Crime

PREMIER BACKS TOUGHER LAWS AFTER PUB CRIME SURGE

Posted on December 5th, 2025 by Jane Louise
Following State and national Australian Hotels Association (AHA) president David Basheer’s address at his popular pre-Christmas lunch on Tuesday, South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has conceded more needs to be done to address the scourge of violent gang crime and

CALLS FOR TOUGHER OUTCOMES ON VIOLENT PUB ATTACKS

Posted on December 3rd, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
The AHA National president is driving the South Australian government to do more to address the scourge of violent gang crime and attacks targeting Adelaide pubs. State and national president David Basheer addressed a crowd that included both State Premier

PUB MANAGER CONVICTED OVER SEX CRIMES

Posted on September 29th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
A disgraced former manager of the Roebuck Bay Hotel in WA’s wild northwest has been convicted of a slew of sex crimes after abusing his position of power at the outback pub. 51-year-old Stewart Patrick Burchell, who ran the well-known

GANGLAND SHOOTING AT SYDNEY PUB

Posted on August 20th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Sydney has been rocked by a “brazen” gangland-style shooting at the Harold Park Hotel that left one man dead and another fighting serious gunshot wounds. Around 6.40pm on Sunday emergency services were called to the pub in Forest Lodge, to

HEROIC PATRONS SUBDUE ARMED ATTACKER

Posted on May 28th, 2025 by Jane Louise
Just before 8pm last Saturday a dramatic scene unfolded in a Stockton pub as an alleged armed robber was overcome by patrons at The Boatrowers Hotel, following a stabbing. A 30-year-old man, allegedly armed with several weapons, entered the pub

GAY ICON THE IMPY TAGGED WITH SWASTIKA

Posted on April 28th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Police are on the hunt for a person who vandalised multiple sites in Sydney’s inner west with an illegal Nazi symbol, including Universal Hotels’ lauded and recently listed Impy in Erskineville. Offensive iconography and words were found on a number

SIR CHARLES IN THE SHADOW OF A CRIME

Posted on February 24th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
The historic Sir Charles Hotham Hotel was the scene of a violent assault last week that resulted in the death of an elderly man, and his alleged assailant arrested. The 82-year-old man had reportedly been staying in the pub’s accommodation

MAN DIES AFTER CUP DAY ASSAULT

Posted on November 13th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A man is behind bars, facing escalated charges after a man he allegedly punched at the Ettamogah Hotel has died of his injuries. Around 8pm on Tuesday night, following a Melbourne Cup event, emergency services were called to ALH’s premise

POLICE INVESTIGATE SERIES OF ARMED ROBBERIES

Posted on September 13th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Police are appealing for information from the public on a series of surprisingly similar armed robberies on hotels, in Adelaide and south-western Sydney. Reportedly two men, armed with a handgun and a knife and with their faces covered, rushed the

LIVINGSTONE HIT IN BRAZEN ARMED ROBBERY

Posted on August 28th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Two men are on the run from police in Sydney and a man has been arrested in Melbourne over multiple armed robberies at pubs and clubs. According to reports, two armed men entered Oscars’ Livingstone Hotel in Sydney’s inner west