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Booze ban for Sunshine The centre of Sunshine is officially booze-free. Sunshine police inspector Dave Byrt said it was now illegal to hold an open container of alcohol in the CBD after the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation had added it to a list of designated areas. The designated area is bordered by Ballarat Road, Leonard, Neil, Maryvale and Whitty streets, and Derby and Anderson roads. Police can ban unruly people from the area for up to 72 hours if they reasonably suspect them of drunkenness, physical assault, property damage, offensive or obscene behaviour, or failure to leave licensed premises. It’s the first designated alcohol-free area in Brimbank. “As of this moment, you cannot hold an open can of alcohol in the CBD,” Inspector Byrt said. The ban follows implementation of a Brimbank District Liquor Accord, an agreement between Brimbank’s 10 major licensed venues, council and the police, under which unruly patrons can be banned from all co-operating venues. Inspector Byrt said police would endeavour to have bottle shops and sports clubs covered by the accord. Participating venues include Kealba Hotel, Sunshine RSL, Derrimut Hotel, Westend Market Hotel, Glengala Hotel, Deer Park Hotel, Club Italia, Watergardens Hotel, St Albans Hotel and Taylors Lakes Hotel. Hotels and clubs will be encouraged to advise police of special events likely to significantly increase the numbers of people in their areas.
Regular safety audits will be conducted at venues, which will be encouraged to maintain incident records and ensure adherence to patron limits. “Our aim is to head into package liquor outlets,” Inspector Byrt said. “We don’t have a large nightclub issue – a lot of our issues come from package liquor outlets … which leads to violence in the home.
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“There’s a significant number of package liquor outlets in Brimbank. The issues we have to address [with alcohol] are during the day and the early evenings.” Liquor commission chief executive officer Catherine Myers said the decision to introduce a designated alcohol-free area in Sunshine was made after consulting with police about crime in the area. “Local police have advised us that adding Sunshine to the list of designated areas for Victoria will be beneficial in providing another avenue for repeat offenders to be readily identified and placed before a court,” Ms Myers said. “Working with other police initiatives, the designated area order intends to reduce drunk and disorderly conduct in Sunshine’s CBD.” Police also have the power to seek court orders to ban repeat offenders from designated areas up to 12 months.
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