sentences:  This meant the Prohibition lobby in Australia had to lobby each individual state government, and was unable to achieve any nationwide ban on the sale of alcohol.Although liquor sales remained heavily restricted for many years, Australia did not experience the many social ills, including the vast expansion of organised crime that resulted from Prohibition in the United States in the 1920s.Perhaps because of the generally hot, dry climate, Australian beer drinkers soon came to favour chilled pilsener style beers.