Sydney lockouts: 3am close stops violence, drug foundation tells inquiry

By Kirsty Needham
Updated May 1 2016 - 12:23am, first published 12:00am
Timing: The Australian Drug Foundation says 3am closures may be effective in reducing violence. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Timing: The Australian Drug Foundation says 3am closures may be effective in reducing violence. Photo: Wolter Peeters

A prominent health lobby group and two alcohol research bodies have questioned the effectiveness of the 1.30am lockout in Sydney, instead suggesting it is 3am closures that reduce violence.

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