Queensland Government Archives

QLD LOCKOUTS MAY NOT HAPPEN EVEN AS PATRONS BEHAVE BADLY

Posted on January 11th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

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

MP IN SPOTLIGHT FOR BOOZY PUB INCIDENT

Posted on September 19th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

A Queensland MP and her husband are in hot water over an alleged alcohol-fuelled incident at a pub in her electorate. Saturday 10 September, Brittany Lauga – first-term MP for the seat of Keppel – and her husband, Wayne, were

PUI? GOVT PLAN TO BREATH-TEST PATRONS

Posted on June 22nd, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

The newly-elected Queensland Government is considering a plan to breath-test patrons – with results to be used to build cases against venues. The plan is over and above the considerations already on the table to introduce lockouts and early closing