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  • NSW being carved up in behind the scenes deals
  • NSW Tourism Minister throws opportunity in the blowhole
  • New liquor laws brought into the NSW Parliament
  • Raise the Bar campaign launch attracts media and independent hospitality industry heavyweights
  • NSW Coalition undecided on liquor reform
  • Mosman Liberal MP Jillian Skinner to consider her position on new liquor laws
  • Country Music MP Draper to play a new tune or risk encore
  • Tamworth MP Peter Draper to play a new tune or risk encore
  • Liquor reform linked to more pokies?
  • Frank Sartor and the Iemma Govt. get a big tick from Raise the Bar.
  • Call for a referendum on new licenses.
  • Will cellar door sales leave Small Business Admiral Tripodi high and dry?
  • Things have turned nasty when the pokies cabal dictates a city's lifestyle
  • Changes to the law could breathe new life into Sydney's live scene
  • Live Lanes - City of Sydney creates a niche bar
  • Put your views to the Minister for Gaming and Racing
  • Will O'Farrell roll out the barrell for new opportunity in NSW?
  • The NSW opposition has form on reform!.
  • NSW debate raises questions in QLD
  • Iemma Minister Reba Meagher: "liquor laws constraining women in NSW"
  • Pokies / TV make NSW the dumb state
  • Over 5,000 emails sent to NSW MP's
  • Todays Telegraph celebrates the Raise the Bar 5000 mark
  • Orange MP Russell Turner on NSW Liquor laws
  • An invitation to the NSW Coalition for a short statement on Liquor policy.
  • steven loosely and the committee for Sydney joins call for reform
  • A Book and Chardonnay outside Parliament
  • Manly joins small bars push as Raise the bar appear outside Parliament.
  • Activists toast bar licence review
  • Labor MP John Aquilina delays Small Bars bill today in the NSW Parliament
  • Raise the Bar@Parliament on video
  • Clover encouraged to drop Small Bars bill
  • Exclusive - ABC-TV Special. DIY Bars in Melbourne v. Pokies in Sydney
  • Raise the Bar bump into Deputy Premier John Watkins
  • Opinion piece in todays Herald
  • NSW ALP caucus room on notice
  • Come to the Raise the Bar Party tonight
  • Thirst for change - letter in todays smh
  • raise the bar in today's telegraph
  • Souris, the 50 patron cap, and the late trading plan for Sydney Council
  • AHA opinion piece in the SMH today
  • Raise the Bar party a Huge success
  • Raise the Bar celebrates 7000 "drinks"
  • OLGR portfolio scuttlebutt snares bunnies
  • Iemma Government Delivers!
  • Press release
  • The news from the Iemma Govt gets better
  • Liquor Bill imminent - A call for action
  • The Vote, the Houses, and the Numbers
  • Michael Gallacher MLC prepares for fame
  • 450 of 900 submissions on the Liquor Bill from NSW Musicians
  • Iemma expresses full confidence in Graham West
  • Live Music and Theatre big winners
  • Liquor Bill faces challenges in the Upper House
  • The Upper house small bar
  • "We've got to find some non-smoking gamblers or we are all rooted."
  • What happens next? - Part 1
  • Paul Gibson invites andrew clennel to lunch
  • What happens after the bill is tabled?
  • The Bearpit bar
  • Parliament Resumes - More bets now off for the pokies
  • MP's on the record
  • Liquor Bill 2007 to be tabled in the NSW Parliament
  • Liquor Bill 2007
  • John Thorpe AM holds a press conference to close floodgates
  • First sunday of the month, another fire in the bearpit bar.
  • Liquor Bill 2007 to be debated this week
  • barry o'farrell, You have the opportunity for NSW to catch up to the rest of the world in front of you – take it.
  • Liquor Bill set to pass within days
  • a night of high drama
  • drama in parliament
  • Raise the Bar to stay focussed in '08 on the drafting of the Regulations
  • Lee Rhiannon, NSW Greens MLC
  • Have you said thank you?
  • Best wishes from Raise the Bar
  • And so
  • Liquor Regulation 2007 consultation expected soon
  • NSW Parliament returns next week
  • We pay tribute to Jackie Orszaczky
  • New Liquor Licenses set to fail unless associated planning laws finalised.
  • Raise the Bar NEW improved guide to NSW PoPE laws
  • NSW Parliament to return as feathers fly
  • Bars Bearpit and Sandpit resume trading
  • Sydney Restaurateur thanks Raise the Bar
  • Gaming Machines Amendment (Temporary Freeze) Bill 2008
  • John Thorpe abuses Frank Sartor
  • NSW ALP focus on Gambling in recent legislation
  • Back to school for the Camden Liquor Accord
  • Hedley Leisure and Gaming units downgraded
  • Iemmas cultural vision for sydney
  • Della Bosca on Liquor Reform
  • Court closes newcastle beer barns
  • AFL clubs and hotels target children with gambling products
  • smoking scandal for NSW health minister
  • Liquor Regulation 2008 open for comment
  • NSW Parliament Resumes
  • The Comrade for Lahner Co-Vay ;-*
  • Another comrade from Murrumbidgee in the bearpit!
  • House to House fighting
  • Raise the Bar to attend Liquor Forums
  • In Situ leads the way as Manlys best small bar
  • Proposed NSW Planning Laws crucial to small bar success.
  • NSW liquor regulations confound City of Sydney licensees
  • The clock ticks for Iemmas liquor and planning reforms for small bars
  • Genia McCaffery ignores cultural reform in draft planning laws
  • Dear local member - Make it local
  • OLGR Minister West absolves club directors from the 2nd deadly sin
  • Donald Page MP makes a decision
  • The Age feature on trends in small bars
  • Marcus Westbury on how fluid cities create
  • North Coast alcohol operation nets $25,000 in fines
  • Sartor delivers for the small bar movement
  • New planning laws for NSW to support small bars
  • Parliament votes this week on new planning process for small bars
  • Clover Moore supports PoPE reform, but rejects broader planning reforms.
  • Is the Member for Castle Hill deliberately illiterate?
  • NSW Coalition hold strategy meeting on POPE reform
  • Over to you once AGAIN, Barry O'Farrell!
  • Entertainment laws back in Parliament
  • The PoPE is Dead
  • PoPE is dead - Media release
  • ALP grab for Sydney Town Hall to oppose new small bars
  • NSW Liquor Laws commence July 1
  • Best wishes to Andrew Fraser MP
  • Consider the Bar Raised!
  • Order of occupancy considerations in New complaints process for venues
  • Fashion show held in Woolloomooloo bar highlights shit licensing conditions
  • City of Sydney offers $$ for $$ funding for small bars in laneways
  • Iemma delivers Liquor and Planning reforms for small bars and entertainment, but does anyone care?
  • PROGRESS REPORT 1- "Little blokes" struggling with new Liquor Regulations
  • September 13 Council elections key to success of new NSW Liquor Laws.
  • Hi! - I'm the Hon. Kevin Greene MP.
  • Hi - I'm the Hon. Kristina Kerscher KENEALLY, MP
  • News
    • We're looking for sponsors!
    • NSW being carved up in behind the scenes deals
    • NSW Tourism Minister throws opportunity in the blowhole
    • New liquor laws brought into the NSW Parliament
    • Raise the Bar campaign launch attracts media and independent hospitality industry heavyweights
    • NSW Coalition undecided on liquor reform
    • Country Music MP Draper to play a new tune or risk encore
    • Mosman Liberal MP Jillian Skinner to consider her position on new liquor laws
    • Tamworth MP Peter Draper to play a new tune or risk encore
    • Liquor reform linked to more pokies?
    • Frank Sartor and the Iemma Govt. get a big tick from Raise the Bar.
    • Call for a referendum on new licenses.
    • Will cellar door sales leave Small Business Admiral Tripodi high and dry?
    • Things have turned nasty when the pokies cabal dictates a city's lifestyle
    • Changes to the law could breathe new life into Sydney's live scene
    • Live Lanes - City of Sydney creates a niche bar
    • Put your views to the Minister for Gaming and Racing
    • Will O'Farrell roll out the barrell for new opportunity in NSW?
    • The NSW opposition has form on reform!.
    • NSW debate raises questions in QLD
    • Iemma Minister Reba Meagher: "liquor laws constraining women in NSW"
    • Pokies / TV make NSW the dumb state
    • Over 5,000 emails sent to NSW MP's
    • Todays Telegraph celebrates the Raise the Bar 5000 mark
    • Orange MP Russell Turner on NSW Liquor laws
    • An invitation to the NSW Coalition for a short statement on Liquor policy.
    • steven loosely and the committee for Sydney joins call for reform
    • A Book and Chardonnay outside Parliament
    • Manly joins small bars push as Raise the bar appear outside Parliament.
    • Activists toast bar licence review
    • Labor MP John Aquilina delays Small Bars bill today in the NSW Parliament
    • Raise the Bar@Parliament on video
    • Clover encouraged to drop Small Bars bill
    • Exclusive - ABC-TV Special. DIY Bars in Melbourne v. Pokies in Sydney
    • Raise the Bar bump into Deputy Premier John Watkins
    • Opinion piece in todays Herald
    • NSW ALP caucus room on notice
    • Come to the Raise the Bar Party tonight
    • Thirst for change - letter in todays smh
    • raise the bar in today's telegraph
    • Souris, the 50 patron cap, and the late trading plan for Sydney Council
    • AHA opinion piece in the SMH today
    • Raise the Bar party a Huge success
    • Raise the Bar celebrates 7000 "drinks"
    • OLGR portfolio scuttlebutt snares bunnies
    • Iemma Government Delivers!
    • Press release
    • The news from the Iemma Govt gets better
    • Liquor Bill imminent - A call for action
    • The Vote, the Houses, and the Numbers
    • Michael Gallacher MLC prepares for fame
    • 450 of 900 submissions on the Liquor Bill from NSW Musicians
    • Iemma expresses full confidence in Graham West
    • Live Music and Theatre big winners
    • Liquor Bill faces challenges in the Upper House
    • The Upper house small bar
    • "We've got to find some non-smoking gamblers or we are all rooted."
    • What happens next? - Part 1
    • Paul Gibson invites andrew clennel to lunch
    • What happens after the bill is tabled?
    • The Bearpit bar
    • Parliament Resumes - More bets now off for the pokies
    • MP's on the record
    • Liquor Bill 2007 to be tabled in the NSW Parliament
    • Liquor Bill 2007
    • John Thorpe AM holds a press conference to close floodgates
    • First sunday of the month, another fire in the bearpit bar.
    • Liquor Bill 2007 to be debated this week
    • barry o'farrell, You have the opportunity for NSW to catch up to the rest of the world in front of you – take it.
    • Liquor Bill set to pass within days
    • a night of high drama
    • drama in parliament
    • Raise the Bar to stay focussed in '08 on the drafting of the Regulations
    • Lee Rhiannon, NSW Greens MLC
    • Have you said thank you?
    • Best wishes from Raise the Bar
    • And so
    • Liquor Regulation 2007 consultation expected soon
    • NSW Parliament returns next week
    • We pay tribute to Jackie Orszaczky
    • New Liquor Licenses set to fail unless associated planning laws finalised.
    • Raise the Bar NEW improved guide to NSW PoPE laws
    • NSW Parliament to return as feathers fly
    • Bars Bearpit and Sandpit resume trading
    • Sydney Restaurateur thanks Raise the Bar
    • Gaming Machines Amendment (Temporary Freeze) Bill 2008
    • John Thorpe abuses Frank Sartor
    • NSW ALP focus on Gambling in recent legislation
    • Back to school for the Camden Liquor Accord
    • Hedley Leisure and Gaming units downgraded
    • Iemmas cultural vision for sydney
    • Della Bosca on Liquor Reform
    • Court closes newcastle beer barns
    • AFL clubs and hotels target children with gambling products
    • smoking scandal for NSW health minister
    • Liquor Regulation 2008 open for comment
    • NSW Parliament Resumes
    • The Comrade for Lahner Co-Vay ;-*
    • Another comrade from Murrumbidgee in the bearpit!
    • House to House fighting
    • Raise the Bar to attend Liquor Forums
    • In Situ leads the way as Manlys best small bar
    • Proposed NSW Planning Laws crucial to small bar success.
    • NSW liquor regulations confound City of Sydney licensees
    • The clock ticks for Iemmas liquor and planning reforms for small bars
    • Genia McCaffery ignores cultural reform in draft planning laws
    • Dear local member - Make it local
    • OLGR Minister West absolves club directors from the 2nd deadly sin
    • Donald Page MP makes a decision
    • The Age feature on trends in small bars
    • Marcus Westbury on how fluid cities create
    • North Coast alcohol operation nets $25,000 in fines
    • Sartor delivers for the small bar movement
    • New planning laws for NSW to support small bars
    • Parliament votes this week on new planning process for small bars
    • Clover Moore supports PoPE reform, but rejects broader planning reforms.
    • Is the Member for Castle Hill deliberately illiterate?
    • NSW Coalition hold strategy meeting on POPE reform
    • Over to you once AGAIN, Barry O'Farrell!
    • Entertainment laws back in Parliament
    • The PoPE is Dead
    • PoPE is dead - Media release
    • ALP grab for Sydney Town Hall to oppose new small bars
    • NSW Liquor Laws commence July 1
    • Best wishes to Andrew Fraser MP
    • Consider the Bar Raised!
    • Order of occupancy considerations in New complaints process for venues
    • Fashion show held in Woolloomooloo bar highlights shit licensing conditions
    • City of Sydney offers $$ for $$ funding for small bars in laneways
    • Iemma delivers Liquor and Planning reforms for small bars and entertainment, but does anyone care?
    • PROGRESS REPORT 1- "Little blokes" struggling with new Liquor Regulations
    • September 13 Council elections key to success of new NSW Liquor Laws.
    • Hi! - I'm the Hon. Kevin Greene MP.
    • Hi - I'm the Hon. Kristina Kerscher KENEALLY, MP
  • Raise the Bar wins a SMAC Award!
  • Melbourne 2am lockout increases alcohol-related hospital presentations
  • Kevin Greene MP delivers.
  • Planning Minister Keneally delivers for the cultural life of NSW
  • Bar Raising Stories
  • Let the music play!
  • City of Sydney Council hosting Small Bars Information Seminars
  • Let the music play!
• Actions
  • The Bar has been raised!
    • ABC-TV Special. DIY Bars in Melbourne v. Pokies in Sydney
    • Send your MP a drink
  • Maintain the Rage! There's more work to be done.
    • Maintain the Rage! - There's more work to be done.
  • It's time for change.
    • It's over to you Barry O'Farrell, NSW Liberal Party Opposition Leader
  • The Bar has been officially raised!
    • Send your MP a drink
  • Cut the Red Tape
    • Cut the Red Tape!
  • Cut the Red Tape - photos
    • ctrt
  • The Bar has been officially raised, twice!
    • Send your MP a drink
  • A toast to Kevin Greene!
    • Send Kevin a toast
  • Big ups to small bars
    • Send Kevin a toast
  • The winter of our discontent
    • Call a member
    • Send your MP a drink
  • Rolling up our sleeves
    • Share your ideas for improving the process
    • Send your MP a drink
    • Call a member
  • Bar raising
    • Bar Raising
    • A new bar has opened!
  • Small Bar Finder
    • Send your MP a drink
    • ABC-TV Special. DIY Bars in Melbourne v. Pokies in Sydney
    • A small bar is born!
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  • New Study into NSW Liquor Laws
  • National Competition Policy review into NSW Liquor Laws
  • Draft Liquor Bill 2005
  • Raise The Bar PoPE Fact Sheet
  • RTB PoPE Fact Sheet
  • RTB EP&A letter Jun 08
  • NSW Govt Musician Fact Sheet
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  • NSW Tourism Minister misses an opportunity
  • NSW Tourism Minister Matt Brown misses an opportunity.
  • Tamworth MP to play a new tune
  • Make some noise Radio Interview with Daz
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