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EXEMPT VENUES (updated)
3D Nightclub - http://www.3dnightclub.com/
A Bar called Barry (Only Exempt Saturdays) -http://www.abarcalledbarry.com.au/
Alumbra - http://www.alumbra.com.au/
Amber Lounge - http://www.amberlounge.com.au/
Bar 20 - http://www.bar20.com.au/
Baroq - http://www.baroqhouse.com.au/
Base Backpackers - http://www.stayatbase.com/base-backpackers-
melbourne-hostel/
Billboards - http://www.billboardthevenue.com.au/bbnc/
Blue Bar - http://www.bluebar.com.au/
Borsch, Vodka & Tears -http://www.borschvodkaandtears.com/
Boutique - http://www.boutique.net.au/
Bubble - http://www.bubblenightclub.com.au/
Builders Arms Hotel - 211 Gertrude St
Candy Bar - http://www.candybar.com.au/
Centrefold Lounge - http://www.centrefoldlounge.com.au/
Charlie's Bar - http://www.charliesbar.com.au/
Charltons - http://www.cplbar.com.au/
Chasers - http://www.chasersnightclub.com.au/
Cherry Bar - http://www.myspace.com/cherrybarmelbourne (Currently closed from a massive fire)
Circus Bar - 199 Commercial Rd, South Yarra
Court Jester Hotel - http://www.courtjester.com.au/
Cushion Lounge - http://www.cushionlounge.com.au/
Ding Dong Lounge -http://www.dingdonglounge.com.au/
DV8 - http://www.myspace.com/dv8reborn
Electric Ladyland - http://www.electricladyland.com.au/
Escobar - http://www.escobar.net.au/
European bier café - http://www.europeanbiercafe.com.au/main.php
First Floor - http://www.firstfloor393.com.au/
Ginger Cocktail Bar - http://www.gingerbar.com.au/
Goldfingers - http://www.goldfingers.com.au/
Hyde Bar - http://www.thehyde.com.au/
Icon Bar - http://www.iconbar.com.au/
Inflation - http://www.inflation.com.au/
Kittens - http://www.kittens.com.au/
Korova Milk Bar - http://www.korovamilkbar.com.au/
La La Land - http://www.lalaland.com.au/
Lounge - http://www.lounge.com.au/
Love Machine - http://www.lovemachine.net.au/
Marquee - http://www.themarquee.com.au/
Melbourne Supper Club - 161 Spring Street
Mink - http://www.minkbar.com.au/
Mothers Milk - http://www.mothersmilk.net.au/
Negroni Bar & Grill - 477 Collins St
Onesixone - http://www.onesixone.com.au/
Phoenix Bar - www.phoenixbar.com.au
Pony - http://www.pony.net.au/
Prince of Wales + Bandroom -http://www.princebandroom.com.au/
Pugg Mahones - http://www.puggs.com.au/
Q Bar - http://www.qbar.com.au/2008/
Red Violin - http://www.redviolin.com.au/
Retro - http://www.retroclub.com.au/
Revolver - http://www.revolverupstairs.com.au/
Robarta - http://www.robarta.com.au/
Roxanne Parlour - http://www.roxanneparlour.com.au/
Seven - http://www.sevennightclub.com/
Shamiana - http://www.shamiana.com.au/
Shindig - http://www.shindigparty.com.au/
Silk Road - http://www.silkroadoncollins.com/
Spearmint Rhino - http://www.spearmintrhino.com.au/
Tankerville - 230 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy
The Carlton Hotel - http://www.thecarlton.com.au/
The Croft Institute - http://www.thecroftinstitute.com.au/
The George Bar - 127 Fitzroy st
The Gin Palace - 190 Little Collins Street
The Loft - http://www.the-loft.com.au/
The Long Room - http://www.thelongroom.com.au/
The Market - http://www.markethotel.com.au/
The Mens Gallery - http://www.mensgallery.com.au/
The Peel - http://www.thepeel.com.au/
The Saint Hotel - http://www.thesainthotel.com/
The Social Bar - http://thesocialbar.com/
The Toff - http://www.thetoffintown.com/
The Tunnel - 590 Little Bourke St
Third Class - http://www.myspace.com/3rdclassclub
Tramp - http://www.trampbar.com/
Two Floors Up - http://www.tfu.net.au/
Valve - http://www.clubvalve.com.au/
Viper Room - http://www.viperroom.com.au/
Wah Wah Lounge - http://www.wahwahlounge.com.au/
Welcome Stranger - 128 Bourke Street
Xchange - http://www.xchange.com.au/
Statement on the exempt venues:
Out of 457 licensed premises that were originally affected by 2am lockout 115 licensees have agreed to compromise to the Sue Maclellan's (Victorian Liquor Licensing commissioner) terms in VCAT (Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal) to gain a temporary exemption to the 2am lockout trial.
This means that if they bring this in as a permanent thing the clubs would be bound by it. The net effect of this ruling is that if the powers of government are successful in their push to introduce a permanent 2am lockout then all our favorite late night clubs would be forever bound by the ruling. These 115 venues are all the main late night venues in Melbourne that make up over 90% of post 2am nightspots.
The 115 venues that successfully argued for the exemption to the 2am lockout are the core of the main late night venues in Melbourne that make make Melbourne the nightlife capital of Australia. The remaining licensees that did not go to VCAT for an exemption generally comprise of Restaurants, small bars, and other smaller venues that would not have been affected nor did minimal trade beyond 2am to warrant the need for them to apply for an exemption.
They must abide by strict rules:
No passouts after 2am for smokers. Passouts for food, cab etc is allowed but many venues are not allowing them.
No advertising the fact that they have exemptions. (No need really as every/most late night venue have them)
Extra security guards after 2am.
Do not forget that the original venues that fought for this in the VCAT must get priority from us as patrons.
Because of them, us, political and media pressure we have theoretically stopped the lockout trial.
These were the venues that risked their license and a combined legal challenge of over 1million dollars to fight for your right to party. Please visit these venues over the ones that just jumped on the band wagon.
CONGRATULATIONS WE HAVE TEMPORARILY STOPPED THE LOCKOUT BUT THEY WILL PROBABLY BRING IT IN AFTER THE TRIAL
As it stands at the moment their is no trial. It can hardly be called a trial if all the late night venues have exemptions and we must continue to tell the media this at all possibilities.
Tell the media that none of the venues that you visit have been affected by the lockout as they all have exemptions.
It has become a trial of having extra security guards, taxi ranks, a more visible police presence and no passouts after 2am.
We must push this in the media so that they do not think that the lockout trial has worked.
We are also attacking the stupidity of the proposed trial and the way that it was implemented which was what led to its downfall in VCAT mediation.
in the meantime put these radio station numbers in your phone
and call them constantly regarding the lockout.
1300 222 774 (ABC 774)
13 24 10 (NOVA)
13 10 60 (FOX)
13000-555-36 (Triple J)
Who we are
MelbourneLockedOut.com is a pressure group formed by the public in protest against the harmful 2am lockout policy. We are calling on public and media scrutiny of the proposed 1/4 year trial and demanding a postponement of the trial pending a full investigation by an independent committee.
What we are doing
We are pressuring the government into backing down over the curfew.
What we want
We want the proposed lockout trial to be postponed. We want to sit down with the government, police and licensees as representatives of the public, and come up with real solutions rather than just another Band-aid Brumby policy.
What the lockout is?
The lockout is a declaration (act of martial law used during war times) that says that nobody may enter a licensed premises after 2am even if you have already been inside that venue. Exemptions include pokie and keno littered RSL’s, Crown Casino and Bottle shops.
Adam Brandt's speech at the rally.
Facts
- Despite what some of the lesser forms of media would tell you, since 2004 violence in Melbourne has been on a continual decrease and is still getting lower despite more people going out at night (Source: The Age).
- Cabs and public transport will become impossible to obtain, and many smaller bars that Melbourne is famous for, will be put into bankruptcy if a quarter year trial is to go ahead.
- Crown Casino, as per usual is exempt, despite over 50% of all CBD assaults being reported in the Southbank area.
24 hour bottle shops a source of cheap, unmonitored alcohol, will continue to trade at all hours despite the governments push that this is to curb drinking problems. - Neither the Licensees nor the Public had been consulted on this policy and Sue Maclellan (Director of Liquor Licensing refuses to answer the publics questions.)
- In November 2005 London extended its drinking hours and lifted its lockout to battle the number of assaults and drunken behaviour; it worked and continues to be extended further.
- The London tests have found that binge drinking decreased overall because patrons could spread out their drinking over a longer period of time.
- There is no proof that a lockout will decrease violence or decrease drinking, only evidence to the contrary as more people spill out onto the street.
Issues:
Financial ramifications
- Melbourne doesn’t have an Opera house, or a Harbour Bridge, or world famous beaches. It does have a world famous cultural nightlife and musical hub that is going to be taken away from us and handed over to other city’s eager to emulate us.
- Bartenders, security, venue owners/operators will all lose revenue as working hours decrease and there is less money to go around in a recessive saturated industry. In unsure economic times like today, is it fair to cripple an industry that so many working families and students rely on for their income?
- Responsible service of alcohol requirements
Clubs are already highly regulated and scrutinised. Legally they cannot serve intoxicated persons and must ensure all the patrons safety and protect them from harm. - Bottleshops on the other hand are exempt from the lockout, have no obligation for the customer’s safety or level of intoxication, and have no control or responsibility over where their customers drink, dispose of their rubbish or congregate.
- With the lockdown people will be more inclined to drink in the street or outside closed off venues.
Civil liberties
- Infringement on peoples rights to visit the venues of their choice, at their times of choice. The fact that these places can operate at a profit proves that there is a market for people who like to listen to rare, unique music at all hours of the night. Melbourne is a 24 hours city and not all people work 9-5. Shift workers, hospitality workers and general night owl’s are being discriminated against and forced to go to the casino
- Workers’ rights: the government has failed to take into account the ramifications this will have on hospitality workers. Most of these people work hard all night so Melbournians can socialise after a hard weeks work. Are they themselves not entitled to socialise with their co-workers and friends after they finish scrubbing our dishes, cleaning our glasses, serving us drinks and taking our orders?
Favouritism of gambling industry
- Where does Mr Brumby’s agenda lie with the gaming industry? Why can Crown Casino nightclubs that have a history of violence operate outside these laws simply because they fall under the umbrella of the Crown Casino? The reason nobody goes to Crown Casino nightclubs is because of the people that go there and the violence they bring with them. Now people will be forced to go there and most likely be funnelled into the gambling areas
- Why are RSL’s that have become littered with family ruining Pokie machines able to operate outside these laws?
- Gambling is a huge social and economic issue that has put a strain on Australia, Problem gamblers and young people are being funnelled into locations of temptation – RSL’s and the Casino. And will be more likely to cause violence and turn to drugs as a result of the added frustration.
Safety
- Increased street traffic is a major outcome of these new laws. In the Gold Coast when these laws were introduced people naturally spilled out of the nightclubs and onto the street causing police to be overrun with violence and disorderly behaviour.
- People not able to get home – not enough cabs (not to mention associated issues with cab drivers being unwilling to take intoxicated passengers) will result in more people on the streets not able to find a way home
- People unable to exit a venue to get fresh air or food.
- Nightrider can’t support that many extra people and regular public transport doesn’t run at 2am. Doubling the Nightrider will have little result in decreasing traffic congestion.
- Police will be unable to handle increase in street traffic/assaults – as their resources are already stretched.
- The police finish their shifts at 2am. How will they handle this transfer? And how many extra police are being put permanently after this hour?
Culture
- Melbourne has a reputation as a cosmopolitan city – most liveable , best Australian tourist destination– we should be preserving this and not letting an unelected premier destroy our city.
- Tourism in Melbourne is at an all time high. The two main reasons for this are shopping and nightlife.
- Melbourne is a 24-hour city and has spent millions telling the world this, we would be known as a laughing stock.
Danger zones are not included.
- Hawthorn – Large number of assaults outside McDonalds and the nightclubs in the area.
- CROWN CASINO – 1200 assaults since 2002 in the Southbank district. Not to mention domestic violence and emotional trauma due to gambling addiction.
We are putting together a fact booklet relating to this.
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