Brown urges PM to visit petrol-sniffing communities

Australia: "Tasmanian Greens Senator Bob Brown has called on Prime Minister John Howard to visit central Australia and see the increasing problem of petrol sniffing for himself.

"A coronial inquest in Alice Springs last week heard there could be up to 700 sniffers across the region.

"Senator Brown says he will introduce legislation into Federal Parliament to put the non-sniffable fuel into all central desert communities to combat the problem."
ABC

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