Legal

FATHER & SON PUBLICANS JAILED FOR ARSON

Posted on November 20th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The father and son team accused of torching their Ravenswood pub for the insurance money have been convicted and sentenced. A fire on 9 June 2014 destroyed the Junction Hotel, owned by the Jansen family. In the following months, police

AUSTRAC INCREASING FOCUS ON MONEY LAUNDERING IN HOTEL SECTOR

Posted on November 20th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Recent activity by AUSTRAC (Australia's financial intelligence agency, governing anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing) is believed to be part of plans for increased reporting by hospitality operators, says consultant firm Risk Training Australia.   [caption id="attachment_11771" align="alignright" width="138"] Phillippa Lloyd[/caption]

ICE FLAGGED AS STAFF ASSAULTS DOUBLE

Posted on November 6th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The alarming increase in assaults in venues, particularly on staff, is evidence of the prevalence of ice in Australia, says AHA SA general manager Ian Horne. Figures out of SA’s Consumer Business Services show pub and club operators in South

MANAGER BROTHERS FACE COURT OVER FRAUD AT PUBS

Posted on October 30th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Two brothers are facing charges – separately and together – over alleged matters of fraud at two of Townsville’s favourite pubs, where they worked. 33-year-old Chris Gregory was assistant manager at the Mad Cow Hotel. He came to the attention

VICTORIAN VIOLENCE: ARRESTS AND WIDESPREAD BANS

Posted on October 23rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Three men have been arrested without charge for a pub fight that saw a 51-year-old man die, as a Victorian magistrate poses a clamp-down on alcohol-fuelled violence. Shortly before midnight on Friday (20 October) witnesses say a group of people

PUB EMPLOYEE JAILED FOR BETTING SPREE AND $50k DEBT

Posted on October 11th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
A pub employee has been jailed for racking up almost $50,000 in debt on the hotel’s account, in a flurry of betting that “spiralled out of control”. The Geelong Advertiser reports the case of 28-year-old Jonathan Bush, appearing before Geelong

POLICE FOIL CUNNING ROZELLE PUB SAFE HEIST

Posted on August 7th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
A very determined thief is facing charges after being arrested attempting to wheel a large safe he stole from a Rozelle pub down Victoria Road in a shopping trolley. NSW Police reported the case of a man spotted manoeuvring a