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I like small intimate wine bars like Melbournes

Hi im Ally from Bondi and i would realy like to be able to sit down and have a glass of wine with my friends without the sports blaring in my ear.

I like my pubs without pokies

Valerio Veo says: I like my pubs without pokies, my bars small and intimate and most importantly my nightlife with variety!

I like my pubs without pokies

Valerio Veo: "I like my pubs without pokies, my bars small and intimate and most importantly my nightlife with variety!"

Self serving intentions and greed are keeping a good city from being great

Tristan Edwards: "John Thorpe is a dinosaur who's self serving intentions and greed are keeping a good city from being great. It is sad the majority can't rally up against such self serving interest groups. It really is.

The city we chose to give our best years to has let us down

Lola Pagola: This is what happens when the city you chose to give your best years to refuses to provide the kind of drinking establishments ageing fogies who like a tipple can feel comfortable in.

It seems most people would rather hang out in chrome infested pokie holes

Harriet Leigh: "There are great bars in sydney, just not enough of them, and the ones that are there are struggling to stay affloat. It seems most people would rather hang out in chrome infested pokie holes."

The suburbs are soooooo boring

Coming from Wellington, NZ, Sydney is looking a bit neanderthal when it comes to the options of where to go after dark, particularly in the suburbs. I cant handle the leagues club or the pokie palace/pubtab hotel

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Robert Oakeshott, MLA - Independent Member for Port Macquarie

In regional tourism areas such as the North Coast there is a difference between the desire of the restaurant and catering industry to provide the service of alcohol with a meal and the relatively archaic laws that apply in New South Wales currently.

Morris Iemma, MLA.. ALP Member for Lakemba

If we get those applications for live music, who knows, we might go back to the glory days of the Oils (Midnight Oil) and ... the Mighty Reapers playing at our pubs.

Graham West, MLA. ALP Member for Campbelltown

The package of reforms announced earlier today reflects changing industry needs and community standards and desires. The rewrite of the Liquor Act 1982 followed more than 900 submissions to the 2005 bill, 450 of which related to the issue of live music. And this bill delivers for live music venues. We consulted and we listened; we listened to police, local government, many industry participants and the community

NSW Legislative Assembly adopts new Standing Orders

 

Lee Rhiannon. Greens MLC

Many people in this State are keen to see a shift in drinking culture. We hope that it will allow for greater diversity in drinking venues, and alternatives to beer barns, which foster violence and alienation and where all too often poker machines dominate.

Rev. the Hon. Fred Nile, Christian Democratic Party MLC

The Christian Democratic Party will not oppose the bill. We support the positive aspects of the bill although we have reservations about its negative aspects. We will vote in favour of the bill.

Penny Sharpe. ALP MLC

There is widespread support for these reforms from the community, and, I especially acknowledge, from the live music industry.

George Souris. Shadow Gaming and Racing. National Party MLA

I conclude my remarks by saying that this is a most comprehensive bill in a most complicated area of legislation. It is not an easy issue for either political or community considerations.

Clover Moore, Independent MLA

I strongly support the Liquor Bill 2007, for which there is overwhelming community support. I agree with the thousands of Raise the Bar members that New South Wales has waited too long for this, and the time for change is now. I congratulate the Minister and commend the bill to the House.

Virginia Judge, ALP MLA

The creation of a new on-premises liquor licence for live music venues will bring a number of existing licence categories into a single, simpler and cheaper class that will support entertainment venues in New South Wales for years to come.

Penny Sharpe, ALP MLC

There is a widespread sense of expectation about these reforms. There is widespread support for these reforms from the community, and, I especially acknowledge, from the live music industry.

Brad Hazzard, LIB MLA

Owners of premises will not have to go through a complex and difficult approval process to provide a venue in their premises for live music, entertainers, jazz musicians and so on. The Liberal Party and The Nationals look forward to that

Sylvia Hale, Greens MLC

We believe that the provisions relating to places of public entertainment are generally positive

Matthew Mason-Cox, LIB MLC

The Coalition recognises the need for the POPE provisions to be changed so that owners of facilities that can offer opportunities to these artists are not dissuaded from providing live entertainment... ..I also place on record the Liberals-Nationals thanks to people who have spoken up on behalf of performers.

Robert Oakeshott, Independent (Port Macquarie) MLA

Changes to places of public entertainment (regulations) are well supported on the mid North Coast as those laws have been a thorn in the side of many in New South Wales. So those changes are welcome.

Lee Rhiannon - Greens MLC

Changes provided by the bill will make place of public entertainment [POPE] regulations apply only to larger theatres and public halls for which they were designed—not the local bar, pub, restaurant or café—provided that key conditions are met. I congratulate (the) many people who lobbied for changes

Lee Rhiannon, Greens MLC

Changes provided by the bill will make entertainment regulations apply only to larger theatres and public halls for which they were designed—not the local bar, pub, restaurant or cafe—provided that key conditions are met. I congratulate the many people who lobbied for changes.

Kristina Keneally, ALP MLA

I have already spoken with major stakeholders in the planning portfolio and I want our public servants to work with the community to deliver a transparent, open and fair planning process in New South Wales.

Joe Tripodi, ALP MLA

There continues to be an onus on business and community stakeholders to consider regulatory issues and express their views. It is up to business to bang on the door if opportunities to cut red tape are not being taken up. The outcomes of the NSW Government’s new approach are, in the main, yet to be seen. We are working through the challenges of implementing the new systems and measuring performance.

Nathan Rees MP, ALP MLA

Let there be no doubt that people in New South Wales have a right to enjoy a drink or two, or perhaps even three on a hot day. Sadly, antisocial drinking and alcohol-related violence are growing problems throughout the State. In recent times the community has witnessed a spate of what are known as glassing attacks. Let us not beat around the bush on this issue: Glassing is gutless, glassing is un-Australian and it has to stop.

InSitu Manly. Cafe by day, Cocktails by night

Very funky little bar on the northside - Tapas, cocktails, and live entertainment. Gets our stamp of approval. Shop 1, 18-34 Sydney Rd Manly NSW 2095 Phone (02) 9977 066

Cafe Lounge, Surry Hills

Just around the corner from Crown St. A favourite venue of the raise the bar team. Attracts creative types, and usually more girls than boys. Close to Sydneys best live music pub, the Macquarie Hotel, and new groovy room LOW 302. 277 Goulburn St, Surry Hills Phone (02) 9356 8888 Style Cocktail/Wine Bar Hours Closed Monday. Tue-Thur: 5pm-10.30pm. Fri: 11.30am-midnight. Sat: 9am-midnight. Sun: 9am-9pm.

LOW 302

A licensed restaurant where you can drink without a meal, LOW 302 is interesting in that they also have a grand piano and live music at this stage once a week ...

The Hive, Erskineville

Serving local beer including E'VILLE Pilsener brewed in St Peters, Hive Bar is a place to drink and mix it up creatively with BYO vinyl on Wednesday night, a stencil wall and life drawing classes.

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The Pond

This fantastic new place in Burton street just near the Oxford/Riley Piazza is a wonderful example of what can be achieved with vision, tenacity and creativity. The team at The Pond have created something really special (tasty well priced food, eco-inspired fitout, cool vibe etc etc ) and we recommend you get down and check it out as soon as you can!

Pocket Bar

Another great little bar appropriately named Pocket sits on the corner of Burton and Oxford streets behind a roller door. Splash graphics and an industrial cool fitout are softened by couches and a fine selection of drinks. A welcome addition to the Sydney bar scene.