Huge signs warn of dire consequences to anyone attempting to smuggle booze or pornography into aboriginal communities. The pub at Borroloola has all but closed down – selling only meals, no alcohol.

Hells Gate can’t sell beer any more, so can’t afford to stay open, removing another fuel supply from the Savannah Way. Wollagarang suffered the same fate. These new laws certainly have caused a lot of new problems trying to solve some old ones.