Author: Liquor Accord

Accord calls for precinct permanency

VALLEY businesses want the State Government to make the Drink Safe Precinct a permanent fixture, launching a social media campaign yesterday to promote the initiative. The Valley Liquor...

‘Walk smart’ for a safe night out

NEWCASTLE City Council will develop safer pedestrian routes in a bid to combat a rise in street crime and alcohol-fuelled violence in the central business district. The council’s...

Police investigate liquor breach

INVESTIGATIONS are underway by Whitsunday police into three licensed premises in Airlie Beach that did not comply with the liquor licensing accord on Good Friday. Whitsunday Police Station...

CCTV call after attack on cops

A PACK assault on police officers in Byron Bay by a group of drunks has renewed the call for closed circuit television cameras to be installed in the...

There’s less violence on our streets

DEAN Street remains Albury’s hot spot for violence but grog-fuelled assaults in the city are on the slide. Liquor Accord chairman and Albury councillor Daryl Betteridge said fewer...

Liquor accord ‘working’

A group of licensees and managers in Longreach say the town’s liquor accord is making a difference. Most licensed premises in the community have joined the initiative, which...

Granite Belt complaints spike

underpayment of wages, non-payment of superannuation, overcrowded worker accommodation and bullying by outside contractors around the Granite Belt are being investigated by the Queensland Workplace Rights Office after...