Extra cops, bans on troublemakers and designated safe drinking zones will spearhead a Queensland government crackdown on alcohol-fuelled violence.
Premier Anna Bligh has announced three `Drink Safe Precincts' will be set up - in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley, the Gold Coast and Townsville - from December 2010.
Under the $4.2 million plan, police numbers in those precincts will be boosted by 39 per cent and troublemakers will be banned from those areas.
Police numbers will increase during peak times and there will be better supervised taxi zones, Ms Bligh said. > > > >
