Pre 1860 

Licensing of four types of licences by Clerk of Petty Sessions.

1863

Publicans Act – reduced licensing to 2 types of licences by Clerk of Petty Sessions

1885

Licensing Act specified persons 14 years or older may purchase takeaway liquor and persons 18 years or older may drink on premises

1912 

Liquor Act 1912 – four types of licences (Licensed Victualler’s Licence, Winemakers, Packet, Billiard)

1935 

Establishment of the Licensing Commission

1961

Restaurant licences introduced

1970

Women permitted to drink in public bars

1974

Licence types had increased to 29 and permit types to 16
Introduction of the Licensing Court
Legal drinking age reduced from 21 to 18 years of age

1982

Introduction of 24 hour drinking for Commonwealth Games

1985

1985 Introduction of casino, public facility and canteen licences for indigenous trust areas

1988

Introduction of detached bottle shops

1992

New Liquor Act 1992 introduced:

- Abolition of Licensing Commission and Court

- All decisions by chief executive

- Appeals to Tribunal

- Licence types reduced to seven and permits to five.

1994

Introduction of the Wine Industry Act

1997

Abolition of annual licence fees charged on liquor sales

2005

Premier’s 17 point City Safety Action plan introduced
3.00am lock-out provisions introduced

2008 

Major review of liquor laws:

- Harm minimisation as first object of Liquor Act 1992

- Community impact statements and risk assessed management plans introduced

- Two licence types and five permit types

- Annual licence fees based on risk introduced

- Responsible service of alcohol for all employees and responsible management of licensed venues for all licensees introduced

- Irresponsible supply provisions introduced

- Ministerial banning power introduced

Year

General

Club  

On
premises

Residential

Special
facility 

Limited

Wine
licence

Producer/
Wholesaler

Total

1843

First race meeting held in Brisbane

1917

First lottery conducted by Golden Casket

11 August 1962

Legal off-course betting provided by TAB

20 November 1985    

Conrad Jupiters Casino on the Gold Coast opened

14 May 1986

Sheraton Townsville Hotel and Casino opened

11 February 1992

Gaming machines operational in licensed clubs

30 April 1992

Gaming machines operational in hotels/taverns

11 April 1995

Brisbane’s Conrad International Treasury Casino opened

24 January 1996

Cairns’ Reef Hotel Casino opened

August 1996

The Problem Gambling Advisory Committee was established (name changed to Responsible Gambling Advisory Committee in 1998)

1 July 1997

The Queensland Government commenced withdrawing from gaming machine ownership and gaming machine monitoring

1 July 1997

Keno play available at non-casino venues

1 August 1997

Lottery licence issued to Golden Casket Lottery Corporation Ltd

1 October 1998

The Interactive gambling (Player Protection) Act 1998 commenced

1 April 1999

Licensed Monitoring Operators commenced monitoring of machine gaming sites

1 July 1999

Regulation of UNiTAB commenced

15 September 1999

Privatisation of TAB Queensland

Charitable and Non-Profit Gaming Act 1999 commenced

21 April 2000

Policy Direction for Gambling in Queensland released

1 July 2000

Gaming sites with a Liquor Nominee required to have a Gaming Nominee

1 December 2000

Clubs with more than 50 gaming machines required to lodge Community Benefit Statements

Introduction of the requirement to submit a Community Impact Statement as supporting material for gaming machine applications of “significant community impact”

8 May 2001

Number of gaming machines in hotels capped

1 July 2001

Major Facilities Levy paid by hotels with metered wins over $100,000

1 December 2001

Gaming machine bank note acceptors limited to accepting $5, $10 and $20 notes

February 2002

The Queensland Responsible Gambling Strategy was launched

20 May 2002

The voluntary industry Queensland Responsible Gambling Code of Practice launched

1 July 2002

Gambling taxes, Major Facilities Levy and Keno Licence Fee collected by OSR

1 July 2003

Re-allocation scheme for hotel gaming machines commenced

1 July 2006

The cap on the maximum number of hotel gaming machines in Queensland changed from 18,843 to 20,000

17 April 2008

Queensland Government announced a raft of harm minimisation initiatives, including a Statewide moratorium on the approval of new gaming machines in clubs and a moratorium on the release of gaming machine operating authorities for hotels until 30 April 2010

16 November 2008

Queensland Government announced that the number of club gaming machines in Queensland would be permanently capped.  A re-allocation scheme for club entitlements is currently being developed

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