Two Videos That Show Exactly How Lockout Laws Will Screw Us

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Photo by Declan Roache.

After the recent protest in Brisbane (organised by Keep Queensland Open) and a continued uprising against the QLD Government’s tough new alcohol laws, two amazing videos have captured the crippling impact of such an excessive push by the state governments. Set to be introduced July 1st, the laws will reportedly cost Queenslanders working in pubs and clubs tens of thousands of hours. That means Queensland Premiere Annastacia Palaszczuk’s done more than just kill the dancefloor.

The first video (view below), released by the brilliant No Curfew movement, focuses on what Brisbane weekend workers will suffer under the new laws. It’s posting (on Saturday) included the hashtags ‪#‎nannastacia‬, which has become common dialogue in the fight against the laws. 

The second video was produced by Shifted Pictures and focuses on the aftereffect of the lockout laws that have been imposed in Sydney. They wrote: “Sydney has changed a lot over the past 2 years. We documented what it has lost. Thanks to Art vs Science‘s Jim Finn for the music and Miller Marshall for the titles.”

Here they are:

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