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| Anomyst |
Brumby expected to announce 2am lockouts.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.a...456172&rss=yes
Victorian Premier John Brumby is expected to announce that drinkers will be banned from entering Melbourne city bars, pubs and clubs after 2am.
Friday's announcement will be the latest in a series of moves to combat binge drinking and alcohol-fuelled violence in inner-Melbourne.
The state government will order more than 500 late-night licence holders to impose the curfew in a three-month trial to stop pub crawls that lead to violence, News Ltd reported on Friday.
Publicans who fail to enforce the policy in four inner-city councils will be hit with fines of up to $6,800.
The newspaper said smokers who left drinking establishments after 2am to light up on the streets would be banned from returning.
A government taskforce is believed to be responding to calls from police to clamp down on gangs of young drunks moving from pub to pub and causing problems.
The main targets are the city nightclub precincts but will cover four local government areas of Melbourne, Yarra, Stonnington and Port Phillip councils. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
yeah, im not a fan of the idea either. you'll find there's a lot of hassle in the first few weeks as people become informed too. i cant see that its made any difference to hobart at all, asides from everyone scrambling to get in before 3.
in somewhere the size of melbourne all i can envisage is a helluva lot of people wandering around post 2am with nothing to do. |
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| mmkoiman |
lock drunken hooligans out on the streets after 2am to ensure more violence and crime!
well done government! :D |
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| James Brooke |
| how about they actaully hunt the gangs that are causing the problems and lock them up.... i would think that might be a little easier yeah?? |
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| Beat Blog |
| quote: | Originally posted by mmkoiman
lock drunken hooligans out on the streets after 2am to ensure more violence and crime!
well done government! :D |
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Meh, I'm not that fussed, I don't go to many clubs in the CBD besides Brown Alley. |
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