Government ordered ID scanners in Brisbane catch just one banned drinker for every 26,000 licences checked in the first year of the program.
Data obtained by the ABC revealed 12.8 million IDs were scanned since the start of the program in July 2017, and of that, 488 people were found trying to going into a bar or club from which they had been banned.
Under ID-scanning laws, people looking for a drink inside key Queensland venues after 10:00pm need to have their identification scanned on entry.The scanners were made compulsory in 244 venues, at hotspot precincts including Fortitude Valley, the Brisbane CBD and Caxton Street.