Hordes descended on Flinders Road and Southern Cross stations after the midnight fireworks as punters tried to get dwelling. All different CBD stations have been closed simply earlier than midnight as a “crowd-control measure”, in line with the Metropolis of Melbourne.
It was the primary New 12 months’s Eve since the repeal of public drunkenness legal guidelines in Victoria in November.
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Ten vans with groups from neighborhood well being organisation co-health have been rostered on to take care of cases of public drunkenness and to move individuals in want again dwelling, or to a newly opened 24/7 sobering up centre in Collingwood, in line with a state authorities spokesman.
Hundreds of law enforcement officials have been rostered on throughout the state. Melbourne’s CBD, the St Kilda foreshore and the Geelong CBD have been designated areas beneath the Management of Weapons Act, giving police stop-and-search powers.