After years fighting for Sydney’s right to party, Keep Sydney Open is garnering support for a push to take the plight of the global city into parliament. The controversial 1:30 lockout and 3am closure laws were introduced in February 2014, cementing a Government view that the night economy in Sydney was not important. Framed as […]
Key Kings Cross venues will join Keep Sydney Open for the massive MEET ME IN THE CROSS party on 1 July – sustaining the fight against the lockouts and showcasing late-night culture. Solotel’s Kings Cross Hotel, Potts Point Hotel (formerly The Sugarmill) and World Bar will be amongst venues hosting a huge line-up of bands
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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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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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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
Following Tuesday’s release of the much-anticipated Callinan Review, Sydneysiders are coming together in a massive rally 9 October to demand government Keep Sydney Open. In February, as the Review into Sydney’s ‘lockout’ licensing laws geared up, over 15,000 people gathered on the streets of Sydney to protest the laws that are quashing Sydney’s night-time vibrancy.
The NSW State Government yesterday announced a new chair and board for ILGA that will hopefully produce a “better result” for licensed venues. The Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA) is a statutory decision-maker, regulating licensing and disciplinary matters for pubs, clubs and casinos. Its new chair will be lawyer Philip Crawford, who acts as a
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SBS will tomorrow night host a high-stakes debate on Sydney’s lockout laws between dissenting parties – as a massive survey reports an overwhelmingly No! from the public. Current affairs provocateur The Feed has lined up a panel to discuss the pro’s and con’s of the trade restrictions that have transformed Sydney’s Kings Cross and CBD
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Sydney-siders gathered to protest the infamous trade restrictions and lockout laws that are being seen as the cause of a massive slump in the city’s hospitality scene and nightlife. Around fifteen thousand protesters, including hospitality business owners and staff, music fans and musicians and members of the public, marched through Sydney’s CBD yesterday as part
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