Changes to trading hours Safe Night Precincts From 1st July 2016, late-trading venues will be able to sell alcohol until 3am. Venues in the safe night precinct can also remain open beyond 3am to serve food and non-alcoholic beverages, and…
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25% Payroll Tax Rebate for Apprentices & Trainees
Queensland employers who hire apprentices and new trainees are set to benefit under the new budget reforms. In keeping with it’s election commitment, the Queensland Government will grant a 25% rebate of payroll tax on the wages of new trainees…
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ID SCANNERS – IMPLEMENTATION POSTPONED
The implementation of mandatory ID scanners for certain premises within safe night precincts has been postponed. This scheme was schedule to commence on 1 July 2015, as part of the Safe Night Out Strategy. It is yet to be determined…
Staff refresher in RSA – Free to AIBI clients
Are you ‘over’ having to keep your staff up to date with all the changes to the Liquor Act? Don’t you wish that someone else would do this for you (at no charge of course)? NOW YOU HAVE IT! Follow this…
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Changes to existing Licences will take effect from July 1st 2015
As you will no doubt be aware, several changes to the Liquor Act will come into effect from 1st July this year. For Restaurants/Cafe’s: Extended trading hours for restaurant and cafe licences will be limited to 1 am. Existing restaurant…
Free RSA training quiz for our clients!
Are you ‘over’ having to keep your staff up to date with all the changes to the Liquor Act? Don’t you wish that someone else would do this for you (at no charge of course)? NOW YOU HAVE IT! Follow this…
Restaurant’s ‘Principal Activity’ strictly enforced from 1st July
From 1 July 2015, licensees with a commercial other subsidiary on-premises licence, where the principal activity is provision of meals, will be required to ensure that for every trading day most of their patrons have consumed a meal at the…
New face-to-face RSA training available for low-risk venues
We are concerned at the implications for low risk venue owners under the Red Tape Reduction guidelines. Even though small venues which don’t trade after midnight are STILL EXPECTED TO ABIDE BY THE LIQUOR ACT, there is no requirement to…
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Red Tape Reduction for low risk venues
Are you a LOW RISK venue? You can answer ‘yes’ to this if you DON’T OPEN AFTER MIDNIGHT and are one of the following: A licensed café A licensed restaurant A community club with fewer than 2,000 members A small…
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New Police powers to ban patrons
The existing civil banning order provisions of the Liquor Act 1992 are now repealed and new banning provisions under the legislation administered by the Queensland Police Service take effect. The police will have a new power to ban an individual…
Holding patron’s EFTPOS card no longer allowed
As per our past predictions, it is now an unacceptable practice or promotion to: ‘ serve or supply alcohol to a patron whilst holding a patron’s EFTPOS or other financial access card or property, pending payment for the liquor in a way that…
Restaurants to be exempt from joining local Safe Night Out Boards
Some liquor-related businesses are considered to be low risk in terms of alcohol-related violence, so Licensees of these venues are not required to join the local Safe Night Out Board. The exemption will apply to: Restaurants (provided that they don’t…
Overview of Safe Night Out strategies for Liquor Licensees
The Queensland Government’s Safe Night Out Strategy is a plan to stamp out alcohol- and drug-related violence and ensure Queensland’s nightlife is safe for everyone. On Tuesday 26 August 2014, the Safe Night Out Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 was passed…
Safe Night Out Precincts
Under the Queensland Government’s Safe Night Out Strategy (SNOS), Safe Night Precincts (SNPs) are being established to ensure effective local management of key entertainment areas. Safe Night Precincts will be managed by local boards operating as incorporated associations. Licensees within…
New nightclub licence approved
From 1 July 2015, a new nightclub licence will replace the previous “commercial other subsidiary on-premises licence (with the principal activity of entertainment)”. Updating existing licences Any licensees who currently hold a commercial other subsidiary on-premises licence (with the principal…
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