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Australian Daily’s Nostalgic Toast To ‘Prohibition End’ In Sydney

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The Daily Telegraph, March 31, 2016

Sydney-based The Daily Telegraph devoted its front page Thursday to the city’s plans to scrap 62 public alcohol-free zones in parks and streets, featuring Lord Mayor Clover Moore as a bartender in an end-of-prohibition photomontage.

Moore is using new crime statistics to justify removing the booze-free areas in and around the city. But the decision is angering locals who say ­restrictions on public drinking help curb violent crime in sensitive zones.

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