OZschwitz slave pen: 3am curfew plan simply won't work

The proposed state-wide 3am curfew on Queensland's licensed venues won't prevent alcohol-fuelled violence. In fact it will probably increase it, at the expense of our choice to go out when, and where, we want.

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Queensland – take heed from Melbourne's own unmitigated failure. The 2am lockout Premier John Brumby experimented with in 2008 was a disaster, with mayhem throughout the CBD's popular nightspots.

Queensland's 3am curfew is more extreme than Melbourne's own failed scheme.
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Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie commissioned a panel in September 2012 to look into the regulation of liquor licensing across the state. These so-called experts are now calling for the state-wide closure of clubs and pubs at 3am in order to try and prevent the drunken violence. This plan simply won't work.

Queensland already has a Drinksafe program that imposes a liquor venue lockout at 3am and a curfew at 5am. Lockouts ban pass outs and you cannot enter a new club or pub after the set time. But you are free to stay on in the same venue.

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OZschwitz slave pen: 3am curfew plan simply won't work

OZschwitz slave pen: 3am curfew plan simply won't work

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