Red Mosquito

WA is restricting its alcohol sales, because it can’t have its police and emergency services responding to alcohol fuelled instances, while they are trying to keep the border lockdowned, and ensure people are self-isolating.

The new alcohol restrictions are:

Any person, per day, may purchase one carton of beer or one carton of cider or premixed spirits,

OR

three bottles of wine,

OR

one litre of spirits or one litre of fortified wine.

Purchasers may buy a combination of any two of those packages.

This is a sensible precaution while we’re in a state of emergency. This is all about public safety and assurance. We know it’s a stressful time for our community and we don’t want people buying to excess, we have seen that happen with other foods and supplies and I have had reports of people filling shopping trolleys right up with alcohol and this is a sensible precaution.

WA is keen to stress this is not prohibition, as residents can still buy up to 100 standard drinks a day, under the new restrictions

Rob wrote:Where do you live?

I feel like expecting anything less than 8-10 weeks in a lot of places (like where I live, Connecticut), is foolish.

BurtReynolds wrote:checking in with our superior continental European brethren who aren't burdened by Trump...

Angus wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:checking in with our superior continental European brethren who aren't burdened by Trump...

What the hell is this supposed to mean?

Spain has been a disaster in the making for a good month now, but has gone a little unnoticed due to all focus on Italy. We could've taken lessons out of it. Lot of countries have. Others have not or have done so way too late (UK & Netherlands come to mind).

BurtReynolds wrote:

Angus wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:checking in with our superior continental European brethren who aren't burdened by Trump...

What the hell is this supposed to mean?

Spain has been a disaster in the making for a good month now, but has gone a little unnoticed due to all focus on Italy. We could've taken lessons out of it. Lot of countries have. Others have not or have done so way too late (UK & Netherlands come to mind).

It's a US liberal cultural inferiority complex thing. Don't worry about it.

LetMeSleep wrote:Poor old Higgs. What's he gonna do?

WA is restricting its alcohol sales, because it can’t have its police and emergency services responding to alcohol fuelled instances, while they are trying to keep the border lockdowned, and ensure people are self-isolating.

The new alcohol restrictions are:

Any person, per day, may purchase one carton of beer or one carton of cider or premixed spirits,

OR

three bottles of wine,

OR

one litre of spirits or one litre of fortified wine.

Purchasers may buy a combination of any two of those packages.

This is a sensible precaution while we’re in a state of emergency. This is all about public safety and assurance. We know it’s a stressful time for our community and we don’t want people buying to excess, we have seen that happen with other foods and supplies and I have had reports of people filling shopping trolleys right up with alcohol and this is a sensible precaution.

WA is keen to stress this is not prohibition, as residents can still buy up to 100 standard drinks a day, under the new restrictions

B wrote:

LetMeSleep wrote:Poor old Higgs. What's he gonna do?

WA is restricting its alcohol sales, because it can’t have its police and emergency services responding to alcohol fuelled instances, while they are trying to keep the border lockdowned, and ensure people are self-isolating.

The new alcohol restrictions are:

Any person, per day, may purchase one carton of beer or one carton of cider or premixed spirits,

OR

three bottles of wine,

OR

one litre of spirits or one litre of fortified wine.

Purchasers may buy a combination of any two of those packages.

This is a sensible precaution while we’re in a state of emergency. This is all about public safety and assurance. We know it’s a stressful time for our community and we don’t want people buying to excess, we have seen that happen with other foods and supplies and I have had reports of people filling shopping trolleys right up with alcohol and this is a sensible precaution.

WA is keen to stress this is not prohibition, as residents can still buy up to 100 standard drinks a day, under the new restrictions

What's a carton of beer? Beers come in 1s, 4s, 6s, 12s, 15s, 18s, 24s, and 48s around here.

It is not possible to ascertain from whom the Prince caught the virus owing to the high number of engagements he carried out in his public role during recent weeks.