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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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
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
The nanny state has spread to Sydney’s inner west, with legendary entertainment venue the Harold Park Hotel forced to end its Sunday arvo live music due to a noise complaint. The Harold Park (HPH) is a landmark pub in Glebe that has been bringing live entertainment in the form of comedy nights, theatre-sports, politics in
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Opponents to the NSW lockout laws, WestConnex and Council amalgamations are hopeful the resignation of Minister Baird could begin changes to the unpopular policies. The 44th Premier of NSW, the Minister for Infrastructure and Western Sydney and party leader, resigned yesterday citing grievous family health problems. While arguably achieving much in his infrastructure portfolio, Baird
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The Queensland Government is weighing the need for Stage 2 of its scheduled ‘lockout’ laws, despite patrons continuing to make the news for bad behaviour. On 22 December, just two days before it closed for good as a pub, a bloodied man was arrested for antics outside the Cairns Courthouse Hotel. The clearly intoxicated man
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Redcape Hotel Group has won its battle to build a new hotel – its third in the western Sydney suburb of Eastwood. Redcape (RHG) operates 28 pubs, including the top-performing Eastwood and Landmark Hotels, both in Eastwood. The new $7 million premise, to be called the Red Lantern Hotel, will be built next door to
Liquor & Gaming NSW has slapped Sydney’s Agincourt Hotel with a hefty fine for late trading in the gaming room. The Agincourt is located on a prominent corner of Broadway, in one of the most densely populated precincts in the country. The pub has a 24-hour licence, but with a prescribed gaming shut-down period of
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The NSW Government has announced a quick start for plans on relaxing bottleshop closing times and boosting small bars “in time for the festive season”. Government’s response last week to the long-awaited ‘Callinan Review’ spoke of a package of measures to mediate the “undesirable consequences” the strict conditions commonly known as the ‘lockout laws’ had
The NSW Government has released a litter of liquor regulation tweaks to stave off criticism of its nanny-state policies, as parson Premier Mike Baird’s approval ratings reach their lowest ever*. The “package” of measures released yesterday included Government’s long-awaited response to the exalted and ultimately disappointing Callinan Review, in which the Hon Ian Callinan AC
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