Sydney's fun police have put out the light of the nightlife

Re:Sydney's fun police have put out the light of the nightlife by girvo on Saturday February 06, 2016 @06:06AM (#11047265)

> Incidentally, do you have any facts to back up that lockout laws are "sabotaging" the NSW economy?

Not the economy, but they're killing the nightlife and live music sector. You may not care about that, but I do.

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Re:Sydney's fun police have put out the light of the nightlife by chris_wot on Saturday February 06, 2016 @07:25AM (#11047470)

That was killed by poker machines.

Though I'm not sure why you actually need to serve alcohol to enjoy live music. As for killing the nightlife sector, if the nightlife sector relies on people drinking copious quantities of alcohol, then it might not be a bad thing. Maybe they should evolve to be less dependent on alcohol.

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Re:Sydney's fun police have put out the light of the nightlife by rm_-rf_slash on Saturday February 06, 2016 @12:00PM (#11048503)

I would argue that you need to sell alcohol to make the live music profitable.

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Re:Sydney's fun police have put out the light of the nightlife by chris_wot on Saturday February 06, 2016 @12:15PM (#11048581)

In that case it's an unviable business model.

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