29 signatures, then a ban: Carlton North drinking rule faces 7,707 objections

Carlton North bans drinking on the median strips — the road middles — of Drummond, Rathdowne and Canning Streets. The council says an August petition with 29 signatures, citing noise, rubbish and unsafe behaviour, prompted it. Days later, a counter-petition to reverse the ban gathered more than 7,707 signatures. The council acted by legally reclassifying the strips as non-park land.