Despite NSW being on the verge of reporting no new cases of coronavirus, authorities have not slowed their pursuit of those breaching Public Health Orders, taking in more pubs including a double-hit for the Red Lion over a Laundy family birthday lunch. The State of NSW recorded the lowest number in 50 days on Friday, […]
Pubs and patrons across New South Wales and Victoria continue to incur fines, venues facing closure and court appearances as authorities plead for all to “take responsibility for safety”. This week the Garry Owen Hotel in Rozelle was labelled by Liquor & Gaming inspectors as perhaps the worst seen so far, for its list of
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Residents of NSW returning from Victoria must go into mandatory hotel quarantine for 14 days at their own expense, and Melbourne workers must have permits to enter the CBD, as the battle to contain the outbreaks continues. From 12.01am Friday (7 August) people coming into NSW from Victoria must enter hotel quarantine for two weeks.
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Melbourne is under further, stricter lockdown and a curfew, as Sydney clusters bloom and masks become new normal for hospitality. On Sunday Victoria recorded 671 new cases of COVID-19, taking the state’s total to 11,557. Another seven people have died in Victoria, bringing the national death toll to 201. Last night, Premier Daniel Andrews said
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Inspectors from coordinated government departments are trawling NSW licensed venues in search of COVID breaches, while Victoria threatens fines of $200,000 to businesses who fail to report infected staff. Liquor & Gaming NSW, SafeWork NSW and NSW Fair Trading collectively visited 410 venues during weekend compliance activities conducted by the Department of Customer Service, issuing
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The NSW state government has unleashed an inspection ‘blitz’ with the aim of staving off a second wave of the coronavirus, hitting up pubs and other licensed venues as well as individuals. Since the beginning of June venues have been required to collect details of customers coming onto the premises, and securely store the details
The Federal government will soon unveil the second phase of the JobKeeper wage-subsidy program, as industry cringes at the prospect of renewed restrictions and more evidence emerges in the argument for continued economic support. Over the weekend Finance Minister Mathias Cormann confirmed the JobKeeper scheme will end in September in its existing form, telling media
New South Wales pubs are again under new COVID-19 rules as authorities scramble to contain the outbreak in south-west Sydney, already linked to 34 positive tests, with second- and third-hand transmissions discovered. A special meeting of Cabinet on Monday evening determined to apply the new special measures on pubs after a spiralling cluster of infections
New South Wales is flirting with further shutdowns as at least two pubs close over COVID-19 infections and the Victorian situation worsens. Today Victoria reported the largest single day increase in cases of COVID-19 to date in Australia, official numbers being 288 new positive tests, bringing the state’s active case tally to 1,172. This week
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Solotel has faced the whirlwind after images emerged yesterday of a line of more than 100 people in a queue outside the Golden Sheaf in Double Bay on Wednesday night, seemingly defying public health advice on social distancing. NSW Police confirmed in a statement officers were called to the venue about 9pm, liaising with the
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