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VALE PATRICK CRONIN

Posted on April 20th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Tragically, following Monday’s report of a teenager that was cowardly punched in the head during a brawl on Saturday, the Cronin family had to make the harrowing decision to turn off life support. [caption id="attachment_5756" align="alignright" width="229"] Patrick Cronin. Photo:

BIKIE GANGS RUN AMOK IN PUBS AS THEY FIGHT FOR EXISTENCE

Posted on April 8th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Hotels around the country continue to be the scene of “childish” behaviour at the hands of motorcycle gangs, as they flaunt laws against their existence. Members of the Rebels ‘outlaw motorcycle gang’ (OMCG) recently faced Penrith Local Court over the

TEENAGER CHARGED OVER LAKE MACQUARIE GLASSING

Posted on April 4th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Police have confirmed a man has been charged with reckless wounding after he hit another man in the neck with a glass in a Lake Macquarie pub on Friday night. Lake Macquarie Local Area Command told PubTIC a 19-year-old man

ONE PUNCH PATRON COPS FIVE YEARS PRISON

Posted on April 1st, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
A WA man has been jailed for a single punch that caused the death of another man, as the debate on violence involving alcohol continues to broil around the country. At the ripe age of just 24, Matthew Edward Norman

MASS BRAWLS SYDNEY & MELBOURNE HIGHLIGHT CLUELESS RULE-MAKERS

Posted on March 14th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
A massive weekend of violence in Sydney and Melbourne has put a spotlight on the folly of measures to date to address escalating anti-social behaviour. Recent weeks have seen fundamentally peaceful demonstrations in Sydney protesting the draconian ‘lockout’ laws that

MAGISTRATE IN ICE HOTSPOT GOES TOUGH ON BOOZE

Posted on March 11th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
As the spotlight heats up in NSW on the Sydney lockouts and State-wide bottleshop closing times, a border town Victorian Magistrate has publicly questioned local licensing. On 12 April last year two brothers ended a long night of drinking with

PUB DEATH PERPETRATORS RELEASED EARLY ON PAROLE

Posted on March 9th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Two brothers jailed for a pub fight that killed a man have been released on parole after only 18 months in prison. Mitchell Clay Dowling and his half-brother Jay David Blazely were each sentenced to around two and a half