South Australia to curb online alcohol deliveries as it launches five-year domestic violence plan

The South Australian government plans to introduce legislation this week that will require a minimum two-hour pause between the purchase and delivery of alcohol ordered online, and will confine same-day deliveries to the window of 10 am to 10 pm. Premier Peter Malinauskas described the move as a response to the rapid expansion of home-delivery services outpacing existing regulation. The changes are bundled with a five-year "Building Safer Futures" program intended to roll out the Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence’s recommendations.

The administration says it has already completed responses to 12 of the 136 recommendations and is progressing on a further 25, having initially accepted 129 recommendations in whole or in part. The new alcohol rules are expected to be passed by parliament before the end of the year. This initiative reflects the state’s effort to address community concerns about alcohol availability and its link to domestic violence.