Glasshouse Tavern named and shamed

Updated November 5 2012 - 6:20pm, first published October 30 2008 - 10:19am

Wollongong's Glasshouse Tavern has been included on a government list of the most violent pubs in the state.NSW Premier Nathan Rees yesterday released a list of alcohol violence hot spots that will have to adhere to strict new laws aimed at curbing the violent behaviour.The tavern was one of 50 pubs from across the state - and the only one from the South Coast - singled out by the Premier.New conditions include an upper limit of 18 hours for any new licence, a 2am lockout time, plastic cups after midnight, restrictions on the number of drinks bought after 12am and the closure of alcohol service 30 minutes before closing.Almost 12 months ago the tavern said it would make the switch to plastic cups following several brutal "glassings" in the city, including an incident involving 20-year-old Woonona woman Krystle Kelley, who was blinded in the right eye after an attack.But the club only uses plastic cups in its nightclub area.The tavern also promised to phase in a 2.30am shut-out, but has a closing time of 4.30am.At the time, the tavern's licensee Raz Dema said the measures were aimed at keeping patrons safe.Mr Rees said the measures were aimed at reducing the 21,000 incidents of alcohol-related violence that occur in NSW each year."That figure has been increasing around Australia, but in NSW at a rate of around 7 per cent each year," he said. "It is alcohol-related violence on the premises, alcohol-related violence outside those premises and regrettably, on occasion, it's alcohol-related violence when people get home." He said the measures were just a "first wave" and further steps could include the roll-out of the stricter licensing rules beyond the named hot spots.But he stressed the new laws were not about "ending the good times"."It isn't about stopping people at the end of a hard day. What it is about is stopping drunken behaviour that ends in violence ... the people of NSW have had enough of it."

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