AFTER weeks of public pressure to act against alcohol-fuelled violence, Premier Barry O'Farrell has announced his government will urgently consider measures to tackle the problem.
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On his first day back at NSW Parliament after a 10-day holiday, the Premier said a suite of new measures would come before cabinet on Monday.
But Mr O'Farrell said there was no "simple or single solution" to the problem.
He has come under sustained pressure over a string of high-profile attacks that left young men dead or seriously injured in inner Sydney.
Mr O'Farrell said yesterday his government had acted both before and after 18-year-old Thomas Kelly's death at Kings Cross in July 2012.
This included "three-strikes" licensing laws, beefed-up police powers, a ban on glass and the sale of shots after midnight in Kings Cross and improved public transport, but more was needed, he said.
Proposals aim to reshape the binge drinking culture.
"The government understands concerns about alcohol and drug-fuelled violence, binge drinking and what's been going on in these entertainment precincts," Mr O'Farrell said.
The Premier said the reforms cabinet would consider included better licensing regulation, more police resources and penalties targeting those who commit crimes while under the influence of alcohol and other drugs.
His comments come the day before the funeral of Sydney's latest one-punch victim, Daniel Christie, who died on Saturday.
Opposition Leader John Robertson said the Premier still lacked a plan and had failed to bring in the reforms necessary to end alcohol-fuelled violence, including 1am lock-outs backed by police and medical experts. AAP