Lockout laws lifted for Kings Cross after transformation â but some in Sydney remain cautious
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The Kings Cross Hotel is one of several venues on the iconic strip which can trade later from this weekend.
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Kings Cross was once notorious for its history of bloodshed and was known by many as the precinct which shut down Sydney s nightlife seven years ago.
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Assaults dropped 53 per cent in five years, but lockout laws are now lifted
Local business owners are cautious but optimistic about nightlife moving forward
While much of the city has enjoyed late entry into clubs and extended last drinks for more than a year, the entertainment district is now finally allowed to re-join Sydney after dark.
âGood money after badâ: Domestic violence drug trial would need another $13.5m
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A multi-million dollar trial examining if an anti-depressant can control domestic violence offenders would take another five years and $13.5 million to be statistically valid, but NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman has shot down any chance of such an amount.
Documents released under parliamentary order reveal the randomised study by UNSWâs Kirby Institute will fail to meet a minimum sample size or deliver results by its due date of June 30 without more funding from the Department of Communities and Justice.
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Those of us who believe in equality argue women should not need to modify their behaviour, it must be men who are made to behave like decent humans.
I do not think we can wait for men to stop raping women. It breaks my heart to write this. It should not be the role of women to be forced to live their lives differently but I can’t think of another solution after a long week of reading stories about young women being sexually assaulted where alcohol has been part of the mix. The researchers tell me to be patient. I can’t be.
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A NSW Police officer has told a parliamentary inquiry obstacles in overseas jurisdictions do not support calls to introduce an offence for coercive control.
Chief Inspector Sean McDermott said challenges of translating behaviours into evidence resulting in low prosecution and conviction rates in the UK should give lawmakers “pause for thought” in considering alternatives to creating a new criminal offence.
He was among domestic violence academics, community workers and legal experts to appear at the first hearing of the parliamentary inquiry into coercive control in domestic relationships. Fifty different representatives will appear over the three-day inquiry.
Head of Domestic Violence NSW Delia Donovan.
Domestic violence academics, community workers, police and legal experts will front the parliamentary inquiry into coercive control in domestic relationships.