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Responsible Service of Alcohol Update: Licensees Defend their Venues

By Peter Cutforth

June 30, 2013

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Although licenced venues often get a bad rap, as licensees insist licenced venues are not to blame for the alcohol fuelled violence filling the streets each weekend night. Brawls, attacks and assaults seem to inundate the news these days. Now a Launceston hotel owner says that licenced premises are actually amongst the safest places to visit.

A member of the Tasmanian Hospitality Association, the licensee says that inside licensed venues are some of the safest places to enjoy alcohol, the problems occur on the streets and if these problems are alcohol-fuelled then the alcohol causing them is not being obtained at licenced premises.

Usually the worst violent incidents occur many blocks away from licenced venues, so the blame that some people are placing on licensed venues is unwarranted, according to licensees.

Read what one licensee had to say in defence of licenced venues recently, according to this post from www.examiner.com.au :

Star Bar licensee Mick Acquarola, a Tasmanian Hospitality Association board member and past Launceston Liquor Accord vice chairman, said there had been no incidents at his business for “quite some time”.

He said it was a misconception that licensed venues encouraged alcohol-related crime.

“Incidents are happening, either at homes or away from venues,” Mr Acquarola said.

“We have security and responsible service of alcohol procedures that we adhere to.

“We keep our patrons safe.

“It’s tough enough to get people out in winter time. We want to keep things positive.”

Mr Acquarola said there was an assumption from media reports that people involved in bashings had been out drinking.

“Incidents getting reported in the past few weeks have not been directly involved with a venue or outside the door of a venue,” he said.

“They happen in the street, two to three blocks away, or in a suburb.”

Source: http://www.examiner.com.au/story/1569301/alcohol-related-crime-not-fuelled-by-licensed-venues/

The truth is that every Monday in the news we hear about the chaos that seems to erupt each weekend in entertainment districts around the country. It is true that licenced venues are some of the safest places to drink and stay safe and if we are to keep it that way it is important that licensees and their staff remember the importance of enforcing responsible service of alcohol.

Firstly owners of licenced venues need to ensure that everyone they hire is either in possession of their RSA certificate or are in the process of obtaining it. This certificate or a copy needs to be kept on the licenced premises in case authorities call on it.

Secondly licensees need to ensure that their employees aren’t just in possession of the RSA certificate but that they are enforcing the principles it teaches, in order to avoid alcohol fuelled misconduct and harm occurring within their venue.

Servers of alcohol who perform their duties according to RSA regulations provide a duty of care to customers that in turn promotes job satisfaction. Workers who are serving customers responsibly are performing their duty, keeping themselves, their co-workers and their customers happy and safe.

 

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