Can I re-cap a little here in case anyone has missed it. The proposed "reform" is, if you plough (or, in the USA "plow") through the Hansard (Parliamentary debate), if I correctly understand our government: -
1. All public entertainment with any live component, whether on unlicensed or licensed premises or whether in the street or fields must be licensed.
2. That includes all music.
3. They do not plan ANY exemptions.
4. So three, two, or even ONE musician singer or storyteller, with or without any amplification, will be criminal.
5. So will Karaoke (hooray).
6. So will discos with MCs.

Not sure what they plan to do about juke boxes, big-screen TV or big-screen video.