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Author: Foundation for Alcohol Research Education

Title: Busted: Correcting the Sydney Lockout Myths

Summary: In February 2014, the New South Wales (NSW) Government introduced a range of measures to reduce alcohol-related violence. This included the restriction of entry to new licensed premises ('lockouts') after 1:30 am and the cessation of alcohol sales ('last drinks') at 3am in the newly established Kings Cross and Sydney CBD Entertainment Precincts. Trading hour restrictions have been identified as one of the most effective policy interventions to reduce alcohol harm, including alcohol-related violence. Australian and international research demonstrates that for every additional hour of trading, there is a 16 to 20 per cent increase in assaults and, conversely, for every hour of reduced trading there is a 20 per cent reduction in assaults. Since their introduction in 2014, there has been misrepresentation of information and propagation of myths in relation to the impact of the lockout and last drinks measures (the liquor law reforms). With an independent review of the measures currently underway, it is important that the facts are clearly established. For this reason, the present study uses newly available data with other sources of robust information to evaluate the impact of the liquor law reforms in Kings Cross. The study identifies a variety of claims in relation to the impact of the liquor law reforms as either false or grossly exaggerated.

Details: Deakin ACT: The Foundation, 2016. 23p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 26, 2016 at: http://fare.org.au/wp-content/uploads/research/Correcting-the-Sydney-lockout-myths-August-2016.pdf

Year: 2016

Country: Australia

URL: http://fare.org.au/wp-content/uploads/research/Correcting-the-Sydney-lockout-myths-August-2016.pdf

Shelf Number: 146010

Keywords:
Alcohol Related Crime, Violence
Anti-Social Behavior
License Premises
Liquor Laws
Night-time Economy