00:02More pints and more pups could soon be coming to Victorian pubs.
00:07It just adds to the atmosphere, so we're really for it.
00:10More dogs the better. Yeah, yeah.
00:11Under a Labor election pledge, pubs will no longer have to apply to stay open until 3am.
00:17No more of having to jump through hurdle after hurdle after hurdle just to extend your operating hours by two
00:22hours.
00:23Laws banning dogs will also be overturned, though it'll be up to pub owners to decide if they're allowed indoors.
00:30This announcement's about providing the flexibility to the pub owner.
00:32They set the menu, they set the food, the music, they know their customer base.
00:37They want to see dogs come into their pubs, that's their choice, they can manage that in their own pubs.
00:42In Melbourne's north, dogs are already a fixture of the Great Northern Hotel.
00:47It just kind of like adds that little bit of the community.
00:49But owner Alistair Carraher has no plans to extend his suburban pub's opening hours.
00:55I don't know, there's a market for one.
00:57We have neighbours that we need to respect and I'm pretty happy with 1am.
01:03Safety also a concern.
01:05If everyone's open to 3, do we all have to have security all night then?
01:09I don't see a real lot of concern with the 3am closure
01:13because the alcohol-fuelled violence that we might have seen a decade ago is not playing out
01:17because people aren't consuming the level of alcohol they might have in the past.
01:21Labour's also promised to slash wait times for liquor licences from 11 weeks down to 6 weeks
01:27and allow staff under 18 to clear tables.
01:30It's tough running your own business.
01:32It's not easy running a pub.
01:33There are a lot of rules, there are a lot of regulations.
01:35So if we can ease off on some of those to make it easier for people to do business in
01:39this state,
01:39then I think that's what we would ask for, just an open mind.
01:48For more information than any other things,
01:48we would ask for more information about the
