Sydney Morning Herlad SIMON MCGORAM IS AN AUTHORITY ON COCKTAILS, SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR AND BAR ROOM ANTICS. When was the last time you had too many of these and decided to king-hit someone? Photo: Jessica Shapiro How was your Australia Day? Did it involve a couple beers or a glass of vino, and...
Archives: January 2014
Study finds six West Australians have died in one-punch attacks
ONE-PUNCH attacks have claimed the lives of at least six West Australians between 2000 and 2012, a new study has found. The Monash University study found there were 90 fatal one-punch attacks in Australia between January 2000 and December 2012. Most occurred in New South Wales (28) followed by...
Does beer stunt send wrong message
An MP has been seen doing a handstand while drinking a beer at an Australia Day party. Does it send the wrong message? Rita Panahi and Justin Smith discuss on Sunrise today. View Video
Law change is a simple solution to a complex problem on one-punch incidents
Written by Alan Howe Herald Sun Melbourne QC Peter Faris believes getting juries to find a conviction for manslaughter might be a bridge too far. Source: HeraldSun WHEN Daniel Singleton punched Nathan Alsop, his victim did not see it coming. Alsop fell to the ground unconscious and died. What happened next, as...
Entering a living hell from just one punch
Aisha Dow January 25, 2014 The Age Robyn Brewin with her son James Macready-Bryan. Seven years after he was king hit, the former Monash University law student has learnt to smile again, but vocal communication is limited. Photo: Jason South Andrew Kaye holds a model of a skull in his hand and...
Thousand sign petition against new drink laws
Sydney Morning Herald Rachel Olding Young partygoers have ridiculed the NSW government’s raft of measures to tackle alcohol-related violence, accusing Premier Barry O’Farrell of killing the city’s nightlife and vowing to post petitions on the doors of nightclubs. Andrew Levins, DJ and owner of The Dip restaurant at the late-trading...
Restrictions May Push Violence into Suburbs
Sydney Morning Herald Nicole Hasham A drastic crackdown on central Sydney pubs and clubs will turn drunken revellers onto the street with few ways of getting home, the hotel lobby has warned. The fears were echoed by Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore, who says the measures risk shifting the problem...
Punch drunk: it’s just another power trip
Mark Dapin Sydney Morning Herald People attack other people because, for them, it’s fun. I walked out of the pub and woke up in the back of an ambulance. I remember only a little of what happened in between. I noticed five men on the other side of the road,...
Barry O’Farrell announces ‘tough’ laws to combat alcohol-fuelled violence
Sean Nicholls SYDNEY MORNING HERALD STATE POLITICAL EDITOR Pubs and clubs in Sydney’s CBD will be forced to lock out new customers from 1.30am and cease alcohol trading by 3am under a state government crackdown on alcohol- and drug-related violence. Premier Barry O’Farrell has also announced bottle shops will have...
The deals in ‘legal niceties’ so delivering justice is a different matter
Robert Ovadia | The Daily Telegraph The deals in ‘legal niceties’ so delivering justice is a different matter Robert Ovadia. Source: Supplied THE law could not prevent a promising, gentle teenager by the name of Thomas Kelly from being punched and killed in Kings Cross, but it sure as hell could have...