Parents face fines for giving kids grog under new WA state liquor laws A Government review will look at advertising and marketing of liquor to teenagers. PARENTS would be fined for supplying booze to underage children other than their own at home under a plan to strengthen state liquor laws. Tough new "secondary supply laws" are expected to take centrestage in a wide-ranging review of the Liquor Control Act. Other areas that the review will consider include: The definition of "drunk." Exemptions for liquor sold at Parliament House, in police canteens, or provided as part of a religious service. Advertising and marketing of liquor products. Trading hours of hotels. Penalties for supplying alcohol to minors on private premises are already in force in four states, providing fines of up to $13,300 in the Northern Territory. A coalition of more than 80 health, community and law-enforcement groups will launch an appeal for similar rules later this month as part of the review into liquor laws. The McCusker Centre for Action on Alcohol and Youth will take the lead for a submission being prepared by the WA Alcohol and Youth Action Coalition. The coalition was formed in 2011 and comprises more than 80 organisations, including the Australian Medical Association (WA) and Children's Commissioner Michelle Scott, who last year called for laws to prosecute people who supplied liquor to minors. McCusker Centre director Mike Daube said secondary supply legislation was needed to protect children from the harmful effects of alcohol. "That legislation is already in place in four other states and it's important because it will reduce access to kids and because it sends out a really important signal that kids shouldn't be drinking alcohol," Prof Daube said. Cancer Council WA nutrition and physical activity manager Steve Pratt said advertising curbs would also feature heavily in the council's submission especially when linked to sport. "We are finding there are a lot of ads that target, intentionally in some cases but certainly indirectly target young people and have a very large audience of young people and that's a concern," Mr Pratt said. The review will be carried out by a special committee chaired by ANZ WA state manager John Atkins, who told The Sunday Times the review would be "comprehensive." He said he was not surprised secondary supply laws, which imposed fines on parents for giving alcohol to children other than their own, would be raised during the submission process. "It clearly is an issue which has caused some concerns and, as I understand it, it was a recommendation of the previous review that something be done about that and it wasn't," he said. Perth barrister John Prior said the legal definition of "drunk" made it too easy for someone with a disability or under the influence of drugs to be thought to be inebriated. Mr Prior, who regularly works in the area of liquor licensing, said an "evidence-based" approach should be introduced to replace the definition, putting more emphasis on surveillance cameras in bars. The review committee is expected to report to Racing and Gaming Minister Terry Waldron by June 30, with submissions closing on February 25. WA Police, the Law Society of WA, Australian Hoteliers Association of WA and the WA Nightclubs Association have also confirmed they will be making submissions.