Liquor Snapshot: Amendments to the Liquor Control Regulations: making it easier to drink?

Posted on July 29th, 2011 by sbawa

Very recent amendments to the Liquor Control Regulations exempt a number of circumstances from the application of the Liquor Control Act 1988.  Although the amendments appear to amount to concessions and a step in the direction of deregulation, those persons who believe they are affected, who seek to sell, supply or consume liquor where no [...]

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Liquor Snapshot: Is WA liquor legislation regressing to the 1700s?

Posted on July 7th, 2011 by sbawa

The recent report produced by the Education and Health Standing Committee chaired by Dr J.M. Woollard MLA ‘…discusses proposals, some similar to those introduced 300 years ago, to combat the current excessive consumption of alcohol in Western Australia.’  The report is titled Alcohol: Reducing the Harm and Curbing the Culture of Excess. Should many of [...]

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