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Nanny State More Violence Less Fun

Nanny State More Violence Less Fun. Winning the debate on tackling alcohol related violence. The Issues Our opponents Solutions. The Issues. What is the Issue?. Personal Freedom ? Economic Freedom ? Destroying Australian traditions and values ?. What is the issue?.

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Nanny State More Violence Less Fun

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  1. Nanny StateMore Violence Less Fun

  2. Winning the debate on tackling alcohol related violence • The Issues • Our opponents • Solutions

  3. The Issues

  4. What is the Issue? • Personal Freedom ? • Economic Freedom ? • Destroying Australian traditions and values ?

  5. What is the issue? • Alcohol related violence

  6. Winning the debate on tackling alcohol related violence

  7. Opponents

  8. Opponents of Freedom • People who believe alcohol is evil • People who have had a family member or close friend suffer from alcohol abuse • People with a close experience with Alcohol related violence • Worrying parents • Some decision makers

  9. Opponents of Freedom • Clubs Associations

  10. What did Clubs Queensland have to say?

  11. What did Clubs Queensland have to say?

  12. Reduction in Violent Incidents in Licenced Premises 2008-2012 • Newcastle – 26% (approximately the NSW average) • Gosford – 36% • Campbelltown – 38% • Penrith – 40%

  13. Opponents of Freedom • Health Professionals & Medical Associations

  14. What did a doctor say? Hospital waiting rooms are backed up because of nightclubs… apparently. All we have to do is close 2 hours earlier and that will be fixed… apparently.

  15. Where does alcohol related violence occur? Source: QISU Report Injury Bulletin 2011

  16. Where does alcohol related violence occur? Source: QISU Report Injury Bulletin 2011

  17. Solutions

  18. Drink Safe Precinct (DSP) Trial • 1. Increased police presence and high visibility policing (increased police numbers patrolling precincts and conducting walk-throughs of venues). • 2. Support/rest and recovery services provided by non-government organisations (NGOs)—Chill Out Zone, ChaplainWatch, Anglicare and Townsville Street Chaplains. • 3. Improved coordination between venues, police, ambulance, community support services and transport providers. Local DSP committees were convened to make decisions about strategies tailored to the needs of their area to improve coordination. Each committee includes representation from the local council, licensees, security providers, government agencies and community groups.

  19. Drink Safe Precinct (DSP) Trial Additional DSP strategies that have varied across the trial sites have aimed to improve: • taxi zones and their supervision • transport information and way-finding signage • lighting and other Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) initiatives • crowding and footpath queuing • access to public toilets.

  20. Caution - Populist Solutions • Increasing police presence • Curfews and Lockouts • Taxes • ID Scanners

  21. Solutions to be promoted • (If they have to be there…) Inforce existing capacity limits • Localised regulations • Increase trading hours • Deregulate the transport industry • Remove restrictions on Taxi licences • Open mass transport up to private sector competition • Reduce barriers to entry – licencing costs • Vibrant Laneways programme initiated by the BCC • Remove licencing restrictions on location • Open up the suburbs to smaller bars

  22. Solutions to be promoted • Address cultural issues

  23. https://www.facebook.com/drinksafe1 http://www.nocurfew.org/ Twitter @drink_safe Instagramno_qld_curfew

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