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MAN ARRESTED OVER VIOLENT NAROOMA ARMED ROBBERY

Posted on April 1st, 2026 by Clyde Mooney

Following a 10-day manhunt, detectives have apprehended and charged a man accused of an armed robbery at the Narooma Hotel where an employee was shot. Emergency services were called to the hotel around 10.30pm on Friday, 20 March, with reports

POLICE PROBE COMMERCIAL JUNEE FRAUDSTERS

Posted on March 4th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney

Residents of the Riverina town of Junee have been stunned as events at their local watering hole are investigated for systemic fraud said to involve significant sums of money. Junee is home to around 5k people, found roughly 400 kilometres

PREMIER BACKS TOUGHER LAWS AFTER PUB CRIME SURGE

Posted on December 5th, 2025 by Jane Louise

Following State and national Australian Hotels Association (AHA) president David Basheer’s address at his popular pre-Christmas lunch on Tuesday, South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has conceded more needs to be done to address the scourge of violent gang crime and

CALLS FOR TOUGHER OUTCOMES ON VIOLENT PUB ATTACKS

Posted on December 3rd, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

The AHA National president is driving the South Australian government to do more to address the scourge of violent gang crime and attacks targeting Adelaide pubs. State and national president David Basheer addressed a crowd that included both State Premier

THE AXE IN THE DOCKS AFTER PLAYING UP AT THE STOCKIE

Posted on November 21st, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

League legend Trevor Gillmeister is facing multiple charges, having tussled with police after allegedly assaulting a staff member at the Stock Exchange Hotel. 61-year-old Gillmeister, aka ‘The Axe’, played 22 State of Origin matches for Queensland and took to the

GAMING STAFFER AND PATRON ARRESTED OVER ARMED ROBBERY

Posted on September 29th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Police have arrested a female employee and regular patron of the Sydney Junction Hotel over a brazen armed robbery earlier this month that netted tens of thousands of dollars. Around 3.40am, on Friday, 12 September workers at the Sydney Junction

PUB MANAGER CONVICTED OVER SEX CRIMES

Posted on September 29th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

A disgraced former manager of the Roebuck Bay Hotel in WA’s wild northwest has been convicted of a slew of sex crimes after abusing his position of power at the outback pub. 51-year-old Stewart Patrick Burchell, who ran the well-known

GANGLAND SHOOTING AT SYDNEY PUB

Posted on August 20th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Sydney has been rocked by a “brazen” gangland-style shooting at the Harold Park Hotel that left one man dead and another fighting serious gunshot wounds. Around 6.40pm on Sunday emergency services were called to the pub in Forest Lodge, to

GOLDEN FLEECE ARMED ROBBERY INSIDE JOB

Posted on June 13th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

A gaming manager is one of three people being sentenced over the staged theft of $320K from the Golden Fleece in Melton, after police found instructions and a map in the defendant's homes. According to documents presented in Court, in