DRINKING at home before a night out and a change in culture are behind alcohol-fuelled violence, Warwick residents say.

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman is expected to deliver new legislation late next month, a plan he said would "be the best in Australia".

Mr Newman has previously said he believed scaling back opening hours of drinking establishments would not solve the issue of alcohol-fuelled violence.

Warwick RSL Club manager Jo Schwenke and regular pub patron Tony Hausfeld believe the attitudes of young people are to blame, rather than drinking hours.

Mrs Schwenke said more accountability should be placed on patrons who break the law.

"In my opinion the problem is with uncontrolled alcohol consumption," Mrs Schwenke said.

"It's financially cheaper to drink at home and then go out later.

"We've always got to be vigilant with people who have been drinking at home and try to enter our premises intoxicated."

Mrs Schwenke said the current laws did not put enough responsibility on the patrons.

"I think there should be harsher penalties on those who try to enter into a licensed premises when intoxicated," she said.

"At the moment the penalties punish the premises, then the staff member and then the patron.

"It takes the onus off the patron."

Mr Hausfeld said he did not believe enforcing pubs and clubs to close earlier would solve the issue.

"Shutting a pub at 10pm won't do anything," Mr Hausfeld said.

"People will just go outside and blue because they'll still be full of alcohol."

Mr Hausfeld said he believed many young people went out drinking to get into a fight nowadays.

"You can't lump everyone in together - not every kid is bad," he said.

"But I've definitely noticed a different culture where a lot of young people go out and want to get into a blue. When I was 19 or 20, you just went out to have a good time."

On the up

• Alcohol-related hospitalisations in Queensland have increased by 53% since 2003, accounting for almost 34,000 in 2012.
• The number of alcohol-related physical abuse victims increased from 4.5% in 2007 to 8.1% in 2010, and 6.8% of victims required hospitalisation, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
• Alcohol-related hospitalisations cost the country up to $36billion a year.