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Quantity over quality on family time, Dwayne tells GC HE PLAYED alongside Cats legend Gary Ablett Snr, and now he calls the play as a sports commentator on radio and pay TV. But away from the spotlight Dwayne Russell is a committed family man who met wife Lisa at 16 and volunteers as a “roadie� for his son’s band. He invited the summer edition of Geelong Coast Magazine (GC) into his family life, split between homes in Highton and Fairhaven. “I believe in quantity time rather than quality time,� Russell tells GC. “I prefer spending long periods of time with my kids rather than cram in a super-duper three hours then not see them for four days.� Bursting with local content over 92 high-quality gloss pages, GC Magazine is out now at newsagents.
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GEELONG coast DWAYNE RUSSELL: CALLING THE SHOTS
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FAMILY GUY: Dwayne and Lisa Russell relax at home with pet Hugo.
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Study: City’s drunks crackdown a failure
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG nightlife initiatives including ID scanners, two-way radios and education campaigns have failed to reduce alcohol-related violence, according to a Deakin University study. The study found that licensing regulation in Newcastle reduced alcohol-related crime but voluntary measures in Geelong had no impact. Dealing with Alcohol-related Harm and the Night-time Economy was Australia’s largest study into drunken nightlife crime. The study compared the effectiveness of Newcastle’s prevention measures through licensing regulation against Gee-
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long’s voluntary programs between 2005 and 2010. Deakin researcher and study author Associate Professor Peter Miller said measures dealing directly with alcohol consumption had the greatest impact on reducing alcohol-related crime. “Limiting trading hours was found to be immediately effective in reducing the alcohol-related crime rates in Newcastle,� Prof Miller said. “This type of intervention comes at no cost to the community and frees up police and other emergency staff to deal with matters other than drunks and alcoholrelated violence and should be considered wherever alcohol-related violence is identified as a problem.� Newcastle’s mandatory regulations
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included locking patrons out of clubs after 1.30am, closing venues by 3.30am, banning alcohol shots after 10pm and limiting the number of drinks served to individual patrons. “We found that the number of assaults in Newcastle dropped significantly during the study period while the interventions in Geelong had no impact,� Prof Miller said. “Other findings included that strong, consistent policing using substantial personal fines is also effective but requires policing levels that are seldom sustained.� Geelong Nightlife Association president Darren Holroyd said the city’s venues had supported the study. “Newcastle started from a lot lower
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base because they had a lot more violence issues, so they had to be more drastic in their approach,� Mr Holroyd said. “Both approaches have some merit and had some impact (but) it’s a combination of measures. The ones that really work have been ID scanners, closed-circuit TV, two-way radios, the safe taxi rank and improved street lighting. “Regular police patrols are by far the biggest deterrent.� Mr Holroyd said he believed violence in venues was at an all-time low but drugs and weapons had presented new challenges since the study’s completion. The nightlife association was open to considering the impact of licensing regulation in Geelong, he said.
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