Trade Restriction

LIQUOR REGULATOR OLIVE BRANCH TAKES ROOT

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

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LIQUOR LAW REFORM TRICKLES AS INDUSTRY SINKS AND BAIRD DROWNS

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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NSW GOVT ABOUT TO ‘FIX’ NOTORIOUS STRIKES SCHEME

The NSW Government is set to announce more welcome news for publicans, as cabinet considers plans to shift burden of the dreaded ‘Strikes’ from premises to operator. Liquor & Gaming’s Three Strikes scheme is intended to “target licensees or managers” that wilfully and repeatedly break serious liquor licensing laws, such as serving underage or breaching

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LOCKOUT WARS: SYDNEY MARCHES vs MELBOURNE CHUCKLES

Thousands of people marched in the streets of Sydney yesterday to protest the Government’s destruction of the city’s nightlife – right past invitations to party in Melbourne. Keep Sydney Open – a group passionately dedicated to reviving Sydney’s live music scene and night-time economy – rallied up to 10,000 (counts vary) like-minded citizens to demonstrate

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LOCKOUT REVIEW PART II GAINS TRACTION

Just eight days since the ill-fated ‘review’ into Sydney’s lockout trade restrictions, plans for ‘Phase 2’ of the solution are gaining momentum. In accordance with the Liquor Act, Government is compelled to allow for a “flexible and practical regulatory system” that is “consistent with the expectations, needs and aspirations of the community”. The outcry against

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CALLINAN REVIEW: POLITICAL PAWN PLAYED AND WON

The much-anticipated Callinan Review tome into Sydney’s punitive licensing laws has finally arrived after six months, producing the required officially unquestionable grounds upon which to do nothing. Over 1800 people and businesses made complex submissions to the process, intellectual debates raged over the destruction of Sydney’s nightlife and live music scene, thousands rallied in the

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