{"id":4848,"date":"2020-01-14T18:56:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T18:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=4848"},"modified":"2020-01-14T18:56:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T18:56:50","slug":"lockout-laws-repealed-growing-sydneys-night-time-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/01\/14\/lockout-laws-repealed-growing-sydneys-night-time-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"LOCKOUT LAWS REPEALED &#8211; GROWING SYDNEY\u2019S NIGHT TIME ECONOMY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Early this morning, Sydney\u2019s \u201clockout laws\u201d were repealed in the\u00a0Sydney CBD Entertainment Precinct\u00a0bringing in extended trading hours for venues and bottle shops and a relaxation of after-midnight drink rules,\u00a0with existing arrangements maintained in the Kings Cross precinct.<br \/>\nMinister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Stuart Ayres said while the extended trading hours will provide a boost for the night time economy, community safety will always be a focus.<br \/>\n\u201cThere\u2019s been a cultural shift in the city\u2019s night life since 2014, and it\u2019s time to look towards a bright, safe, diverse Sydney after dark, by\u00a0improving liquor laws and enhancing access to arts, entertainment, shopping and sporting activities that are inclusive and family friendly,\u201d Mr Ayres said.<br \/>\n\u201cSydney is Australia\u2019s only truly global city and can evolve to embrace an economy which is cranking around the clock, particularly now that light rail services have been running for a month.<br \/>\n\u201cStimulating the 24 hour economy is a joint effort and we\u2019re working with the City of Sydney Council and the Committee for Sydney, as well as\u00a0NSW Government agencies,\u00a0council, businesses and the community to get this right.\u201d<br \/>\nExisting arrangements are being maintained in the Kings Cross precinct and will be reviewed next year along with the following changes which came into\u00a0effect overnight:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Remove 1.30am last entry for all venues in the Sydney CBD Entertainment Precinct, including those on Oxford Street.<\/li>\n<li>Remove restrictions on serving cocktails, shots and drinks in glass after midnight in this precinct.<\/li>\n<li>Extend \u2018last drinks\u2019 at venues with good records in this precinct by 30 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Extend bottle shop opening hours across NSW until midnight from Monday to Saturday, with 11pm closing on Sunday.<\/li>\n<li>Increase small bar patron capacity from 100 to 120 across NSW.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To view the Government\u2019s full response to the Committee\u2019s recommendations, visit this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.nsw.gov.au\/committees\/listofcommittees\/Pages\/committee-details.aspx?pk=260#tab-reportsandgovernmentresponses\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early this morning, Sydney\u2019s \u201clockout laws\u201d were repealed in the\u00a0Sydney CBD Entertainment Precinct\u00a0bringing in extended trading hours for venues and bottle shops and a relaxation of after-midnight drink rules,\u00a0with existing arrangements maintained in the Kings Cross precinct. Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Stuart Ayres said while the extended trading hours will provide &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/01\/14\/lockout-laws-repealed-growing-sydneys-night-time-economy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;LOCKOUT LAWS REPEALED &#8211; GROWING SYDNEY\u2019S NIGHT TIME ECONOMY&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}