Membership Report
ANTHONY MCCONNON The THA recently met with Liquor and Gaming management and staff to discuss issues affecting our industry. The meeting is a regular catch up where we are able to bring to the surface issues our members face each day and also get an update on what treasury has been up to and what they have in the pipeline. Points raised at our last meeting included: Barring Orders - A reminder to all licensees that this process is available to you. To date, there have only been 4 orders issued to patrons by police since their introduction and none by individual venues. For more information on barring patrons from your venue, go to http://www.treasury.tas. gov.au/Documents/Barringorders.pdf Digital Licensing - Liquor and Gaming are considering commencing the process of issuing liquor licenses digitally with soft copies issued. Prescribed Duties - The department is seeking input from the industry in regards to what the industry feels special employees should be doing. For example is there a real requirement for Keno operators to be licensed? The department will assess the needs and wants and make changes if required. Community Interest Test - Community Interest Test report for Gaming by the Commission should be to Treasurer by mid-June for his decision/ approval. We will keep you up to date as more information comes to hand. It’s always interesting to keep an eye on where the industry is at in regards to the total number of liquor licenses which are currently in operation around Tasmania and how this figure compares to previous years. As of the 6th of April, there were a total of 1658 General, Special, Off, Club and On licenses in operation around the state. As you can see in the table below, at the end of the last financial year there were a total of 1603 liquor licenses in operation compared to 1147 at the end of the 2002 financial year. The extra numbers in On, Off and Special licenses are the main contributors to the increase. This information is always available on the Liquor and Gaming website. In addition to current license information, the website also holds new liquor license application data and recent application decisions made by the Commissioner for Licensing.
Type of Liquor Licence
End of financial year
General
Special
Off
Club Special Wine Producer
On
Total
2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
333 332 327 323 325 330 325 310 312 311 308 307 306 302 304
628 612 577 569 575 570 565 536 544 530 512 489 511 477 467
83 76 67 64 66 55 49 46 40 35 29 18 18 17
196 199 200 198 203 207 205 205 209 210 209 210 210 206 208
161 163 156 165 170 167 161 160 164 155 153 145 151 137 129
202 191 167 162 149 140 124 121 113 106
1603 1573 1494 1481 1488 1469 1429 1378 1382 1347 1295 1240 1258 1183 1147
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