A PUBLIC health group says time is running out for the NSW government to get its review of alcohol laws under way.
The NSW and ACT Alcohol Policy Alliance (NAAPA), which represents 30 health, community, law enforcement, emergency services and research groups, on Friday said a five-year statutory review of the Liquor Act 2007 needed to be conducted and tabled in parliament by the end of the year.
Spokesman Michael Thorn, chief executive of the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, said the review needed to start immediately or the consultation process would suffer.
"If there's going to be a proper and thorough review of the legislation then government needs to set up the processes around that now," he told AAP.
"Otherwise, there will be no time for debate."
NAAPA wants to see the liquor licensing laws revised to give communities more say in restricting the granting of new licences, and would allow them to voice fears about alcohol-related violence, antisocial behaviour or poor health outcomes.
"(Ideally) licensees would need to show that the licence that they seek won't result in any additional harms in the community," he said.
Mr Thorn said the group was likely to call for measures including "risk-based licensing", which would force prospective alcohol suppliers to pay more for their licences if, for instance, they wanted to have longer trading hours.
His comments came hours after Ralph Kelly opened up publicly for the first time about the death of his 18-year-old son while he enjoyed a night out at Sydney party spot Kings Cross.
Thomas Kelly was punched in the head during a Saturday night out with his girlfriend and friends and his family made the "agonising decision" to shut down his life support system two days later.
Mr Kelly told a group of schoolchildren on Thursday that alcohol-related violence ruined lives.
"The hole in our hearts and lives - I can't begin to explain to you," he told them.
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