Crime

MEN ARRESTED OVER PUB ROBBERY AND STABBING

Posted on May 18th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
Three men have been arrested and charged in relation to an alleged robbery and attempted murder after of a man at the Sundowner Hotel in Caboolture. According to detectives, around 10:30pm on Saturday 9 May three people accosted a 31-year-old

TEENS ARRESTED, LINKED TO MELBOURNE PUB ATTACKS

Posted on May 1st, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
Police have arrested teenagers and foiled another alleged arson attack amid the escalating gangland-style pub wars gripping Melbourne, thought to be fuelled by bootleg liquor. Authorities have grouped 12 different attacks on venues in the CBD, including shootings, fires and

ALBION BURNS AGAIN

Posted on April 17th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
Popular Melbourne venue the Albion Hotel was targeted by arsonists early Wednesday, in a confronting return to the past.   According to witnesses, two offenders forced their way into the building and were seen entering with jerry cans around 3am.

MAN ARRESTED OVER VIOLENT NAROOMA ARMED ROBBERY

Posted on April 1st, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
Following a 10-day manhunt, detectives have apprehended and charged a man accused of an armed robbery at the Narooma Hotel where an employee was shot. Emergency services were called to the hotel around 10.30pm on Friday, 20 March, with reports

POLICE PROBE COMMERCIAL JUNEE FRAUDSTERS

Posted on March 4th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
Residents of the Riverina town of Junee have been stunned as events at their local watering hole are investigated for systemic fraud said to involve significant sums of money. Junee is home to around 5k people, found roughly 400 kilometres

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