Victorian pubs to stay open until 3am under Labor election promise

Speaking from Richmond's London Tavern on Thursday morning as part of an election pledge, the Victorian premier, Ben Carroll, announces plans to give pubs the automatic right to extend trading hours until 3am. Under the proposal, individual publicans will also be given the…

The government is promising to extend opening hours for the state's pubs and change the Food Act so that dogs will be allowed inside venues at the publican's discretion.