Sydney lockout laws review highlights vital role of transparent data analysis
- Written by Sally Cripps, Professor of Statistics, Director of Centre for Translational Data Science, University of Sydney
The New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) recently claimed Sydney’s alcohol licensing regulations, commonly known as lockout laws, reduced non-domestic assaults by 13% in the CBD. Its calculation relied on a decision to allocate 1,837 of these offences to both Kings Cross and the CBD – that is,...