Prohibition Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Australia==== [[File:Prohibition lifted in Canberra 1928.jpg|thumb|The first consignment of liquor in [[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]], following the repeal of prohibition laws in 1928]] The [[Australian Capital Territory]] (then the Federal Capital Territory) was the first jurisdiction in [[Australia]] to have prohibition laws. In 1911, [[King O'Malley]], then Minister of Home Affairs, shepherded laws through Parliament preventing new issue or transfer of licences to sell alcohol, to address unruly behaviour among workers building the new capital city. Prohibition was partial, since possession of alcohol purchased outside of the Territory remained legal and the few pubs that had existing licences could continue to operate. The Federal Parliament repealed the laws after residents of the Federal Capital Territory voted for the end of them in a 1928 plebiscite.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prohibition in Canberra|url=http://yourmemento.naa.gov.au/2013/04/prohibition-in-canberra-king-omalley-and-the-dry-capital/|website=Your Memento|publisher=National Archives of Australia|access-date=2016-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330172622/http://yourmemento.naa.gov.au/2013/04/prohibition-in-canberra-king-omalley-and-the-dry-capital/|archive-date=2017-03-30|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since then, some state governments and local councils have enacted [[Alcohol laws of Australia#Dry areas|dry areas]]. This is where the purchase or consumption of alcohol is only permitted in licensed areas such as liquor stores, clubs, cafes, bars, hotels, restaurants, and also private homes. In public places such as streets, parks, and squares, consumption is not permitted, but carrying bottles that were purchased at licensed venues is allowed. Almost all dry areas are small defined districts within larger urban or rural communities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sa.gov.au/topics/business-and-trade/liquor/dry-areas|title=Dry Areas Adelaide|access-date=2019-08-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/community/health-and-safety/alcohol-and-drugs/alcohol-safety/alcohol-restrictions|title=Alcohol Restrictions Sydney|access-date=2019-08-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vcglr.vic.gov.au/liquor/restaurant-cafe/apply-new-licence/dry-areas|title=Dry Areas Victoria|access-date=2019-08-16|date=2016-10-26}}</ref> More recently, alcohol has been prohibited in many remote [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous]] communities. Penalties for transporting alcohol into these "dry" communities are severe and can result in confiscation of any vehicles involved; in dry areas within the [[Northern Territory]], all vehicles used to transport alcohol are seized.<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Fitts | first1=Michelle S. | last2=Robertson | first2=Jan | last3=Towle | first3=Simon | last4=Doran | first4=Chris M. | last5=McDermott | first5=Robyn | last6=Miller | first6=Adrian | last7=Margolis | first7=Stephen | last8=Ypinazar | first8=Valmae | last9=Clough | first9=Alan R.|display-authors=2 | title='Sly grog' and 'homebrew': a qualitative examination of illicit alcohol and some of its impacts on Indigenous communities with alcohol restrictions in regional and remote Queensland (Australia) | journal=BMC Research Notes | volume=10 | date=21 July 2017 | issue=1 | page=360 | pmid=28764774 | doi=10.1186/s13104-017-2691-9 | pmc=5540517 | doi-access=free }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page