Legislation

A central Queensland publican has been ordered to fork out almost $200,000 for throwing a beer glass at a drunken patron he had previously banned.

Minister for Tourism and Fair Trading
The Honourable Peter Lawlor
15/02/2010

New laws to protect problem gamblers

Minister for Tourism and Fair Trading
The Honourable Peter Lawlor
07/02/2010

Eighteen-year-olds can vote, drive, join the army and go to war so they should also be allowed to drink alcohol, says Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.

Police on the Sunshine Coast are consuming seized liquor, accepting free drinks and using their identification to avoid cover charges at nightclubs while off duty, the Crime and Misconduct Commissi

Clubs are getting an unfair tax advantage on their pokies income, the Productivity Commission has concluded.

Parents should be fined for giving their own children under 18 a glass of wine with dinner, a federal Liberal MP says.

Madison Stutynski has been busy in Canberra representing the views of the region - and addressing the problem of alcohol-fuelled violence - at youth forum Heywire.

Hoteliers have told a federal government inquiry into youth violence that pub brawls had not increased but attacks were more vicious and visible.

The Australian Hotels Association (AHA) says violence in hotels and pubs has become more vicious, erupts more easily and often involves weapons.