Bali booze ban agenda belies disturbing trend

By Ross B. Taylor Many of the one million Australians who holiday in Bali each year were   shocked when they recently learned of a proposal by some members of Indonesia’s national parliament that the production and sale of alcohol throughout the entire country should be banned. Fortunately, the parliament voted down the motion with Bali authorities and tourists sighing in relief; for now. What was not reported however is throughout the archipelago a number of provinces and cities had already decided to introduce their own …