 Gentlemen thanks very much for coming along. Today I just want to provide an overview of our activities, policing activities for New Year's Eve in and around the South Bank area and the Brisbane Central District Entertainment Precinct which extends to the Brisbane City, Portitude Valley and the Caxon Street precincts. Tonight as everyone expects the aim of the Queensland Police Service in conjunction with partner agencies such as Queensland Rail, Brisbane City Council, various state government departments, have an objective of providing a safe environment for members of the community attending these venues that I've just mentioned. We're expecting large crowds in South Bank in the vicinity of 80,000 plus people and in the vicinity of 40 to 50,000 around the other entertainment precincts in the Brisbane Central area. To provide a policing service we've rostered on an extra number of police who will be working in those areas, South Bank area, we have an excess of 200 police officers in conjunction with security provided by the South Bank Corporation and in the Brisbane Central District we also have a large number of extra police rostered on for that particular night. The public transport, I really push the fact that if people are planning to come into these entertainment precincts if they could please consider using public transport. Parking will be at a premium and also as a policing response there'll be random breath tests being conducted in various locations on main therapies departing the city South Bank areas. TransLink are providing free TransLink services from 9 p.m. to night until 5.30 in the morning and Queensland Rail will be running rails right through the rail trains right through the night until the early hours tomorrow morning. Taxi services will be provided and the major taxi ranks in the City Fortitude Valley and South Bank areas will have taxi council people there working to assist people into the taxis. Couple of points we'd just like to make in relation to personal safety. I just encourage people going out tonight to have a good time but to be very very sensible in the way they behave. The predominant thing is to look after your mates. If you have a friend that becomes intoxicated look after them. Don't abandon them, don't leave them there. There'll be large volumes of people with two lots of fireworks at South Bank one at 8.30 p.m. and the other at midnight which there will be huge numbers of people at various vantage points including Kangaroo Point and Mount Coopa. So we're just asking people going to those locations to enjoy the fireworks. A lot of families will be there, have consideration for other people that are doing the same in that area viewing the fireworks and just ensure that you look after your friends and that you are aware of your surrounds and people around you and who is around you. One bit of safety advice is if someone does approach you and becomes a bit aggressive walk away. As you know we've had the One Punch Can Kill campaign for a number of years and we've all seen that over a period of time so the effects of One Punch what they can have on people. So you're not a coward if you walk away it's a smart move so we'd encourage that to occur. The other thing is too if you're coming into town ladies in particular the handbags take your valuables out and have minimal valuables in your handbag just as a bit of a safety precaution. If you do lose the bag we do happen to have your bag stolen. As I said we will have a large police presence there behavior that is not acceptable the community will be dealt with in a swift manner and just to ensure that people in the area do enjoy themselves and do enjoy themselves in a safe manner. Well South Bank is an alcohol free zone action will be taken against them and they'll be removed from the South Bank precinct. It is an alcohol free zone a number of families will be there tonight enjoying festivities and there's a number of security officers and police there so anyone with alcohol there will certainly be found in. Is that still normally a problem for you guys? Do people still try to sort of smuggle it? You get people at Troy to flout the law and try and to get around things but it's going to be very very difficult for them to do that this evening. Well we've got a number of police out there and alcohol drugs is an ongoing concern but as I said we have a number of police out there and though they're taking enforcement action or any person found in possession or using any drugs in any of these areas. As I said also there'll be a heavy traffic presence tonight around in and around those facilities and also in the major routes departing those facilities in the city so we're really encouraging people to use public transport. This year the road fatality list is at 279 which is 10 more than last year and the last thing we need is more fatalities on the last day of the year. For a single policing event in South Bank it probably is one of the biggest nights there are the nights where the fireworks and other functions there but tonight seems to be the biggest night in that area hence the large police presence and security presence provided by South Bank. No it's it's 200 extra plus there is a normal police rostered on performing their normal calls for service. For South Bank itself at the South Bank precinct is 200 extra police and approximately 135 security officers. And in the past is alcohol abuse it's the most cool time of the summer. That's the thing alcohol abuse often leads to a lot of these you know disturbances or assaults or offences being committed and that's why we're asking if you're out there with the group look after your mates if you have a mate or a friend that is intoxicated and becoming a little bit unruly look after them get them home and get them out of any environment where they can cause trouble. It's the last thing that people need when they're out celebrating new years. That's correct that's a common sense approach again is home security is locking a house making sure that it's all the windows and doors are locked leave a light on. Also consider your pets you know the number of fireworks going on in various areas in neighborhoods as well as the ones in town. So just consider your pets as well and home security it's a common sense approach and if you're going out lock up if you are staying home you get to know your neighbors out keep an eye on your neighbors places and as I said there'll be a number of police the normal calls for service will be attended to and normal police rostering will occur in the suburbs. No I haven't got those stats with me in the present time. Anywhere we have alcohol in large groups of people you've got to expect a certain amount of trouble. All I can say is that the police will be there they will be intervening to ensure that the general public that do behave do have a safe and enjoyable night. Look I think generally on the whole the community is pretty well behaved I think a lot of responsible people out there that just want to go out with their families and friends have a dinner have a few drinks and see the new years end in without any trouble. I think most of the community the general population do want to behave and do do the right thing but unfortunately we do have elements that do want to go out that can't handle their alcohol and do do not consider the well-being of other people. Unfortunately it's a part of life you're always going to get that element. It's well hopefully with the alcohol free ban or in that environment there'll be no alcohol fuel violence in the South Bank area. I guess the biggest thing is just the policing a large crowd in a confined area that's the big difficulty ensuring that a safe environment is there. Queensland ambulance service are providing extra services in the South Bank area to to cater for any injuries or as well so no we've got a mixture of officers we've got police from the mounted police will be working in those areas the public safety response team will be there we have a plain clothes officers from state crime operations command there is a police from the Queensland from the rail squad that will be there general duties officers and a number of traffic branch and state traffic support group police there as well that's right have just in excess of 200 police in South Bank and then a replica of that in the Brisbane Central District covering the Fortitude Valley Brisbane City and Caxton Street precincts there are extra staff that are rostered on plus we have our normal staff who attend to normal calls for service as part of the normal rostering process I couldn't for South Bank well South Bank specifically got the 200 and I couldn't tell you accurately what the other numbers would be within that metro south area that's what you said that's free buses and trains after there's free trains link service after 9 p.m. to night till 5 30 in the morning and the trains will be running continually through the night into the morning nothing further thanks