The O’Hara Group has successfully challenged a fine from the state regulator over COVID regulations, at Parramatta’s Collector Hotel. Following the first tranche of lockdowns, the O’Haras were forced to reconfigure aspects of their venues, particularly the spacing of machines in gaming rooms. Around $90k was invested at the Collector on a range of measures, […]
A man has been arrested and charged over a fire at the Royal Exchange Hotel in Marrickville on Tuesday that endangered 20 people inside and killed the pub cat, Whiskey. Police and fire services were called to the Lewis Hotels pub in the early hours, evacuating close to two-dozen staff and patrons, and two upstairs
A suspected arson attack has seriously damaged Lewis Hotels’ Royal Exchange Hotel in Marrickville. Around 20 people, including staff, patrons and residents in rooms upstairs, had to be evacuated via fire truck ladder through a window after the fire took hold in the stairwell. No-one was injured, but several had to be treated for the
A 22-year-old woman has been convicted and sentenced for glassing a 35-year-old work colleague at Langford’s Hotel in Mackay. Kytarna Leyland-Rice, a BHP workforce co-ordinator, hit a glass she was holding into the head of another man in her work group soon after throwing a drink in his face – following racist and sexist comments
A long-time employee of the Calamvale Hotel in Brisbane has been convicted and sentenced over embezzlement of nearly $100k from the business. Simon Te Mahia Phoenix Aramoana, 26, of Marsden, was originally employed as a security guard at the pub. Over time his role was expanded to also include general maintenance jobs. He appeared this
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In vivid contrast to the shuttered venues of NSW and Victoria, the stresses of pandemic life have helped a few too many Queenslanders into court for anti-social behaviour. Enjoying a night out at the Globe Hotel, 20-year-old Bundaberg man Jackson Paulson left with a broken jaw after 30-year-old Gracemere man Aaron Joshua Voisey punched him
Pub frontrunners Sand Hill Road are prominent in a posse of Australian businesses seeking the payment of interruption insurance over COVID-19, with battles already being fought in the High Court. Sand Hill Road (SHR) owns and operates nine pubs in the Melbourne area, and has lodged a $26 million claim against insurers after being forced
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A former venue manager at TSG Geelong has been sentenced over the theft of more than $60k to fund a gambling habit. 36-year-old Adrian Benne worked as a manager at The Sporting Globe in Geelong for several years, until cash discrepancies were discovered to the tune of $64,500, leading to charges being laid. Benne appeared
A disgruntled patron evicted from the famed Daly Waters pub later returned with a chainsaw and bad intentions. NT Police watch commander Sonia Kennon said pub owner Tim Carter called the police around 11:30pm, on 20 May. A 44-year-old man had been cut off for intoxication around 4pm, and Carter said he returned a few times
A controversial case of buyer’s remorse has been settled in the NSW Supreme Court this week, bringing judgement on a dispute over the sale of the Quarryman’s Hotel by Laundy Hotels to the Parras family. More than a year since legal wrangling began, Justice Rowan Darke delivered his verdict, finding the sale contract was not
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