Legislation

Ban on cheap booze ads 'anti-competitive'

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

Man charged with glassing

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

ID scanning 'open to abuse'

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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

Cops back plan to cut club trading hours

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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".

Brisbane revellers 'at risk from gypsy cabs'

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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.

List: Inquiry's solutions to alcohol-related violence

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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.

Midnight to 3am darkest hours for pub assaults

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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

Inquiry into alcohol related violence

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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

Bligh promises not to be party pooper

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

Party people to picket over 2am lockout

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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