Consumer and Business Services
New rules for take-away liquor sales
in Coober Pedy
South Australia’s Commissioner for Liquor and Gambling, Paul White has announced
new rules for take-away alcohol sales in Coober Pedy, in an effort to curb alcoholrelated violence and anti-social behaviour.
Takeaway sales of cask wine will be banned, while wine and spirits will be limited to one bottle per person per day.
Takeaway sales will also banned to anyone from defined “prescribed lands”, including the Umoona Community,
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, and other Aboriginal lands in South Australia, Western Australian
and the Northern Territory.
The Commissioner has developed these conditions following extensive consultation with the Coober Pedy District
Council and community residents, SA Police, representatives of the Aboriginal communities, the Aboriginal Legal
Rights Movement, health providers and licensees.
The Commissioner has the power to impose licence conditions to address public order and safety concerns in
Coober Pedy, as well as on the prescribed lands, in particular the APY Lands.
New take-away conditions in effect from 30 September 2013
• The licensee shall not sell or supply liquor for off-premises consumption to any person
who resides at a ‘prescribed land’ identified as Umoona Community, Anangu Pitjantjatjara
Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, Ngaanyatjarra Lands and Tjuntjuntjura Lands in Western Australia,
or the Northern Territory communities of Docker River/Kaltukutjara, Imanpa/Mt Ebenezer,
Hermannsburg/Ntarja, Maryvale/Tijikala, Santa Teresa/Ltyentye Apurte and Finke/Aputula.
• The licensee shall not sell or supply liquor for off-premises consumption to any person if the licensee
has reason to suspect the liquor may be taken to a ‘prescribed land’ as defined herein.
• The licensee shall not sell or supply liquor for off-premises consumption to any person who does
not produce photographic identification.
• Photographic identification means a current driver’s licence, international passport, proof of age
card issued by the Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure or equivalent in another
Australian State or Territory.
• The licensee shall not sell or supply liquor for off-premises consumption other than between
11am - 8pm each day.
• The licensee shall not sell or supply liquor for off-premises consumption in a container
commonly known as a cask.
• The licensee shall ensure that the sale or supply of wine, port wine, fortified wine or spirits for off
premises consumption is limited to the maximum of 750 ml per person per day.