Wishful thinking and guesswork are behind the daft 2am lockout policy.
PREMIER John Brumby probably wasn’t expecting a backlash this big.
Nearly 30,000 distressed drinkers have signed just one of the many Facebook petitions opposing the 2am lockout — the Victorian Government’s new policy that will ban entry to bars, pubs and clubs in the inner city [...]

Norm Withers said he was deeply hurt and saddened to hear about the attack by five men on a group of English and Danish tourists in Cashel Mall at 1am on Saturday.
The attack was apparently sparked by nothing more than their accents.
Six of the eight tourists were taken to Christchurch Hospital, including two with knife [...]

One of the English and Danish tourists remained in Christchurch Hospital with knife wounds, but was reported in a comfortable condition and likely to be discharged today.
Police today released firm descriptions of the six men they say attacked the tourists — two women and six men — who were walking in central Christchurch about 1am [...]