By Julian Bajkowski The iconic New South Wales surfing mecca of Byron Bay has become the latest front in a growing push by community advocates and emergency services workers to cut after-midnight liquor trading hours to reduce incidents of alcohol fuelled violence that are giving the coastal town a bad name. A weekend community forum […]
27 August, 2013
Doctors, nurses, paramedics and police officers have formed a potent alliance to push for regulatory changes to liquor laws to reduce harm and improve public safety. This is their argument. Every week, emergency service workers see innocent lives shattered at the hands of alcohol-fuelled violence. Every week another family somewhere in the country learns first-hand […]
20 August, 2013
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski When the tragic death of Thomas Kelly in Kings Cross from a so-called king-hit made headlines across Australia, it was the final straw for the O’Farrell government. After several months of dramatic news reports filled with colourful identities and bikies parading their power, shootings in crowded streets and seemingly […]
7 January, 2013
By Julian Bajkowski The Office of the Privacy Commission for New South Wales has confirmed that it was not consulted prior to the launch of a controversial identity document scanning proposal from Premier Barry O’Farrell that could put sensitive personal details into the hands of nightclub bouncers in the violent crime hotspot of Kings Cross. […]
21 September, 2012
Additional CCTV cameras will be installed in Sydney with fibre optic cables connecting the camera network. AusGrid is carrying out the installation of fibre optic cable and controls access to the underground pit and duct network the camera network uses. The City of Sydney made the $500000 investment following a federal government rejection of the […]
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