From the General Manager

IAN HORNE – AHA|SA GENERAL MANAGER

Finally, some movement on the issue of Stand Up Drinking (or Vertical Consumption as referred to by SA Health) as a result of announcements by the Transition Committee on Tuesday 4th November 2020.

The removal of Stand Up restrictions is based on the implementation of QR Scan technology and for some late night operators, an ID scan.

The QR scan arrangement is applied in Queensland and NSW and has been a requirement since the re-opening in those two states.

Similar customer tracing is also used in WA and NT. The QR scan gives SA Health a level of comfort that should there be an outbreak of the virus that involves a licensed premises, then authorities will be able the contact those who attend a particular venue on a particular day.

Why would SA have outbreaks? Well it’s the opening of borders and the relaxing of self isolation requirements that increase the risk to SA. The opening of borders is inevitable and a necessary step to restore the economy and restore our industry.

At the time of writing we have not had the details of what the system may look like, however, we will be meeting with SAPOL and SA Health shortly. Our ambitions are clear – This app/scan system should be at no cost to venues or customers, be a simple process that does not intimidate or alienate customers and be the catalyst for additional restrictions to be reviewed.

View Ian Horne's speech here: https://youtu.be/prYqZt1r3oo