Tag archive for ‘NSW’
Small Bar Red Tape
The Sydney Morning Herald’s Good Living reported on Tuesday (August 11) on the “small bar revolution that isn’t”.
The point of the article is that while it may seem like a whole lot of new drinking dens have opened since the State Government introduced cheap general bar licences a year ago, most of these new ‘bars’ have opened up as licensed cafes and restaurants.
Small Bars Slow Start
When the new laws for ‘Small Bars’ came into effect in New South Wales there was a fair amount of scepticism from the trade, who worried about getting tied up in bureaucratic red tape, particularly if residential neighbours could prevent a bar from opening in their neighbourhood. And it seems the fears were well-founded. The [...]
New Lockout Data Inconclusive
If you type ‘48’ and ‘crime’ into the search box of The Sydney Morning Herald’s website, sitting in the midst of headlines about Serbian war crimes are two stories relating to our industry, one above the other.
No end to Sydney lockout
Reports in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Shout website are “Completely incorrect”, according to an OLGR spokesperson.





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