Police in Australia arrested more than 1500 people during the weekend as part of a blitz on alcohol-fuelled violence.
The ABC reports more than half the arrests were in Western Australia, a big increase on previous years.
Queensland police conducted 10,000 random breath tests over Friday and Saturday night and arrested about 300 people.
Victoria recorded 200 arrests and there were more than 380 in New South Wales.
The ACT had nine arrests, while South Australia and the Northern Territory made just over 40 arrests.
Most of the arrests were for assault, disorderly behaviour and drink-driving.
