Lockouts

Restrictions on music venues will be mostly lifted on July 1.

It’s a new year, a new decade. And from today, a fresh start for Sydney’s night economy. The NSW Government last November announced a climbdown on its draconian lockout laws, which come into effect…

Sydney's lockouts will be lifted from January 14.

It’s time for the live music industry and government to come together.

Cautious optimism. That’s how Sydney’s long-suffering night owls are treating the recent announcement from NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian on a scaling-back of the city’s draconian lockout laws. It’s…

“Sydney can’t afford to be left behind.”

"We have always sought to strike a balance between limiting alcohol-related violence and maintaining a vibrant night-time economy."

A couple of weeks ago, it emerged that the City Of Sydney had released a discussion paper, An Open and Creative City: planning for culture and the night time economy, which included a series of…

Sydney’s live music scene is currently weathering one of the most catastrophic storms in its history. Since the lockout laws ere introduced to the NSW Parliament on January 31, 2014, thousands have…

Oxford Street’s club and party venue the Burdekin Hotel has been granted a 30-minute exemption from the Sydney lockout laws. The venue made the announcement in a press release this morning, following…