Regulation

Researching and gaining accurate information on compliance, regulations, and licensing for venues can be difficult to find, so we have put together a whole range of information and references from across the country to help.
These pages have links and information tabled on how to go about approaching licensing and building compliance, contact details for Government agencies and departments for further support, as well as links to Acts and Regulations.
Note also that the Music Council of Australia publishes a National study of the regulation of live music and entertainment in Australia.

These pages have a general discussion of issues important to entertainment venues with regulations

State Regulations

These pages have information and links for each State and Territory for liquor licensing for entertainment venues, planning and local government, noise and environmental protection, links and contacts for industry associations and relevant Government agencies, legislation, as well as for publications and primary sources references.


Business Entry Point

Business Licence Information is available from the online service hosted at business.gov.au. These resources are extremely useful for obtaining information, contact details as well as application forms for federal, state and territory and local government licenses, permits, registrations and certificates that apply to businesses.

Legislation Databases by State and Territory

Each State and Territory has its own reference site for the hosting of current and repealed legislation, as well as the extremely useful and all encompassing Australasian Legal Information Institute website

(which is used as the default reference for legislation in this website).