Crisis talks planned after native title Christmas handouts fuel Pilbara violence

By Heather McNeill
Updated January 13 2017 - 2:08pm, first published 10:15am
Some were handed out gift vouchers for $1500, redeemable at alcohol outlets like Liquorland.
Some were handed out gift vouchers for $1500, redeemable at alcohol outlets like Liquorland.
Some of the vouchers, like this one, only allowed the recipient to use the money at Coles.
Some of the vouchers, like this one, only allowed the recipient to use the money at Coles.

Aboriginal elders in the states' North West plan to hold crisis meetings in the coming weeks to discuss the fall-out from native title gift cards being used to purchase thousands of dollars worth of alcohol, fuelling a surge in violence and crime in Port Hedland.