The New South Wales Government’s crack-down on under-age drinking has netted its first victim, with a Riverina hotel receiving a licence suspension. New laws concerning the supply of alcohol to minors came into effect last December, and the OLGR has since conducted 515 audits of licensed premises as part of a “blitz to crack down” […]
The newly-formed alliance calling itself Our Nightlife Queensland continues its charge in the campaign to force the State Government to include industry in regulation decisions. Our Nightlife Queensland (ONQ) yesterday issued a call to Government to meet to discuss the proposed changes to liquor licensing laws that it says will “cripple the State’s half-billion dollar
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A bartender is in prison after serving a man 56 shots, after which he went into cardiac arrest and died. The Criminal Court in France ruled that Giles Crepin was guilty of manslaughter for serving the enormous number of drinks and reportedly inciting him to break the bar’s consumption record. Crepin received a four-month jail
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A top gaming hotel has sold for $25 million, in one of the State’s “fastest growing LGAs”. The Macquarie Hotel, in Liverpool in southern Sydney, is currently ranked #57 on the OLGR gaming venues list, and boasts 30 EGMs and a 24-hour licence. The outgoing owners, JDA Hotels, held the property for nearly 30 years.
The latest OLGR figures show the continued real drop of violent incidents in NSW licensed venues, but the true causes remain undetermined and shrouded in politics. The regulator generally trumpeted the effects of its own efforts in reducing the number of recorded incidents from 300 to 182 (39.3%) across the previous two 12-month reporting periods,
While the man that threw a glass at TV personality Redfoo escapes with probation, the consequences continue for the hotel where the incident took place. Last August Arian Berisha was charged with assault after throwing a glass at Stefan Kendall Gordy, aka Redfoo, in Double Bay’s Golden Sheaf Hotel, around 12:30am. The American singer and
Britain’s recognised “oldest pub” has been under pressure to change its name – Ye Olde Fighting Cocks – because it is offensive in the modern context … to chickens. The eighth-century boozer, celebrated amongst a very ancient list as Britain’s oldest in the Guinness Book of World Records, has held its current moniker since 1872.
One of the North Shore’s best-known pubs has sold in a surprise deal that was a case of ‘an offer they couldn’t refuse’. Just 15 months after purchasing it for $13 million, Halcyon Group has divested the landmark Buena Vista Hotel in the upmarket Sydney suburb of Mosman to a brand new hotel operation –
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Another Melbourne hotel investment has hit the market, with all buyer types set to circle the corner pub packed with opportunity. Just a couple of kilometres east of Melbourne’s CBD, Abbotsford’s Laird Hotel will likely prove attractive to investors, developers and owner-operators. Boasting features such as a successful, tenanted pub business with typical upsides, plus
Cider Australia has resolved to further champion the benefits of artisanal products in the booming category, pronouncing a drive to improve labelling and install a version of the WET tax. Following its recent AGM, where Sam Reid was returned as President, the organisation representing all major cider-producing regions in Australia declared a fight in the
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