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| Subject: OZschwitz slave pen: Fines for minors who enter pubs and clubs Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:22 pm | |
| UNDERAGE drinkers and their parents would be fined up to $1000 for attempting to enter licensed premises or even setting foot inside bottle shops under radical proposals by the state's pubs and clubs.
Pubs say all the onus on keeping minors out of drinking venues is on them at present and the NSW government should establish a deterrent for kids who play the game of sneaking inside a pub before they are legal.
Paul Nicolaou, the chief executive of the Australian Hotels Association, said: ''Kids should know there is a punishment - a fine of some sort - for trying to get into an establishment when you're not the legal age. And if the kid can't pay, the parents should have to pay and they can get the money back from their child in some way. At the moment there is no deterrent.''
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/fines-for-minors-who-enter-pubs-and-clubs-20120922-26dm2.html#ixzz27Ew949lS
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