Licensing

SUNKEN MONKEY LEAPS OFF VIOLENT VENUES LIST

Posted on March 15th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Erina’s Sunken Monkey is sunk no more, climbing from the depths of the violent venues list like a rat up a drainpipe. NSW Liquor & Gaming releases its controversial Violent Venues list every half-year, citing any hotel in the state

HISTORIC PUBS THREATENED BY NEW NEIGHBOURS

Posted on February 22nd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
A debate around noise restrictions for several well-known Sydney pubs is highlighting the comedy of errors smothering the industry and night-time economy. This week the Daily Telegraph ran an attention-grabbing expose on the plight of long-established hotels coming under fire

STRIKE FOR HARBOUR VIEW OVER BULLDOGS’ MAD MONDAY

Posted on February 18th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
ILGA has handed down a strike for the Harbour View Hotel, over the infamous “Mad Monday” antics by Canterbury Bulldogs players last November. A hearing before the NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA) heard how players stripped naked, dancing

NSW ROLLING OUT DIGITAL DRIVER LICENCE PHOTO ID

Posted on February 11th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The NSW Government is soon rolling out Digital Driver Licences, giving patrons and operators the option of checking ID quickly and securely on a smartphone. Austrac and Service NSW began a trial in 2018 of the Digital Driver Licence (DDL)

LICENSEE FINED FOR ALLOWING INTOX AFTER BAR TAB PROMO

Posted on January 30th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
A licensee has been fined after pleading guilty to allowing intoxication, when inspectors found a girl throwing up in the toilets. Facts presented to Downing Centre Local Court on 25 January were in regard to an incident from 22 February

BITTERS DEBATE OVER NEW ZERO ALCOHOL LAWS

Posted on January 14th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Victorian venues are steeling themselves over new zero alcohol laws, with some going so far as to ban the ever-popular Lemon, Lime & Bitters. New rules have come into effect across Victoria banning licensed premises from serving any liquor to

ILGA ORDERS CLOSURES FOR SERVING MINORS

Posted on January 14th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The Camden Hotel and Liquorland Bondi are the latest licensed premises to be closed for serving liquor to minors, under the NSW Government’s Minors Sanctions Scheme. The Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA) has ordered the Camden Hotel shut for

STRIKE FOR PALISADE FOR DRUNKEN ANTICS

Posted on December 21st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Jewel of Millers Point the striking Palisade Hotel has been slapped with a strike for the drunken behaviour of two middle-aged women, one of whom tried to bite her helper. The Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA) heard the case