Parramatta: 'No need' for more premises

Parramatta’s Police Superintendent, Robert Redfern, said 78 per cent of all crime and anti-social behaviours involved alcohol-affected people. He said the good work between the police, council, licensees and the NSW Government in ‘driving down’ alcohol-related crime could be wasted if more licensed premises were approved. “We have now reached saturation point in Parramatta with licensed premises and we don’t need any more,” he told the Parramatta Advertiser. He said the 1.30am “lock-out” a success in controlling anti-social behaviours. Parramatta had a total of 150 licensed premises, he said. Lord Mayor, Paul Barber, said such premises added to the vibrancy of the city and had “struck a balance”.