{"id":183121,"date":"2017-07-05T22:05:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T12:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=183121"},"modified":"2020-09-10T12:09:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T02:09:39","slug":"tobacco-laws-workshop-for-local-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/07\/05\/tobacco-laws-workshop-for-local-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Tobacco Laws Workshop For Local Clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_183149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-183149\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170705smoking2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-183149\" title=\"20170705 Tobacco Laws\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170705smoking2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170705smoking2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170705smoking2-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-183149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">South Burnett sporting and community groups can get advice about how they can comply with Queensland&#8217;s tough tobacco laws at a free workshop in Kingaroy this month<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>July 5, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Burnett sports and community groups can learn how to avoid getting fined for breaching Queensland&#8217;s tough new tobacco laws at a free workshop this month.<\/p>\n<p>The new laws were introduced last September.<\/p>\n<p>They are among the toughest in Australia, and can result in steep on-the-spot fines for breaches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>They forbid smoking within:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5 metres of public transport waiting points such as bus stops, taxi ranks, and ferry terminals<\/li>\n<li>5 metres of early childhood education and care services, kindergartens, and after school hour care<\/li>\n<li>5 metres of all residential aged care facilities, outside of designated areas<\/li>\n<li>5 metres of all non-residential building entrances<\/li>\n<li>10 metres of playing and viewing areas during organised under-18 sporting events<\/li>\n<li>10 metres of skate parks<\/li>\n<li>10 metres of in-use campsites and any public facilities in National Parks (from February 1, 2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Smoking is also forbidden at:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All outdoor pedestrian malls<\/li>\n<li>Pedestrian precincts around prescribed state government buildings<\/li>\n<li>Public swimming pools<\/li>\n<li>Outdoor public places such as patrolled beaches, children\u2019s playground equipment and major sports stadiums<\/li>\n<li>In cars where children under the age of 16 are present<\/li>\n<li>Anywhere inside pubs, clubs, restaurants and workplaces<\/li>\n<li>At commercial outdoor eating or drinking areas<\/li>\n<li>At schools, and for 5 metres outside their boundaries<\/li>\n<li>At hospitals and health facilities, and for 5 metres outside their boundaries<\/li>\n<li>Any areas designated by a Council in any public space not covered by a State-wide smoking bans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The South Burnett Regional Council will be holding a free workshop on Thursday, July 20 at the Town Common Hall in Oliver Bond Street, Kingaroy from 6:00pm to 8:30pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apart from tobacco law compliance, the session will also provide information about the State Government&#8217;s &#8220;Get in the Game&#8221; funding programs and other funding opportunities, Council leases and licences, food licencing, building and plumbing approvals and the effects these may have community groups.<\/p>\n<p>Light refreshments will be provided from 6:00pm.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, groups who RSVP by July 13 will be provided with a personalised map with suggested designated smoking and non-smoking areas for their facility.<\/p>\n<p>RSVPs can be made by phoning Regina Sloper at the Council on (07) 4189-9100 or by <a href=\"mailto:rsloper@southburnett.qld.gov.au?subject=Tobacco Laws Workshop 20-Jul-17 (from southburnett.com.au)\"><strong>emailing her<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Burnett Regional Council will be holding a free workshop for sporting and community organisations on July 20 to help them avoid falling foul of Queensland&#8217;s new tobacco laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":183149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[1131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tobacco Laws Workshop For Local Clubs<\/title>\n<meta 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