Support for 24/7 booze ban proposal in Adelaide parklands
Adelaide City Council’s push to ban booze across the entire city is ramping up, with the Hutt St Traders Association throwing its support behind the proposal.
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Adelaide City Council’s proposal to ban booze in the parklands at all times has the support of the Hutt St Traders Association.
Association secretary Wayne Copley said the group supported the ban, and that alcohol abuse had long been a problem in the parklands near Hutt St.
“This is a complicated issue for sure and these are just some things we can do to help alleviate the problem,” Mr Copley said.
“SA Police have move along orders they can use, and that just brings today’s problem somewhere else tomorrow.
“By having complete dry zones, it alleviates the problems and controls behaviour.”
He said a current three-month trial of a 24/7 dry zone in parts of the southern parklands had made a “positive impact” in the area.
Currently, all city streets and squares are dry areas at all times, and alcohol is banned in all parklands between 8pm and 11am.
Deputy lord mayor Alexander Hyde is behind the push for a 24/7 alcohol ban in the parklands to tackle anti-social behaviour and help problem drinkers.
Cr Hyde said feedback he had received suggested most business owners and residents supported a city-wide ban.
He said there should be provision for casual drinkers to easily be able to get an exemption to the ban, if it were approved.
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According to Adelaide Zero Project data, which works to end homelessness in Adelaide, 158 people were sleeping rough in the city last month – up 21 per cent on December’s figures.
Anglicare SA CEO Peter Sandeman, who co-chairs the Adelaide Zero Project, has asked Premier Steven Marshall to establish a multi-agency task force to address the concerns.
Human Services Minister Michelle Lensink said reform in the homelessness sector was “long overdue”.
SA Police Superintendent Craig Wall said SAPOL was working with government and non-government agencies to make the parklands as “safe as possible for everyone to enjoy”.
Consultation on the proposed ban ends on Friday, February 21.
The council would need State Government approval to implement the ban.
