Every school in Queensland will be able to serve alcohol at fetes and other fundraising events without a liquor permit under state plan to reduce paperwork 'headaches'. Source: adelaidenow
EVERY school will be able to serve alcohol at fetes and other fundraising events without a liquor permit.
The state will scrap the long-held requirement for schools and community groups to apply for a liquor permit for raffles and "low-risk" fundraising events of up to eight hours such as fetes and trivia nights.
Not-for-profit community events such as golf days, race days and rodeos will also be exempt under the plan.
The new laws are expected to be introduced to State Parliament next week.
"Social events are often held to raise money and schools and community groups shouldn't have to incur the cost of applying for the licences and go through all the paperwork," Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie said.
"This is just common sense. Many of these regulations and requirements are unnecessary and cause headaches for groups planning an event."
Not only are those holding events such as trivia nights and fetes required to apply for the permit under the current system but they must also ensure a person with a Responsible Service of Alcohol certificate is on site during the event and, in some instances, security guards, he said.
Mr Bleijie said this created costs and paperwork for events he described as "essentially a group of mums and dads getting together trying to raise money for their school P&C".
"It is important to maintain accountability in the interest of the community, but I think it is also important to look at where processes can be simplified in relation to small events," he said.
Mr Bleijie said the change would cost the Government between $200,000 and $300,000 a year in lost revenue but it would also free up bureaucrats to focus on more important concerns.
Currently the Government hands out about 4000 community liquor permits a year.
There were 106 applications relating to school fetes last financial year and 281 relating to football clubs.
Brisbane Rotary Club vice-president Keith Watts, who is in charge of applying for liquor licences for his cubs raffles and fundraising events, welcomed the move that he said would mean more money would go to those who need it most.
P&Cs Queensland state president Dan Smith described the change as a positive step.
"Anything that helps people raise funds in an appropriate way is always going to be good if it reduces red tape ... (but) people still need to do their risk assessments and make sure they are doing the right thing," he said.
Mr Bleijie said nursing homes and hospitals would also no longer need to hold a liquor licence to serve two standard drinks per person to patients and residents under the changes.
Submissions to the Government's liquor licensing discussion paper, which raises the prospect of scrapping pub and gambling bans on Good Friday, Christmas Day and Anzac Day, closed on Friday.
The paper also raised other areas of potential change including earlier opening hours for bottleshops and allowing bigger bets on poker machines.
Smaller retailers are pushing for a ban on the sale of alcohol on supermarket shelves to be scrapped as well.
The Government is expected to make a decision on those changes in coming months.
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