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SENATE REPORT INTO ALCOHOL INDUSTRY RED TAPE: KEY RESULTS

Global drinks company Diageo and the National branch of the AHA have weighed in on the results of the Federal Senate Committee’s red tape report, with positive signs for diminishing bureaucracy. Two of the alcohol industry’s biggest stakeholders have come out in support of calls to Australian governments by Senator David Leyonhjelm’s Committee for clearer […]

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SYDNEY LOCKOUTS: SPREADING VIOLENCE AND TAKING LIFE

Research out of BOCSAR has confirmed the displacement of violence from Sydney’s ‘locked out’ entertainment zones, further confirming the flaws in the laws. Displacement of alcohol-fuelled violence to precincts around the Sydney CBD and Kings Cross has shown a statistically significant increase – 12 per cent in the immediate surrounds and 17 per cent in

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LOCKOUT PROTESTS AND ALTERNATIVES CONTINUE UNABATED AT RALLY #3

The push to liberate Sydney and Kings Cross venues from the blanket lockout laws continues unabated, with Rally 3 by Keep Sydney Open to take place tomorrow, joined by City Safe. Keep Sydney Open (KSO) is a highly organised group of concerned citizens, including venue operators and cultural organisations, dedicated to restoring the vitality of

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‘SAFE’ VENUES COULD SEE LOCKOUT EXEMPTIONS

A troupe of stakeholders has banded together to put to government a strategy allowing recognised ‘safe’ venues exemptions to Sydney’s notorious lockouts and trade restrictions. The plan for broadening exemptions is the result of months of consultation between industry and experts in law and government, and importantly, is based in the existing legislation. No changes

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QUEENSLAND CHEERS AS LOCKOUTS SCRAPPED

Queensland’s government has listened to its constituents and experts from Deakin University, and scrapped plans for the introduction of its contentious lockout laws. An already watered-down version of the ‘Tackling Alcohol-Fuelled Violence Legislation Amendment Act’ 2016 came into effect on 1 July, last year. All licensed venues in the state were required to cease trading

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