Legislation

Bottle shops are legitimate businesses that should be allowed to advertise their products, the state's peak hotels body says.

A man has been left with cuts to his face after being glassed at a Brisbane hotel.

The state's former attorney-general has slammed calls for greater use of ID scanners in nightclubs by a parliamentary inquiry on alcohol-related violence, saying the system could be abused by licen

The Queensland Police Union has called on the state government to back the recommendations of a parliamentary inquiry into alcohol-fuelled violence "lock, stock and barrel".

Queensland taxi operators have blasted a proposal to allow London-style unmarked private cabs onto the state's roads to take revellers home from busy entertainment hotspots.

The Queensland Parliament's Law, Justice and Safety Committee has put forward 68 recommendations to tackle alcohol-fuelled violence. Following is a summary of some of the key points.

More than a quarter of all assaults in pubs and clubs happen in the six worst hours every week - between midnight and 3am on Saturdays and Sundays - lending support for calls to reduce pub trading

The final report is now available on the Queensland Parliament website of it's inquiry into alcohol related violence.  To read the report, click here http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/comm

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says she's not about to throw a wet blanket across the state's pubs and clubs.

Critics of proposed changes to late-night trading hours in Brisbane's entertainment precinct plan to picket Parliament House again should an inquiry into alcohol-related violence recommend shutting