Introduction Several violent incidents involving alcohol consumers have led to the introduction of stringent laws like the liquor lockout law and the one-punch law in Australia. Most of the entertainment businesses operating at night are crowded with young people who engage in excessive alcohol drinking and drugs. Unfortunately, the excessive consumption of alcohol has led to many cases of assaults on young people walking in the streets while drunk. All such incidents have forced the government to introduce legislative changes. These laws have regulated alcohol-related violence and reduced their nighttime activities (Babor, Caetano, & Casswell, 2010). This research will evaluate how the university students in Sydney take these state legislative changes to help in minimizing alcohol-related violence among teenagers and youth since the night-time economy of Sydney City is mainly dominated by activities that relate to young people. There are adequate reasons and values related to this research and the changes in the state’s legislation regarding the consumption of alcohol. This research is also crucial, as it will give a clear assessment of young people’s views on the legislation. The importance of the liquor lockout and one-punch legislation is to reduce the number of violent cases related to drunkenness (Writer 2014, pp. 7-8). Therefore, the research will highlight the effectiveness of the legislation in curbing alcohol-related violence and illustrating the views of the university students regarding these state changes. Literature Review Since the year 2000, alcohol-related offenses have been rising in Australia. For instance, many people under the influence of drugs or alcohol have died in the district of Kings Cross (Sydney). Recently, there were two controversial incidents involving the deaths of two young men. In July 2012, Thomas Kelly was killed by a single punch while walking in a drunken state at night in Kings Cross district. In a similar way, another young man named Daniel Christie was also murdered at the same location on New Year’s Eve. After this assault of 31 st December 2013, Daniel was admitted while in a coma at St. Vincent’s Hospital (Sydney) where he succumbed to injuries after eleven days. These two cases forced the public to push the government in bringing some stringent state legislative changes (Whitley, 2014). First, the lockout legislation was introduced to reduce the number of offenses committed under the influence of alcohol. The legislation indicates that patrons evicted from licensed businesses later than 1:30 am are not permitted to return. The legislation also states that the bottle shops will not sell alcohol after 10 pm while licensed premises will not serve alcohol after 3.00 am (Whitley, 2014). Various researches were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the lockout policy. Major research to study this policy was carried out by the Alcohol and Drugs Incident Management Survey (ADIMS). This study was conducted in parts in which the first part took statistics of the related areas. The study indicated that the damages and offenses committed under the influence of alcohol decreased by 47.5% in licensed places. In public areas w