When the Illawarra business community came out swinging in support of the 6th Annual Corporate Golf Day run by event management students at TAFE Illawarra this month, they also witnessed how many youth wanted to address the issue of alcohol-fuelled violence.
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15th September 2014.
The NSW Government, the City of Sydney and the Thomas Kelly Youth Foundation today announced a Safe Space trial to improve safety on Sydney’s streets at night.
The trial, long advocated by the Foundation, will provide a safe place in the city centre with help on hand for intoxicated young people vulnerable to crime, either as a victim or offender.
Read MoreOn Wednesday 04th September, 2014, the Foundation was invited to submit a proposal and present to the NSW State Government into further measures to reduce alcohol and drug violence.
Read our full submission as follows:
Read MoreMORE than 700,000 Australians are binge drinking on at least 11 drinks in a sitting on a weekly basis and it’s a growing middle class problem.
Read MoreThe new one-punch laws are part of a wider suite of changes that have greatly reduced alcohol-fuelled violence, the New South Wales Attorney General has said ahead of his visit to Wollongong today.
Read More NSW Attorney General Sydney, NSW, 2000 AustraliaThree schools from the Sutherland shire have so far taken part in the pilot scheme of the education program. It was estalished after police found that schoolyard arguments and blow-ups were being moved elsewhere, and that was to the pub, erupting into alcohol fuelled violence.
The newly-released Alcohol’s Burden of Disease in Australia report found that alcohol is responsible for 15 deaths every day. That’s a 60 per cent increase from a decade ago. In addition to this, another 430 people are admitted to hospital for treatment for alcohol-related injuries or disease every day.
If you are surprised by these statistics, you’re not alone.
“The Australian medical profession is profoundly concerned that the harms of alcohol are getting worse — domestic violence, depression, deaths from trauma, obesity — the list goes on,” Dr Stephen Parnis, Emergency Physician and Vice President of the AMA.
Read More“We have long known that alcohol causes as many cancer deaths in Australia as melanoma, yet the level of public awareness is low,” Professor Olver said. “Australians who choose to drink should try to stay within the National Health and Medical Research Council guidelines and have no more than two standard drinks a day.
“There are plenty of good reasons to moderate consumption – and preventing cancer is one of the most significant of them."
Read MoreSydney's CBD lockout laws have reduced the number of violent attacks and injuries, but local businesses are suffering as people head to other areas to enjoy a night out on the town.
Read MoreBy: Dr TIM HAWKES, Headmaster The Kings School
From: The Australian January 06 2014 12:00 (Thomas' birthday)
It has been suggested that a frequent feature of the macho-posing young man given to king-hitting others is a lack of proper fathering....
His book "10 Conversations You Must Have With Your Son" is available online and in good book stores.
Read MoreThe scanners are designed to enforce banning orders and improve the safety of the precinct, and anyone wanting to enter the clubs will have to provide some form of photo identification.
It is hoped the measure will prevent trouble-makers getting access to pubs after they have been banned elsewhere.
Read MoreWorking for a not-for-profit organisation you come to meet all kinds of special and generous people who spend countless hours working behind the scenes for no recognition.
For our foundation the list of these special people is so long we are eternally grateful. Even this website is provided on a pro bono basis through our friends "Involved" in Melbourne.
it's only through other people's strength and support that keeps us going.
For this reason, it's wonderful to see Richard Wilkins being awarded with a Member of the Order of Australia by the Queen, 'Today' (Channel 9) looks at all the good deeds Wilkins had performed.
Police Minister Stuart Ayres says the introduction of 1.30am lockouts and 3am last drinks for licensed venues in central Sydney is driving a cut in alcohol-related violence.
Announcing on Wednesday a range of new alcohol service restrictions for pubs, clubs and bars in the Sydney CBD, Kings Cross and Darlinghurst from July 18, Mr Ayres said the lockouts and last-drinks rules introduced in late February were having an impact.
Read MoreMr Tyson is one of 2 million Australians who have used the online platform since it launched in 2011. Australia is the second-highest per capita user of the site in the world.
However it's the individual campaigns, with an emotional story attached, that often attract the most signatories. Ralph Kelly's campaign for legal reform following the death of his son Thomas in a single-punch attack drew almost 150,000 supporters.
Read MoreThe Sydney CBD Entertainment Precinct will see safer streets and less alcohol related violence, following the release of a new Plan of Management for the area.
The NSW Government’s plan complements the new alcohol laws it introduced in January 2014 to address alcohol related violence.
Read MoreAmendment of Crimes (Sentencing Procedure). A victim impact statement given by a family victim may, on the application of the prosecutor and if the court considers it appropriate to do so, be considered.
Read MoreDELIVERING $6.4 MILLION FOR SAFER STREETS IN NEW SOUTH WALES
The Abbott Government will provide $6.4 million in the 2014-15 financial year to help local communities in New South Wales to address crime and anti-social behaviour hot-spots.
Read MoreAlcohol kills 3.3 million people worldwide each year, more than AIDS, tuberculosis and violence combined, the World Health Organisation said on Monday, warning that booze consumption was on the rise.
Read MoreA decision by the liquor regulator to ban shopper docket deals for alcohol was quashed after "intimidation" – including complaints to ministers and legal threats – by Woolworths, according to internal documents.
Read MoreVIOLENT assaults in Kings Cross and the CBD have fallen by half since the government’s lockout laws were introduced last month.
Police and ambulance officers have also reported huge corresponding drops in the number of bloody attacks in the party precincts.
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