alcopop tax
the pornproof firefence
pubs closing at 2am
recession
this is fucked. i am starting to regret voting in labour.
Wollongong has had a law where food establishments [except mcdonalds, dunno how they got past that one, probably bribary knowing our corrupt local government] cant be open past i think it was 2am. I think the idea was so that drunk people dont hang around, getting food, hassling people etc and that everyone is cleared out of the city by like 3am. Its fucked though, ruined a few good businesses like kabab shops and a nice little late night takeaway called johny b goodes. The bullshit thing is their zoning laws are fucked, so you can walk like 200m down the street from the nightclubs and walk into a kebab store that is open, just because it isnt classed as "city centre" or some bullshit. Basically looks like it ruined the competition for those select food outlets and now they make a killing in drunk fare.
Clubs still close at 3am, just food has to be closed by 2am.