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Ice crime rate up 13,000% on 2008 Ice is challenging alcohol as the scourge of Geelong nightclubs after a 13,000 per cent increase in methamphetamine offences over the past eight years, according to stakeholders. Greater Geelong had .5 methamphetamine offences for every 100,000 residents in 2008 but the
rate reached 65.7 per 100,000 in March this year, according to Victoria Police statistics. The change had made drugs the focus of efforts to prevent nightclub violence 10 years after the introduction of a Geelong Liquor Accord to crack down on drunken assaults, stakeholders said. Venue operators must take a tough stance on
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drugs in their clubs, said prominent Geelong hospitality figure Darren Holroyd. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ice has come and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a coincidence that violence has since risen,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We, as licensees, are weary of it and we have a zero tolerance in venues - people are ejected and police are notified.â&#x20AC;? Continued page 7
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