alcohol-related violence

VICTORIAN VIOLENCE: ARRESTS AND WIDESPREAD BANS

Posted on October 23rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Three men have been arrested without charge for a pub fight that saw a 51-year-old man die, as a Victorian magistrate poses a clamp-down on alcohol-fuelled violence. Shortly before midnight on Friday (20 October) witnesses say a group of people

THE STAR FACES ACCUSATIONS OF MIS-REPORTING OF VIOLENCE

Posted on November 4th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The Star has been accused of under-reporting and mis-reporting violent incidents in the casino in a damning ABC report based on a leaked Liquor & Gaming report. On Monday night ABC’s PM broadcast spoke of an in-depth review of security

Media beats up pubs with flawed analysis of violence

Posted on February 23rd, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Blood-thirsty media around the country have jumped to misinterpret data out of BOCSAR, drawing incorrect and potentially libellous conclusions that hotel density incites violence. A story appeared on Thursday based on a Bureau of Crime Statistics & Research (BOCSAR) report