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Draconian Barry

With his tough new laws, the NSW Premier is taking the fun out of Sydney nightlife

25 January 2014

9:00 AM

25 January 2014

9:00 AM

I’m writing this from a bar in central Sydney, moderately soberly — although I have just ordered another beer, so who knows? — not because it’s a regular pastime at 3am on a Wednesday morning but because it might be my last chance.

For the record, I don’t feel like king-hitting anyone.

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