The NT's chief minister says there are no current plans to change alcohol regulations. Source: AAP
THE Northern Territory chief minister says he is not planning to impose any service or licensing restrictions to curb alcohol-fuelled violence in Darwin despite the fatal stabbing of a young man at the weekend.
Josh Spicer, 27, from Palmerston, was killed at about 8pm on Friday night after getting into a fight in the Darwin CBD.
Brian Paul Kelly, 46, turned himself in to police and will face a murder charge in court on Wednesday.
But Chief Minister Adam Giles said the city would not rush to follow those in NSW in imposing restrictions on alcohol.
"We don't want to have any knee-jerk responses," he told reporters on Tuesday.
"It's in everybody's interest that there's a safe environment. If people behave themselves, things will continue the way they are, but if we continue to have ... misbehaviour, government will have to act and get tough on the regulations."
The government was not currently looking at changing alcohol regulations, he said, but was reviewing the criteria for opening hours of licensed venues.
"We don't want to see situations where someone's not coming home at night because they've gotten into a violent brawl," Mr Giles said.
Reduced trading hours, lockouts and restrictions on high alcohol content drinks in the port city of Newcastle in NSW saw a drop in alcohol-related assaults by over a third, while hospital emergency department admissions dropped by a quarter.
According to the NT's most recent crime statistics, alcohol is a factor in almost two out of three assaults.
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
No alcohol restrictions after Darwin death
Dengan url
http://cucidollaran.blogspot.com/2013/10/no-alcohol-restrictions-after-darwin.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
No alcohol restrictions after Darwin death
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
No alcohol restrictions after Darwin death
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar