Sydney Lockout Laws
In massive news for NSW’s badly hit nightlife economy, the last of Sydney’s highly controversial lockout laws will be scrapped in an effort to help the industry recover from the impacts of COVID-19. As reported by the Sydney Morning Herald, restrictions on venues in Kings Cross will be lifted, meaning venues in the area will now be […]
Sydneysiders are another step closer to being treated like fully grown adults for the first time in more than five years, with the results of a NSW parliamentary committee report formally recommending that a bunch of the city’s uptight laws around alcohol be “urgently” fucked off. According to the ABC, the measures that have been […]
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Five years after being introduced in response to alcohol-fuelled violence, Sydney’s controversial lockout laws could be wound back as NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced a review into the city’s night-time economy. The move to set up a cross-party committee to examine the laws comes ahead of a push in the NSW upper house from the […]
In protest of the city’s lockout laws, over 100 Sydney bars, pubs and venues have opted to temporarily cease service from 6pm on Friday night in an effort to draw attention to the city’s vulnerable nightlife. The protest is about getting voters’ attention ahead of the state election on Saturday, and educating them on what […]
Gladys Berejiklian and the NSW Government have finally revealed their list of what festivals they deem as ‘high risk’, and will thereby be under the most scrutiny under the harsh new licensing regulations that are set to take place next month. The festivals placed in this category are Laneway, FOMO, This That, Lost Paradise, Days […]
As the music community’s war with the NSW Government and Premier Gladys Berejiklian over the harsh restrictions and regulations placed on festivals heats up, comedy legend Conan O’Brien has weighed in on Sydney’s lockout laws and he is not impressed. While performing his one-off Australian show at Sydney’s State Theatre last night, O’Brien reportedly criticised […]
One way to get around the lockout laws that have choked the life out of Kings Cross? Start the party early! Sydney’s beloved ‘After Hours’ nightclub Afters is relaunching at a new home with a series of weekly rooftop parties, soundtracked by a lineup of local house DJs and kicking off at 10am! Going down […]
It’s only been a few weeks since Sydney’s lockout laws claimed another victim in the city’s iconic World Bar, but it turns out not all hope is lost as the institution will reopen as ‘Cali Club’. What’s more is that the two new owners, Dane Gorrell & Matt Weir, have an affinity and love for […]
Sydney Lord Mayor and vocal lockout law opponent Clover Moore has unveiled a ballsy new plan to stab an adrenaline needle directly into the city’s dangerously-close-to-flatlining heart. She’s just lifted the curtain on a multi-pronged strategy to transform the NSW capital into a 24-hour city and take a wrecking ball to the red tape that […]
