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Free water in pubs and clubs
PLAYING NOW: David Button from the Melbourne Nightclub Owners Forum speaks with Ross and John.
THOMAS HUNTER, THE AGE: Pubs, bars and clubs in Victoria will soon be required to provide free drinking water to customers under new laws welcomed by anti-violence campaigners as overdue, but criticised by the nightclub industry.
Legislation introduced in State Parliament yesterday will also clear the way for businesses such as hair salons to offer alcoholic drinks as a sideline without having to pay for liquor licences.
Adam Jaffrey, spokesman for the youth anti-violence group Step Back Think, welcomed the free water rule in pubs but questioned the timing of the move.
'It makes for a more enjoyable, safer and more friendly night for everybody,' Mr Jaffrey said. 'But we brought it to the government's attention in November last year.'
David Butten, of the Melbourne Nightclub Owners Forum, questioned the changes, saying they would have no impact on the psychology of binge drinking and could threaten the viability of some businesses.
'In the context of a nightclub or bar, the government needs to realise water is a commercial product,' said Mr Butten. 'Forcing nightclubs and bars to lose more of their income-earning potential is not going to help solve … drunkenness.
'A lot of people go out and drink only water. Nightclubs and bars provide a service in the form of entertainment and that has to be paid for. There has to be some appreciation of the commercial reality of how bars and nightclubs operate.'
Blog comments
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I am a 43yr old female. i stoppped going to clubs a while ago now. but when i did, i would drink quite a bit then stop, buy a bottle of water and top it up in the toliet at no cost. dosnt take to many brain cells to figure that out dose it.
too old now Thursday 29 July, 2010 - 12:00 AM
