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MAYLANDS Labor MP Lisa Baker wants liquor warehouses banned from residential areas and local centres.

She says Subiaco and Victoria Park councils have already implemented the restriction and she wants Bayswater to follow suit.

“Maylands is very vulnerable to massive warehouse-style liquor stores,” she says.

“Warehouse-style liquor stores only exacerbate the current problems of street drinking and anti-social behaviour in Maylands”

“The City of Bayswater needs to help the community by proactively stopping warehouse-style liquor store developments in residential areas.

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“From First Choice to Dan Murphy’s, the community has shown that they oppose warehouse-style liquor stores.”

She says her proposal has the backing of former mayor Terry Kenyon and Cr Alan Radford, who were unavailable for comment.

Ms Baker is currently fighting Woolworths’ plans to build a 1000sqm Dan Murphy’s on Railway Parade, which is part of the grocery and grog giant’s $3.5 million redevelopment of the Peninsula Tavern.

In 2010 Ms Baker spearheaded a campaign that stopped Coles building a 1250sqm First Choice outlet on Guildford Road.

Maylands is home to a number of agencies, including Shopfront, Autumn Centre and 55 Central, that tackle the impacts of alcoholism.

by STEPHEN POLLOCK