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Sydney lockout laws
The Sydney lockout laws were introduced by the Government of New South Wales from February 2014 to January 2020 in the CBD and Oxford Street (and, until March 2021, for Kings Cross) with the objective of reducing alcohol-fuelled violence. The legislation required 1:30 a.m. lockouts (after which no new patrons could be admitted to a venue) and 3:00 a.m. last drinks at bars, pubs and clubs in the Sydney CBD entertainment precinct. The precinct, defined in regulations, was bounded by Kings Cross, Darlinghurst, Cockle Bay, The Rocks and Haymarket.
While data showed that the lockout laws did help reduce alcohol-related violence, concerns were raised about the impact of the law on Sydney's night-time economy.[citation needed]
In 2016, the law was subject to an independent review, conducted by Ian Callinan. In response, the NSW Government announced it would "maintain Sydney’s lockout laws and implement the key recommendations" which included relaxing the last drinks and lockout laws by half an hour for live entertainment venues in a two-year trial.
In September 2019, a NSW Parliamentary committee recommended that the lockout laws should be removed by the end of the year, with the exception of Kings Cross, where restrictions will be retained. Medical professionals and representatives of emergency services workers opposed repeal.
On 28 November 2019, the NSW Government announced that the lockout laws would be lifted in Sydney's CBD and Oxford Street from 14 January 2020. On 8 February 2021, the NSW government announced the lockout laws would be lifted from the remaining area, Kings Cross, from 8 March 2021.
Teenager Daniel Christie died in January 2014, the victim of a coward punch. He had been out celebrating New Year's Eve in Kings Cross. His assault, a random attack at 9 p.m., was just metres from the site where teenager Thomas Kelly had been fatally punched in July 2012.
Similar killings on the streets of Kings Cross and the Sydney CBD in that period included those of Calum Grant in 2011, Wilson Duque Castillo in 2012 and Lucio Rodrigues in 2013, bringing the tally to "five deaths in three years".
Christie's family called upon politicians to set laws that would help to stop alcohol-related violence.
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Sydney lockout laws
The Sydney lockout laws were introduced by the Government of New South Wales from February 2014 to January 2020 in the CBD and Oxford Street (and, until March 2021, for Kings Cross) with the objective of reducing alcohol-fuelled violence. The legislation required 1:30 a.m. lockouts (after which no new patrons could be admitted to a venue) and 3:00 a.m. last drinks at bars, pubs and clubs in the Sydney CBD entertainment precinct. The precinct, defined in regulations, was bounded by Kings Cross, Darlinghurst, Cockle Bay, The Rocks and Haymarket.
While data showed that the lockout laws did help reduce alcohol-related violence, concerns were raised about the impact of the law on Sydney's night-time economy.[citation needed]
In 2016, the law was subject to an independent review, conducted by Ian Callinan. In response, the NSW Government announced it would "maintain Sydney’s lockout laws and implement the key recommendations" which included relaxing the last drinks and lockout laws by half an hour for live entertainment venues in a two-year trial.
In September 2019, a NSW Parliamentary committee recommended that the lockout laws should be removed by the end of the year, with the exception of Kings Cross, where restrictions will be retained. Medical professionals and representatives of emergency services workers opposed repeal.
On 28 November 2019, the NSW Government announced that the lockout laws would be lifted in Sydney's CBD and Oxford Street from 14 January 2020. On 8 February 2021, the NSW government announced the lockout laws would be lifted from the remaining area, Kings Cross, from 8 March 2021.
Teenager Daniel Christie died in January 2014, the victim of a coward punch. He had been out celebrating New Year's Eve in Kings Cross. His assault, a random attack at 9 p.m., was just metres from the site where teenager Thomas Kelly had been fatally punched in July 2012.
Similar killings on the streets of Kings Cross and the Sydney CBD in that period included those of Calum Grant in 2011, Wilson Duque Castillo in 2012 and Lucio Rodrigues in 2013, bringing the tally to "five deaths in three years".
Christie's family called upon politicians to set laws that would help to stop alcohol-related violence.
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