The Director of Liquor Licensing announces the sale of takeaway alcohol in the Kimberley town of Derby will be banned each Sunday and Monday, alongside further restrictions on trading hours in Broome.
Derby bottle shops will only be able to sell alcohol over five days under limited operating hours, with Broome trading hours also capped.Alcohol sales will be banned on certain days as part of a suite of toughened liquor restrictions rolled out to two major towns in far northern Western Australia.
The notice followed a request from WA Police for blanket regional restrictions due to alarming rates of alcohol-fuelled violence and hospitalisations across the state.
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