Sir,Richard Egan’s (NW, September 20) commentary that the Western Australian Government was holding the line against National Competition Policy was a week premature.Despite assurances by the WA Liquor Minister, Nick Griffiths, that it would not surrender to the National Competition Policy on liquor matters – “Labor’s election promise was to oppose deregulation of the liquor industry…” (Media Release, October 12, 2001) – the Minister has acquiesced to Canberra.The potential loss of millions of…
