Lockout Laws

As venues prepare to open their doors without restriction, Sydney’s nightlife is entering a phase it hasn’t experienced in more than a decade. With the city’s lockout laws now fully removed, venues…

Newcastle lockout laws have ended after 15 years, while a push for a similar result in Adelaide looks like becoming an election issue.

More cities are slowly increasing their venue capacities, despite delays in the vaccine rollout.

The NSW Government wants to revive Sydney’s night-time economy and rebrand it as a 24-hour global city.

The City has awarded grants to 20 venues.

Brisbane’s Greaser in Fortitude Valley on "immediate hiatus".

'This is a disaster for the Australian music industry,' writes Nathan Jolly.

Sydney's lockouts will be lifted from January 14.

The music and night time industries have warned of a tough road ahead.

Almost six years after they were first implemented, the controversial Sydney lockout laws are set to be scrapped across much of the CBD this January. Back in early 2014, then-NSW Premier Barry…