At 10pm on Saturday night, ID scanners started appearing outside the bars and clubs of Brisbane's Fortitude Valley nightclub precinct. Punters waited in line to hand over their ID, stand in front of a ...

FLINDERS St late night traders say ID scanners will help make the city’s party strip safer but they are concerned about the ongoing cost. From tonight, venues in Safe Night Precincts, including ...

But the trial — a joint project by police, Stonnington Council and the Stonnington Liquor Accord — has been criticised by privacy advocates. Venues across the municipality, including One Six One, ...

THE ID scanner system rolled out at pubs and clubs in Kings Cross is the reason for the area’s drastic cut in assaults, the Kings Cross police commander says. While a report released last week by the ...

CLUB owner says ID scanners are the way forward for a safe nightclub precinct despite disruptions to queues, longer wait times and a few teething problems for tourists. Gilligan’s operations manager ...

CONTROVERSIAL ID scanners are failing to curb assaults in nightclubs and could be used by crime gangs to target hundreds of thousands of Victorians. Researchers at Deakin University want ID scanners ...

The state government is expected to next week remove the requirement for Kings Cross pubs to use ID scanners on Friday and Saturday nights — except for strip clubs. The state government is expected to ...

Premier David Crisafulli wants to slash red tape for small Queensland bars, but says ID scanners will continue to be compulsory at some venues. Mr Crisafulli made the comments on Friday at a Future ...

Queensland is set to follow in the footsteps of its southern neighbours and set up a network of ID scanners inside pubs and clubs that will see certain venues forced to collect the details of every ...