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See you on the dance floor!
Im not really one to bother too much about State politics - at
the end of the day, I think they are all a bunch of morons with fat
pay packets, that in most cases they havent really deserved.
However, one issue really has shown me how out of touch with the
youth market the Western Australian Government truly is.
This issue is the issue of Lockout Laws. This issue is the issue
of Lockout Laws.
WhatWhat is it? The WA Parliament is considering, without public
consultation mind you, new laws that could further control the way
we socialise in pubs and clubs around the city. Currently being
debated in Parliament, are laws that would see the WA Government
and the Liquor Commission have power to forcibly lock anyone out of
and to stop entry to pubs, clubs, bottle-shopsshops and restaurants
any time, any where in WA. And as I write this the Legislative
Assembly has already passed these.The Government feels that by
forcing any venue that sells alcohol to close their doors to
patrons at a time they choose, it will help to combat anti-social
behavior. *Insert Family Feud incorrect buzzer here*. In the
eastern states lockouts have proven ineffective and even trials in
WA have shown that there was no cause to have such strict liquor
laws in what is already a a retirement village of a state. What it
will do is put a number of unruly people all in a centralised area
at the same time, leading to even more problems and violence, and
what then? Just shut down clubs, pubs and any form of entertainment
in this city altogether?Personally, I think money should be spent
more on getting to the root of the binge and anti-social behavior
problem rather than slapping a bandaid that research has proven
wont work.I would love to go into this all more, however space
limits me. But what can we do to stop such laws being put into
place? WWell, its up to us as civilians and members of the
entertainment, music, and urban communities to speak up. The
Australian Hotels Association of WA has put together a website
which explains this more in depth and has a form to register your
support of stopping these laws So before you do anything else, head
to www.dontlockmeout.com.au (.) and register your support noyour
support now. In other news, I just want to take the time to thank
each and every one of you for the support and love you have shown
over the past year of The Secrets Out Magazine. We will be back in
2011, bigger and better. But until then, Have a safe and Merry Xmas
and a wonderful and prosperousNew Year But until Jan 2011,
