QLD steps back in time.

[Tomy]

PROBLEM patrons face bans from Queensland entertainment precincts and pubs and clubs will close earlier under sweeping plans to curb alcohol-fuelled violence.

Venues will have to shut at 4am on weekends and 2am during the week in party districts, such as Fortitude Valley in Brisbane, Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast and Flinders Street in Townsville.

Recommendations from a parliamentary inquiry tabled in state parliament today also bring forward the compulsory lockout by an hour, from 3am to 2am.

Pubs and clubs outside entertainment districts would close at 3am at weekends and 1am during the week.

But the most radical change is allowing courts and police to ban violent offenders from certain venues and even entire districts.

Tougher maximum penalties for alcohol-related violence will also be considered along with a glass ban on all venues not deemed low-risk.

'Ban pool cues at pubs' Courier Mail, 27 Jan 2010

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Law, Safety and Justice Committee chairwoman Barbara Stone said she hoped all 68 recommendations would be introduced by the State Government.

``There is more to public safety than just trading hours,'' she said.

``The committee agrees that the majority of law-abiding citizens should not suffer for the actions of the minority and believes the recommendations provide support to the community, industry and patrons to improve public safety and reduce alcohol violence.''

Premier Anna Bligh called the inquiry after the launch of The Courier-Mail's Punch Drunk series last July.

Ms Bligh said yesterday that trading hours were not a ``magic bullet'' solution to curbing alcohol-related violence.

``Policing numbers, public transport solutions, crowd control, how we manage transport and traffic in the streets is also a part of managing these precincts better,'' she said.

Other initiatives recommended by the bi-partisan committee include:

- Reduced trading hours for bottle shops - 10am to 9pm;

- Free proper drinking water;

- More cabs and hourly buses;

- alcohol advertising restrictions;

- more police and liquor licensing officers; and

- Incentives for venues to reduce risk of violence.

[Cupe]

lol

the only thing i like is free proper drinking water

like the met charging for bottles of water that they have to serve for free by law

[Tomy]

i cant belive free drinking water was over looked and not implemented... crazy?

i bet the casino with all its tax paying dollars is still allowed to trade.

[Cupe]

casino's are above the law

on topic, i don't see how locking people out of clubs helps anything?

[ChevChelios]

Exactly, the violence just spills on to the street were its less controllable

[Cupe]

why not just ban all fuckheads from the valley on weekends?

[defanutley]

its a tuff problem, I have seen the valley grow out of control in the last few years

[Cupe]

word

[JonnyB]

we dosnet every club have a big padded room out the back, if someone seems like a tool check them in there, by the end of the night we have all the tools locked in 1 room beating each other up. while we continue our nights tool free. and the tools are all in 1 room, scoped up by the police easily and never hustled off never to bother us again.