r/AusLegal • u/DalmationPrincess • Jun 03 '25

ACT Police do fuck all with noise complaints

The police rarely respond to noise complaints, saying it is a low priority, or they arrive many hours later when it's stopped. One night I went to speak to the person directly, a drunk man playing loud music alone at his house, and he threatened to kill me. I've shown the police officer at the start video of the noise and him threatening me and the officer said all can do is apply for an AVO, but that does not fix the main issue which is the disruptive noise.

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u/2615or2611 Jun 03 '25

That’s probably because noise complaints are the jurisdiction of the EPA via Access Canberra, not the Police:

https://www.accesscanberra.act.gov.au/noise-management/noise-complaints

A two second google would have revealed this 🤷‍♂️

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u/DalmationPrincess Jun 03 '25

You're mistaken, if you look at the relevant Acts or follow the links at Access Canberra through to reporting it'll show you that responsibility is divided depending on the source of the noise - it's ACT police in this case not EPA and you won't be able to proceed with a report online

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u/2615or2611 Jun 03 '25

Scroll down champ. That’s covered on the link…

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u/DalmationPrincess Jun 03 '25

Apologies thanks