lockout laws
No more 1.30AM last entry, although bar service remains restricted in Australia's 'only truly global city'...
Sydney has scrapped the controversial lockout laws for everywhere except the city's Kings Cross.
This means restrictions on last entry into venues — currently 1.30AM...
The laws were introduced in February this year
New South Wales' licensing regulations have been dropped one month after being deemed "inadequate" by the New South Wales parliament.
After a A 108-page report...
The laws will be lifted over five years since they were introduced
In February 2014, the city of Sydney implemented a new lockout law across the CBD. Now, more than five years later, the law will be...
Sydney's strict curfew continues to take its toll
Sydney's lockout laws are having an impact on economy and tourism, the City Of Sydney reports.
Despite news of the review and potential erasure of...
Taking the plunge to raise funds...
Superstar DJ and all round charitable guy, Seth Troxler, is going to hurl himself out of a plane alongside fellow Subsonic Music Festival DJs Dana Ruh...
Acting Premier Troy Grant says legislation could change if an official review recommends it...
New South Wales’ acting premier Troy Grant has indicated that Sydney’s 1:30am lockout law could be pushed back to 3am, if an official review recommends...
They’re touted as a legislative firewall to keep Aussie partygoers safe, but have Australia’s unpopular ‘lockout laws’ irreparably damaged Down Under’s nightlife for good? DJ Mag...
A few weeks ago, a pair of successful Australian DJs wrote a letter. The now-famous note wasn’t to a manager, a booking agent or even...
The US rap crew addressed the issue while on their Australian tour
Wu-Tang Clan voiced their support for the campaign against Sydney’s controversial lockout laws during a gig last night (February 24).
The US rap crew, who...
Thousands demonstrated in Sydney's city centre yesterday
An estimated 15,000 people came to show their support yesterday at the Keep Sydney Open Rally at Belmore Park in the heart of the Sydney’s...
2am cutoff for serving alcohol will come into effect in July..
Queensland Government are set to pass legislation restricting the sale of alcohol and entry into nightclubs to certain hours.
Premiere Annastacia Palaszczuk announced today that...
Australians to take to the streets in protest of Government enforced curfews this Sunday
An enormous protest is set to take place in Sydney this Sunday, in response to the New South Wales Government’s controversial lockout laws.
The rally...
Support #KeepSydneyOpen
Yesterday, much-loved Australian DJ duo Flight Facilities took to Facebook to express their frustration at New South Wales' much-opposed lockout laws.
The laws, that were...
No new pubs or clubs will open for yet another year...
The New South Wales Government has decided to extend their ban on new pub and club licences in Kings Cross and Sydney's CBD until February...
Clubbers demand an end to draconian laws.
On Sunday, over 1000 Sydney residents marched through the city to protest New South Wales' lockout laws, in a free rally-cum-festival hosted by protest group, Reclaim...
Reclaim The Streets to host public rally & festival this Sunday
Australian lobbying group, Reclaim The Streets, will host a free festival and protest march this Sunday 13th September in the Sydney CBD.
Billed as a...