AAP General News (Australia)
02-27-2009
NSW: Premier too early to praise new pub laws: BOSCAR
By Nick Ralston
SYDNEY, Feb 27 AAP - Premier Nathan Rees has been too quick to claim new measures imposed
on 48 pubs across NSW have brought about a reduction in alcohol-related violence, the
state's own crime statistician says.
Mr Rees on Friday said the latest police figures showing a reduction in assaults and
no glassing attacks meant the measures, including a 2am lockout and a ban on glasses after
midnight, were working.
But the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research director Don Weatherburn said it was
too soon to tell if the …
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