Licensing

GOVT REPORT WANTS SYDNEY’S LOCKOUTS SCRAPPED

Posted on September 30th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The revival of Sydney’s nightlife is one step closer with release today of the Joint Select Committee’s report recommending removing restrictions in the CBD. But Kings Cross is still seen as a problem. The government-led inquiry has made 40 recommendations,

QLD REGULATOR CANCELS HUNDREDS OF LIQUOR LICENCES

Posted on September 20th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Queensland’s Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation (OLGR) has released details that hundreds of liquor licences in the State have recently been cancelled following failure to pay annual licence fees. The Liquor Act 1992 requires licensees to pay a licence

PREMIER FLAGS SYDNEY REVIVAL

Posted on September 9th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
After five years and seven months in the dark, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has opened the door to Sydney’s revival, suggesting “it’s time”. Speaking to media over the weekend, Berejiklian heralded removing the 1:30am lockouts in Sydney’s CBD, but stood

STRIKE AND BAN OVER INTOX AND SLY SEX

Posted on September 2nd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
ILGA has handed down a Strike to one Sydney licensee and a 10-year ban to another, over “blatant disregard” for RSA, and the sexual assault of a female employee. Chris Chang, licensee of a Korean restaurant in Sydney’s CBD, is

PALACE HOTEL WINS IN LOCKOUT EXEMPTION FOR RUGBY MATCH

Posted on August 21st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
As NSW revisits the broader impacts of Sydney’s lockout laws, the regulator has shown its intention to work with industry by way of the first exemption, granted to the CBD’s Palace Hotel Sydney. Venues, stakeholders and the general public await

LOCKOUT REVIEW: RESCUE OR REINFORCEMENT

Posted on August 19th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Scores of pubs, nightclubs, restaurants, bars and other places of business stand in purgatory with millions of potential patrons, as the NSW government-appointed committee deliberates the fate and future of the capital’s economy and reputation. More than five years and

OLGR HITS VENUES WITHOUT LICENCES

Posted on July 22nd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
OLGR has hit two related licensed premises with $90k in fines for selling liquor without a licence or permit. Toowoomba hotel The Florence, previously The Office, was bought mid-2018 by an entity named Boutique Pub Co Ltd, at the same

RACP CALLS FOR LOCKOUTS PLUS FLOOR PRICING IN NSW

Posted on July 22nd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The leading association of medical specialists has weighed in on the debate over trade restrictions and alcohol availability in NSW, calling on government to keep the lockouts and also introduce minimum pricing. A NSW parliamentary inquiry is currently underway, investigating

WEIGHTS & MEASURES TARGETING PUBS

Posted on July 15th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Pubs are one of four sectors to be targeted in this year’s National Compliance Plan, checking consumers are getting what they pay for. The 2019-20 National Compliance Plan from the National Measurement Institute (NMI) will focus on licensed premises, supermarkets,

GOVT GRANTS TO BOOST “GREAT WORK” OF LIQUOR ACCORDS

Posted on June 26th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The NSW Government’s Liquor Accords Grants program has announced the accords to receive funds to help them continue to make licensed venues and local communities safer. In February this year the Office of Responsible Gambling offered up $100k in funding