Wellington, July 31 NZPA - Justice Minister Simon Power says changes to liquor laws will be done in a comprehensive one-off package. The Law Commission yesterday released Alcohol in Our Lives, an issues paper on reforming New Zealand's liquor laws.

Wellington, July 31 NZPA - Law Commission president Sir Geoffrey Palmer says the time has come to curb the harm caused by heavy drinking and the Government will have to get to grips with the problem.

Wellington, July 30 NZPA - The Law Commission today released its issues paper into the sale and supply of liquor. It made a range of suggestions around supply control, demand reduction and problem limitation summarised below: SUPPLY CONTROLS

Wellington, July 30 NZPA - Low alcohol products will be cheaper and liquor licences harder to get, if changes to liquor laws floated today by the Law Commission go ahead. The commission was last year given the job by the Government of reviewing the Sale of Liquor Act.

1. Public Health and Illness Prevention Programmes aimed at health promotion and preventing illness and injury are an investment in the future health of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Their success will have a major bearing on the level of treatment services that are needed in later years.