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NSW LOOKS TO MAJOR LIQUOR LICENSING REFORM

Posted on May 27th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The NSW regulator is putting to parliament a new demerit-based scheme for regulating licensed venues, combining three existing systems and rewarding good operators. Late 2019 the NSW Parliament Joint Select Committee released its report on Sydney's night time economy, with

LIQUOR & GAMING TO SUPPORT INDUSTRY REOPENING

Posted on May 20th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Liquor & Gaming NSW has announced it be taking a “supportive and educative approach” to compliance in the wake of the COVID-19 reawakening. L&G notes the pandemic has created an “exceptional set of circumstances” that has and will have major

STRIKE FOR ASSEMBLY LICENSEE

Posted on May 20th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The licensee of Assembly Bar in the Sydney CBD has received a strike, for allowing a patron to become so intoxicated she needed medical attention. The NSW Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA) issued what was the first strike to

VICTORIAN REGULATOR EASING LICENSEE BURDENS

Posted on April 8th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The VCGLR has been consulting with relevant entities and industry to implement a range of measures to support liquor licensees, in response to coronavirus. The Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) says it is conscious of the devastating

VALLEY PUB FINED OVER RSA BREACHES

Posted on March 9th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The licensee of Brisbane’s GPO Hotel has been fined $5,000 after pleading guilty to two breaches of the Queensland Liquor Act 1992. The Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation (OLGR) began an investigation into the GPO in Fortitude Valley after

VIC LICENSEE DISQUALIFIED OVER MORE THAN A DOZEN BREACHES

Posted on February 24th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
A Victorian licensee has slipped from warning to five years’ disqualification, following a litany of breaches over a fourteen-month period. Records show the licence to operate the Ararat Hotel, around 200 kilometres west of the Melbourne CBD, was transferred to

WYNNERS BAR LOSES $20K OVER BREACHES

Posted on January 22nd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The Queensland regulator has punished a bar in south Brisbane for “continued” breaches it says displayed a lack of care for patrons and a disregard for the law. Last week Ausin International Group P/L (AIG), appeared before Holland Park Magistrates

NSW GOVT ANNOUNCES TRADING EXTENSIONS THROUGH 2020

Posted on January 20th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The NSW Government has extended trading hours for hotels and clubs during major events throughout 2020. The decision was announced by Minister for Customer Service Victor Dominello, who suggests the later trading times will support major cultural and sports events

BIG FISH SLAPPED WITH $11k FINE OVER MINOR BREACHES

Posted on January 13th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Principals at a pub in Queensland’s Darling Downs have been convicted and fined $11,000 after breaches including allowing a minor to drink and gamble at the venue. An Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation (OLGR) investigation discovered breaches by Big