In Victoria, liquor licensing laws are supposed to stop bars and bottle shops from serving anyone who is intoxicated, but Linda Smart says her son was never refused service.
The mother of a Melbourne man who died of alcohol toxicity is pushing for changes to liquor licensing laws and for greater scrutiny for people who sell alcohol to problem drinkers.In Victoria, liquor licensing laws are supposed to stop bars and bottle shops from serving anyone who is intoxicatedThere was an almost 30 per cent increase in alcohol retail sales from 2019 to 2021
"I said to him 'Ashley. Why? Why did you buy it?' And he says 'Mum, they sell it to me. They don't care'." "He was never ever refused service of alcohol, right up until the day he bought a bottle the day he died," she said.