LIQUOR licensing laws allowing Fremantle pubs to open as early as 7am may be changed after the weekend grand final revelry, Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan says.
Mr O'Callaghan also told a budget estimates hearing on Thursday that the first time he knew of the plan - which will allow football fans to down booze as breakfast - was when he saw it on the front page of a newspaper.
"We will be revisiting or visiting the trading hours in Fremantle after this matter," Mr O'Callaghan said.
WA is currently undergoing a review of the Liquor Control Act. Mr O'Callaghan is a vocal campaigner against excessive drinking and alcohol advertisements targeting young people.
He said he had not been consulted about the 7am opening hours by the minister responsible for racing, gaming and liquor, Terry Waldron, despite the move requiring substantial additional police resources in Fremantle.
But Deputy Commissioner Chris Dawson said the licensing laws that allowed such early boozing applied only to Fremantle and were a historical legacy to benefit wharfies, so pubs could simply opt to exercise their right to open.
Mr Dawson said the heavy police presence would include mounted police, dogs, air support and licence enforcement officers.
Mr O'Callaghan said police would have to mount a major operation to ensure lawfulness in the Dockers homeland, and the early pub openings meant it would take far longer.
"It's likely we'll be doing that a lot earlier in the morning than we otherwise would have planned to do," he said.
This weekend is a long one, with WA celebrating the Queen's Birthday on a different date to the rest of Australia, and also marks the start of the week-long Perth Royal Show.
Police Minister Liza Harvey said there was no excuse for excessively drinking and driving because there would be extra trains and buses, particularly in Fremantle.
"We want people to have a really good time," she told Fairfax radio on Thursday.
"But please be responsible about the way that you behave."
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