Sydney's highly controversial lockdown laws did little else than ruin the Harbour City's most famous venues and defer violence into surrounding suburbs, new statistics show.
A report from the Journal of Addiction show a decrease in violence in the popular nightspot and Sydney's CBD have coincided with increased numbers in fringes just a walking distance from the precincts.
A 10-year period from 2009 to 2019 in the years pre-dating the pandemic show the city's controversial mandates have had little to no impact, instead deferring the violence issues into other suburbs.
The manipulation of Sydney's lockdown statistics have reared its ugly head after figures showed depleted assaults in Kings Cross have spilled into surrounding areas
The lockout laws were instituted following the high profile deaths of Thomas Kelly and Daniel Christie, which occurred in July, 2012 and December, 2014 respectively.
The laws were established less than two months after Christie's death, but assaults had already started plummeting well before the rules were introduced.
Assault incidents had decreased from 42 incidents in July, 2012 to 31.5 in December, 2012 following the tragic death of Kelly due to an unprovoked one-hit punch from Kieran Loveridge.
Christie was killed on December 31, 2013 after a fatal coward punch from Shaun McNeil, which saw assault incidents drop from 34 in January of 2014 to 24 in June.
Lockout laws were established at the end of January in 2014, but the numbers had already been in two years of decline.
The lockout laws were instituted following the high profile deaths of Thomas Kelly (pictured) and Daniel Christie, which occurred in July, 2012 and December, 2014 respectively
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