Petition - Stop the Destruction of Live Music

Letter of Petition to the Minister for Consumer Affairs
If you care about live music in Melbourne and Victoria, add your name to this and hopefully together, we can stop the destruction of the live music scene.
To support this petition, please copy this entire message and paste it into a new email to send to your friends, (doing this will avoid those unnecessary ">>" characters). Don't forget to add your name, suburb, state and age, and send to those who also care about supporting Melbourne and Victoria’s live music scene.
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We at bandfinder will consolidate and present to the Minister of Consumer Affairs on 14 February 2010.
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Letter of Petition
To the Hon. Tony Robinson, MP, Minister for Consumer Affairs
Dear Minister,
We the undersigned are proud and passionate supporters of live music in Melbourne and Victoria.
As punters/musicians/venue operators we welcome legislative change in attempting to curb anti-social behaviour and providing safer environments where all can enjoy Melbourne and Victoria’s music scene. However, the current demands as prescribed by the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 (incorporating amendments effective as at 1 January 2010) are placing overly restrictive burdens, financial and otherwise, upon many small to medium venue operators that support or want to support the live music industry in Melbourne and Victoria.
The current demands have already had an impact on some of Melbourne’s most known and respected larger scale live music venues. What chance do smaller venues, who supply the space for emerging acts to learn and hone their crafts, have of complying with these new regulations.
We respectfully request that you consider our voice and modify the existing legislation before more venues are affected, and subsequently restrict the sustainability of Melbourne and Victoria’s live music industry.
Yours faithfully
(Remember to include your Name, Suburb, State, Age)
1. Andrew Smith, Hawthorn, VIC, 37
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If you are the 50th signatory, or if it is the 13th Feb 2010, please forward this petition to: petition@bandfinder.com.au