Special exemptions for new drinking laws – fair or favouritism?

31 Aug 2010 12:34p.m.

anne-marie Coury wrote:

With alcohol harm costing taxpayers over $13 million per day, we need all the tools we have aimed at reducing the harm.
This means uniform restrictions across the board which allows our police and firemen to be excellent examples to the community. Such restrictions would begin to send a strong signal around changing the drinking culture inside these organisations. Too often the wives and children suffer the consequences and can't go and complain because it would put their partner's careers in jepody. For too long, the self medication unwind excuse to drink up large, at the end of stressful activities, has been the norm in macho organisations. However, there are times when going for a drink in a public environment is not conducive to
allowing such de-stressing comments as may need to be made.
If such conversations are forced to be in someone's garage, then even more excessive drinking may go on.
The most reasonable answer here is for these bars to become
bars with special club licenses, as this costs less, ensures strict rules about intoxication need to be applied and allows those in these organisations privacy when they drink. However, more statistical data on the number of sales made, and the consequences of any injuries, or drink driving chargesneed to be collected. Can we trust them to police their own?

29 Aug 2010 12:49a.m.

Bev wrote:

Can't find anywhere that the same rules shall apply to M.P's
Given that there have been some notorious incidents of fights and drink driving, should our country's leaders be setting an example? How about setting up the Beehive as a non-alcoholic zone. Could save the country some money.

26 Aug 2010 06:26p.m.

Alex wrote:

Carlos, that comment makes a great idea for a Tui ad. I don't know how wrong you can get.