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Michael Ramsey

WA plans hardline banned drinkers register

WA could tighten the rules for regional booze sellers under a banned drinkers register program. (Daniel Munoz/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Anyone buying takeaway alcohol in much of regional Western Australia will have their identification scanned under a crackdown on problem drinkers.

The state government has flagged a tightening of the banned drinkers register being trialled in the Pilbara, Kimberley and Goldfields regions.

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