HOW often does it have to happen? How many times has government – in order to solve one problem such as late-night violence and antisocial behaviour in notorious nightclub zones – implemented a crackdown that inadvertently sideswipes a whole range of people who had nothing to do with the problem in the first place?
Call it [...]
Killing culture with mad beuracracy
February 18th, 2010 2 Comments
Tags: bureacracy · burmby government · compliance costs · economics of culture · insurance · liability · Liscensing Laws · melbourne fringe · OH&S · poker machines · public liability · The Tote · Tote · unintended consequences · victoria · victorian politics
Draconian Liscensing Laws Threaten Melbourne’s Arts Scene
January 21st, 2010 5 Comments
[Note: I am catching up with posting bits and pieces of writing that have not yet been posted here. This was actually published in The Age last November - preempting the recent events at The Tote and The Arthouse. Umm, told you so?]
MELBOURNE does the small scale better than any other Australian city – or [...]
Tags: cultural policy · Liscensing Laws · Stupid Victorian Government · The Arthouse · The Tote · Victorian Liquor Liscensing