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VENUE LOCK-OUTS UNLIKELY AS NEW GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES TO STAY IN

Queensland’s new Labor Government may not get the chance to ram through flawed restrictions on licensed venues, as it battles its own issues on violence and anti-social behaviour. Late last week the newly-elected State Government under Annastacia Palaszczuk reiterated its intentions for a ‘Newcastle-style’ gamut of restrictions on venues, the supposed benefits of which were […]

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NOT TAKING THE PISS: TALK OF PEE REPELLENTS

News & Releases / Clyde Mooney

A stain on most licensed venues, Queensland is clamping down on public urination, fighting back with the Offenses Act and talk of pee-repellent paint. The issue of people relieving themselves in public has long been associated with the night-time drinking culture. And surprisingly enough, several States do not actually have a law against it. However,

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‘DRACONIAN’ LIQUOR LAWS NEED REVIEW: LAWYER

News & Releases / Clyde Mooney

The new laws implemented by the NSW OLGR on 1 March included the tightening of ‘intoxication’ loopholes, in an attempt to stop publicans relying upon a defence of reasonable steps to avoid the offence of allowing intoxication. One of a raft of measures that took effect this month, the “Steps to prevent intoxication on licensed

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BOCSAR FIGURES SHOW MANLY ON BEST BEHAVIOUR

News & Releases / Clyde Mooney

One of Sydney’s hot-spots for violence has recorded another big drop in incidents, after more than seven years “continuous improvement” by stakeholders. As the punitive licensing conditions befalling Sydney’s CBD and Kings Cross come further into question, the beachside suburb of Manly stood to see an unwanted backwash from the early closing city venues. Yet

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NEW LICENSING RULES BEGIN

News & Releases / Clyde Mooney

March sees the introduction of the final stages of the Liquor Act Review by the NSW OLGR and WA’s DRGL roll out its URS, with mixed blessings for licensees. In an attempt to encourage its Multi-Occasion Extended Trading Authorisation (MOETA), Government has dropped the $1000 application fee for 2015. The MOETA system allows regional venues

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Assault rates falling dramatically around NSW

Trade Restriction / Clyde Mooney

The much quoted and independently run Bureau of Crime Statistics & Research (BOCSAR) recently released notice that assault rates around the State have dropped dramatically – to a predominantly silent response from media. While the State average since 2008 has reached a very notable 37.4 per cent drop in violent crimes, some known notorious areas

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Crime down 56 per cent, Police objections still rising

Trade Restriction / Clyde Mooney

The AHA WA has come out in support licensed venues’ struggle to keep authorities satisfied, as the State’s Police continue their campaign of whip-cracking. Speaking to PubTIC, AHA WA CEO Bradley Woods relayed some of the discrepancies between Police objections and the reality of an industry trying to take on its new role as WA’s

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WA Police licencing objection irrelevance exposed

Trade Restriction / Clyde Mooney

West Australian small bars will be bikie-free thanks to the objections of the State’s Police department, which continues to involve itself in matters of obvious community concern. Tropical Life P/L has been granted a small bar licence in Mosman Park, with intentions to operate a 120-capacity room offering “jazz, blues, soul and cocktail music from

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OLGR shakeup begins March

Licensing / Clyde Mooney

The NSW OLGR has backed up its new regulatory reshuffle, issuing a warning that changes including Liquor Act reforms, targeted compliance and enforcement, and the contentious risk-based licensing fees. Beginning 1 March, the changes introduced through the Liquor Legislation Amendment (Statutory Review) Act 2014 will commence, offering new flexibility for brewers and distillers and a

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West Australia calls for licensing reforms as Police accused of poor targeting

Licensing / Clyde Mooney

West Australian Opposition leader Mark McGowan has come out in support of licensing reform, amid claims WA Police and Health departments are quashing industry. A news conference in late January fronted by McGowan and prominent Perth hospitality venue operator Scott Taylor, heard of systemic objections by the departments, resulting in “at least 12 months between

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VENUE LOCK-OUTS UNLIKELY AS NEW GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES TO STAY IN

NOT TAKING THE PISS: TALK OF PEE REPELLENTS

‘DRACONIAN’ LIQUOR LAWS NEED REVIEW: LAWYER

BOCSAR FIGURES SHOW MANLY ON BEST BEHAVIOUR

NEW LICENSING RULES BEGIN

Assault rates falling dramatically around NSW

Crime down 56 per cent, Police objections still rising

WA Police licencing objection irrelevance exposed

OLGR shakeup begins March

West Australia calls for licensing reforms as Police accused of poor targeting

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