The law is an ass - thanks to the buffoons running Queensland Liquor Licensing.
On the one hand, they are moving quite sensibly to ban glass liquor containers in hot spots including venues which provide entertainment, or have a history of violent incidents or trade past 3am.
But the apparently unbending 3am rule will force the Qantas Club and the Chairman's Lounge at the Brisbane Airport to serve all liquor in flimsy plastic cups.
This is bureaucracy gone mad.
Airline travellers pay hundreds of dollars a year for the privilege of using the relatively-civilised facilities of the Qantas Club.
Now, businessmen and women will be treated no differently from beer-swilling yobbos looking for a fight who frequent Brisbane's nightclubs and dingy bars.
When was the last time anyone saw a punch-up or glassing incident at the Qantas Club?
This latest edict by Liquor Licensing against the Qantas Club shows how out of touch they are with reality.
They should be targetting the genuinely high-risk venues not respectable establishments like the Brisbane Qantas Club.
Because of this ill-thought decision, Kevin Rudd will be the only Government leader in the world who will have to drink his wine from a plastic cup when he passes through the Chairman's Lounge of his local airport.
Think again Liquor Licensing.
PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au
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