The Courier Mail reported this morning (28 July) that more than 70 “high risk” licensed venues across Brisbane, including the Qantas Club, will be the first targeted in the State Government’s ban on glass.

Popular late-night venues across the City and Valley are top of the list, as well as suburban hot spots such as the International Players Cabaret and Sportsbar in Ipswich and Pine Rivers United Sports Club at Strathpine. High-risk venues include all those that provide entertainment, are allowed to trade past 3am or have a history of violent incidents.

The call for plastic and shatterproof glassware has been in response to a surge in glassings in Queensland. The move has prompted mixed reactions from venue owners, with many thinking that patrons who engage in such violence should be punished more severely. Liquor Licensing is yet to determine whether the ban on glass will apply permanently, or after a certain time. But it’s understood different licensees will have different conditions and that the ban will include stubbies and alcopops.

The first ”high risk” venues to be targeted:

Club India, Brisbane
Transcontinental Hotel, Brisbane
The Federal Hotel, Ipswich
Zuri Lounge, Fortitude Valley
Uber, West End
Pine Rivers United Sports Club, Strathpine
The Hi-Fi Brisbane, West End
International Players Cabaret and Sportsbar, Ipswich
Victory Hotel, Brisbane
Empire Hotel, Fortitude Valley
Bunk, Fortitude Valley
The Family Nightclub, Fortitude Valley
Hotel Wickham, Fortitude Valley
Caxton Hotel, Petrie Tce
St Pauls on Leichhardt, Brisbane
Fridays, Brisbane
Pig N Whistle, Eagle St, Brisbane
Port Office Hotel, Brisbane
Chalk Hotel, Woolloongabba
The Velvet Cigar, Petrie Tce
The Fox Hotel, South Brisbane
Players Universal Lounge, Brisbane
The Lasseters Valley Hotel, Fortitude Valley
Union Jacks Ale House, Brisbane
Jade Buddha, Brisbane
Sportsman Hotel, Spring Hill,
The Met, Fortitude Valley
Jimmy’s On The Mall, Brisbane
Tony’s Niteclub, Fortitude Valley
Planet Nightclub, Fortitude Valley
Rockafellas Bar, Fortitude Valley
The GPO Hotel, Fortitude Valley
Bank Vault Lounge, Fortitude Valley
Bad Girls, Fortitude Valley
Down Under Bar & Grill, Brisbane
Club Minx, Brisbane
Just Hooters, Brisbane
Embassy Hotel, Brisbane
Royal George Hotel, Fortitude Valley
Little Jumbo, Brisbane
Brazilian Touch, Fortitude Valley
Mustang Bar, Fortitude Valley
The Elephant and Wheelbarrow, Fortitude Valley
Bohemia, Petrie Tce
The Monastery, Fortitude Valley
Scores Night Club, Fortitude Valley
The Cabaret Nightclub, Fortitude Valley
Qantas Club, Qantas Club Lounge, Qantas Chairman Lounge, Brisbane Airport
Hotel LA, Petrie Tce
Rics Cafe, Fortitude Valley
Exchange Hotel, Brisbane
The Beat Cabaret and Restaurant, Fortitude Valley
Showgirls CC, Brisbane
The Fringe Bar, Fortitude Valley
Step Inn, Fortitude Valley
Rosies on Edward, Brisbane
Club 299, Fortitude Valley
Mystique, Fortitude Valley
Kaliber Boutique Lounge Dining, Fortitude Valley
Love and Rockets, Petrie Tce
Imagination Cafe, Bar & Cafe, Petrie Tce
Love and Rockets, Fortitude Valley
The Calypso, Expresso Bar & Cafe
Casablanca Brasserie & Cafe
Arena, Fortitude Valley
Bar Soma Restaurant, Fortitude Valley
Siam Samrarn Thai Restaurant, West End
Not Quite 299, Fortitude Valley
X & Y Bar, Fortitude Valley
Normanby Hotel, Red Hill
Royal Exchange Hotel, Toowong
Alexandra Hills Hotel, Alexandra Hills

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