Should the police and Fire Service be exempt from liquor licensing laws?

Photo / Jason Dorday, Herald on Sunday

The Government is under fire for its plan to allow police, Fire Service and Defence Force bars to continue to be exempt from liquor licensing laws.

Police Commissioner Howard Broad wanted the exemption for police bars removed, but the Police Association opposed him.

The Fire Service Commission and the United Fire Brigades Association also wanted to keep their canteens, which they said would disappear under the weight of compliance costs unless they were exempted.

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