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Drug treatment move

ACON continues to broaden its range of services, now offering in-house treatment options for clients with alcohol and drug dependency issues. The development of a specialist Substance Support Service comes as ... Read more
Tue April 21st, 2009 - 6 Comments
Booze zones blasted

The city's alcohol-free zones are under review following a NSW Police application to increase by half the number of existing zones. City of Sydney councillors on Monday labelled the zones ineffective ... Read more
Tue March 31st, 2009 - 17 Comments
Police praise parade spectators

Police arrested 28 people for incidents during and after this year's Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade that drew an estimated 300,000 spectators last night. Police praised parade spectators for ... Read more
Sun March 8th, 2009 - 9 Comments
Alcohol banned at parade

NSW Police have issued a stern warning to the tens of thousands expected to attend the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras celebrations tomorrow night that Oxford Street is an Alcohol ... Read more
Fri March 6th, 2009 - 13 Comments
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Lockout and fines as Rees intervenes

The NSW Government has stepped up its campaign against alcohol abuse in the inner-city with licensing fines issued against several Darlinghurst nightclubs following raids on the weekend. This comes after the ... Read more
Wed November 5th, 2008 - 6 Comments
Gay venues wrongly targeted: ACON

The 2am lockout of four gay venues will likely increase alcohol-related assaults against gay and lesbian people and could harm successes in keeping HIV rates low in NSW, ACON has ... Read more
Wed November 5th, 2008 - 6 Comments
Violence continues

Police are still tallying up the fights that broke out across Surry Hills, Kings Cross and the CBD over the weekend, in which one man was stabbed, several left with ... Read more
Wed November 5th, 2008 - 9 Comments
Police get tough on booze

Surry Hills Police are pushing for a new code of conduct in local drinking barns before the influx of alcohol-related crime in the summer months. The Australian Hotels Association, the Surry ... Read more
Wed October 22nd, 2008 - No Comments
Oxford St to dry out

Alcohol-free zones will soon cover all hotspot areas around Oxford St under plans by the City of Sydney in time for the expected summer increase in alcohol-related crime. The 42 existing ... Read more
Wed October 22nd, 2008 - 5 Comments
Nightclubs under renewed pressure

Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has backed the NSW Police Commissioner's call to cut back licensing hours in an attempt to curb alcohol-fuelled violence. At least half of all assaults in ... Read more
Wed October 15th, 2008 - 21 Comments
Lone Ranger approach ‘not enough’

The solution to Oxford St's violence problem lies in greater policing of bars, not people, according to Greens councillor Chris Harris. Council this week, in its last sitting before September's ... Read more
Wed September 3rd, 2008 - 4 Comments
Alcohol propoganda

Like many, I have been watching the debate about the so-called alcopop tax over the past couple of months. It has been fascinating to watch the alcohol industry pump out ... Read more
Wed August 6th, 2008 - No Comments
Dangers of the drunk dial

There are so many unusual feelings after a break up -” from anger, loneliness and regret to relief and contentment. Sometimes these feelings are so varied we lack the ability ... Read more
Mon June 23rd, 2008 - No Comments
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Tony, please think before speaking

You have to feel sorry for Tony Abbott. He has been criticised for speaking without thinking, in his comments on women’s virginity, and on homosexuality “challenging orthodox notions of the right order of things”. The ... Read more
Talk to us, Tony
Manly Liberal MP Mike Baird has “strongly recommended” Opposition leader Tony Abbott break his ... Read more
Talk to us, Tony
Manly Liberal MP Mike Baird has “strongly recommended” Opposition leader Tony Abbott break his ... Read more
Gabbing with Glambert
Appropriately for someone whose goth-glam appearance is the subject of much tabloid fodder, out-and-proud ... Read more
Court rules in favour of trans teen
Transgender rights advocates have welcomed a Family Court decision to allow a trans teenager ... Read more
Police apologise to Blacktown victims
Police will do by better by gay and lesbian victims of crime, NSW’s top ... Read more




