Here's the latest info on this bureaucratic malfunction
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LATEST NEWS ON THE IN LIVE MUSIC VENUES
FROM THE MUSICIANS' UNION OF AUSTRALIA
12 OCTOBER 2009
We were called today by a supporter who told us that the liquor
licensing authorities had made a decision to view favourably
any
application made by a venue to remove the Crowd Controller clauses on
a licence as long as the change only applied to time
before 11.00pm.
We have contacted the liquor section of Consumer Affairs to check if
any such decision had been made. A spokesman for the liquor section
said that there had not been any such decision made but did say that
the opportunity to apply for a variation of licence
conditions had
always been there and still was.
We are unable to confirm whether some informal decision has been
taken or not but would caution against that assumption. The result of
a recent relevant variation application by a venue would be a most
useful piece of information.
If you have received this via one of our supporters please consider
contacting us to express your support and providing the best email
address for us to send you further updates. Our
email address is:
musiciansua@aol.com
Please send us your concerns and specific examples of the problem,
the more of these we can cite the better the chance of getting a
result.
Please contact us if you have any questions.
Terry Noone
Secretary
Musicians' Union of Australia (Melbourne Branch)
Tel: (03)9355 7620
Fax: (03)9355 7621
Mob: 0409 405 657
Email: musiciansua@aol.com
Web: www.musicians.asn.au
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