Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Fielding for his question. I did understand correctly that the primary question did go substantively to the issue of closing and opening hours for hotels and other establishments which retail or sell liquor. One of the difficulties with that—though it does appear now that it has been clarified by Senator Fielding in the supplementary question—is it goes far more to state and territory laws and it seems to go within the broad area that they have responsibility for.