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Below: A January 21 Sunrise segment in which "experts", including the father of a one-punch victim, discuss the efficacy of the new laws.




Below: A January 9, Channel 10 Wake Up segment, in which Prime Minister Tony Abbott is asked for his views on alcohol-fueled violence.




Below: the view from outside: on May 4, the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news network ran a segment on Australian alcohol-fuelled violence.




Below: in August, 2009, the commentary website GlobalPrison uploaded a compilation of news reports and comments on Britain's problems with alcohol-fuelled violence. Interestingly, one segment illustrates that drinking to violent excess is not carried out exclusively by youths.




Below: the Institute of Public Affairs' Chris Berg takes issue with the "knee-jerk reaction" to alchol-fuelled violence in this segment from ABC TV's The Drum.


Web links, documents


On February 5, 2014, The New Daily ran an opinion piece titled 'Why 'one-punch' laws are woefully misguided'. The piece argues both that the new laws are unnecessary and likely to be ineffective.
The full text of this opinion piece can be found at http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2014/02/05/getting-real-coward-punch-laws/

On January 23, 2014, ABC News ran a report titled 'One-punch laws: mandatory sentences for drunken violence "a recipe for injustice", say NSW legal experts'. The report details the views of a number of legal experts opposed to the mandatory minimum sentences imposed under the new New South Wales legislation.
The full text of the report can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-22/one-punch-mandatory-sentences-27a-recipe-for-injustice27/5212462

On January 22, 2014, The Telegraph ran an article titled 'NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell shrugs off John Ibrahim's complaints after pledging to fill jails with tough new alcohol laws'. In this report the premier is quoted arguing against some of the criticism raised against his government's new laws.
The full text of this article can be found at http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw-premier-barry-ofarrell-shrugs-off-john-ibrahims-complaints-after-pledging-to-fill-jails-with-tough-new-alcohol-laws/story-fni0cx4q-1226807166319

On January 21, 2014, ABC News ran a report detailing the new laws and regulations the New South Wales government is to introduce to curb alcohol-related violence.
The full text of this report can be found at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-21/one-punch-laws-to-tackle-sydney-alcohol-fuelled-violence/5210740

On January 21, 2014, the ABC opinion site, The Drum, published an opinion piece by Chris Berg titled 'Neo-prohibition isn't the answer to violent crime'. The piece is an argument against the restrictive provisions of the new O'Farrell government laws and regulations.
The full text of this argument can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-21/berg-neo-prohibition/5210782

On January 21, 2014, The Conversation ran an opinion piece by Reawyn Connell, professor in Social Science at the University of Sydney. The article concerns the physiological and psychological components of male aggression.
The full text of this article can be found at http://theconversation.com/king-hits-young-men-masculinity-and-violence-22247

On January 15, 2014, ABC News ran a report titled 'NSW crime statistics show efforts to curb crime in Kings Cross "are not working"' The report draws on the data treated in The Guardian report and uses it to argue that no further measures are needed to reduce alcohol-related violence.
The full text of this article can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-15/confusion-over-kings-cross-assault-drop-claim/5201260

On January 11, 2014, The Sydney Morning Herald ran a report on the death of a Sydney teenager, Daniel Christie, who died after apparently being king-hit at Kings Cross.
The full text of this report can be accessed at http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/daniel-christie-dies-following-kinghit-punch-20140111-30ndv.html

On January 9, 2014, The Guardian published an article titled 'Alcohol-related violence: numbers don't always tally with media attention' which argues that recent statistics on alcohol-related crime in New South Wales indicate that levels of these crime are actually declining.
The full text of this article can be accessed at http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/jan/09/alcohol-related-violence-numbers-dont-always-tally-with-media-attention

On November 11, 2013, ABC News ran a report titled 'Thomas Kelly's parents petition for tougher king-hit laws after Kieran Loveridge manslaughter sentence'. The report details the disappointment of Thomas Kelly's parents after the sentence imposed upon the man found guilty of king-hitting and killing their son.
The full text of this article can be found at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-11/thomas-kelly27s-parents-petition-for-tougher-27king-hit27-la/5082280  

On November 8, 2013, The Telegraph published an article titled '"Horrified" mother of victim calls for tougher stance on king-hit killer' in which the mother of a teenager who died after being king-hit calls for stricter measures to reduce alcohol-related violence.
The full text of this article can be found at http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/horrified-mother-of-victim-calls-for-tougher-stance-on-kinghit-killer/story-fni0cx12-1226755619742

On June 10, 2013, The Telegraph ran a report titled 'Newcastle's licensed premises lock-out trial an example of how to have safer streets' which refers to research demonstrating the effectiveness of the city's lockout laws.
The full text of this report can be accessed at http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/lockouts-a-lesson-in-safer-streets/story-fni0cx12-1226660954416

In 2013 The Police Association of New South Wales made a submission to the Review of the
Liquor Act 2007 and the Gaming and Liquor Administration Act 2007. The submission details the extent of alcohol-related violence in New South Wales, including attacks on policy, and calls for tougher legal and administrative action to reduce this violence.
The full text of the submission can be accessed at http://lastdrinks.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/PANSW-submission.pdf