Tougher lockout laws to tackle alcohol-fuelled violence are supported by every government MP, medical experts and the majority of Queenslanders.
That's the view Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk was pushing on Tuesday after a new Galaxy poll indicating overwhelming support for the government's measures.
But not everyone is convinced.
The poll of 350 people, commissioned by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, found 74 per cent of respondents supported a state government plan to call last drinks at 2am or 3am.
It also found 67 per cent supported a 1am lockout, while 61 per cent didn't want shots sold after 10pm.
Ms Palaszczuk said she hoped the poll, as well as evidence from other jurisdictions in Australia and overseas, would sway opposition and crossbench MPs to back the laws, to be debated in parliament this month.
"This is a clear plan, it is a clear path forward and it has the support of the majority of Queenslanders - I can't be any more clear than that," she said.
Ms Palaszczuk insisted government MP Rob Pyne, who questioned the economic repercussions earlier lockouts would have on his tourism-focused electorate of Cairns, supported the laws and would vote for them.
"My caucus is of the firm view that we must do this to tackle alcohol-fuelled violence and that is the entire caucus," Ms Palaszczuk said.
The premier was backed by Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital executive director Dr Amanda Dines, who said about one in eight people treated at the hospital's emergency department was affected by alcohol.
Paramedic Ben Elliott, who earlier this month was punched in the face by a drunk patient, said he had to deal with the effects of alcohol abuse every day.
"Any time people are discouraged from drinking alcohol, or don't have access to as much alcohol, there's always going to be a decrease in the amount of work I've got," he said.
But industry lobby group Nightlife Queensland argued the proposed laws didn't have community support.
"An online poll conducted over a week, netting only 350 respondents, with no information about how or why they answered is pretty questionable," secretary Nick Braban said.
"Without further detail about who these respondents are, and where they came from, there is absolutely no way this can be construed as the views of Queenslanders."
Shadow Attorney-General Ian Walker said he was yet to see evidence indicating the government's laws were better than the former Newman Government's proposal, which included ID scanners and stronger penalties.
"I'm not convinced that, as a father, as a law maker, the changes they are proposing would have made a difference in the case of Cole Miller," he said, referring to the coward punch victim who died after an attack in Fortitude Valley earlier this month.
Mr Walker said the opposition would wait to see the outcome of a parliamentary committee report to decide whether or not to back the laws.
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