A Sydney man accused of assaulting staff and damaging several poker machines at the Hurley Group’s Arkaba Hotel has been released into home detention, after being detained by workers. Around 2pm on Sunday afternoon police were called to the Hotel in Fullarton, responding to reports of a disturbance. Samuel William Ajal, 34, from Guildford in […]
The stately Royal Melbourne Hotel has been exonerated in a court case where a patron sued the pub and an assailant for injuries sustained in an altercation. Around 10pm on 30 May 2018, Rene Van Rullen was in the venue with a friend and work colleague, Daniel Howes, at a table beside Peter Sheppard, who
Police have arrested and charged two men over a series of crimes, hitting seven pubs in Sydney and the mid-north coast with attempted and mostly successful armed robberies. It is alleged that around 10.20am Monday, 26 August, an armed hold-up was attempted at the Sands Hotel in Maroubra, when a man armed with a firearm
A magistrate has opted to dismiss all charges against the driver of a car that crashed into the outdoor area of a Daylesford pub last year, with families and survivors challenging the ‘injustice’. According to police and witnesses, around 6pm on 5 November a white BMW X5 mounted a kerb and drove across a grassed
The forces behind developers Virtical and Core Asset Development have lost in their attempt to sue the prior owner of the historic Hotel Australasia over supposedly contracted works not completed. The heritage-listed Hotel was built 1904, located in the idyllic precinct of Eden, on the NSW south coast. After serving the community for more than
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An assault in a pub in north-west Adelaide earlier this month has seen a man die and his accused assailant’s charges escalated. According to police, 29-year-old Matthew Hawkins allegedly punched 35-year-old local Luke Sweetman in the head, shortly after midnight on 10 August at the Peninsula Hotel Motel in Taperoo. Emergency services were called and
The NSW Supreme Court has ruled Mark Toma, owner of pub-developer Virtical, to complete the troubled $61 million Taylor Square deal and pay costs to the vendor, MA Financial. The unlisted MA Taylor Square Fund acquired the prominent Courthouse Hotel on Oxford Street for $22 million late 2020, and the following month picked up the
The tenants and landlord of the Austral Hotel are in an ongoing legal dispute over whether or not the operators can continue at their investment, after disputes over an alleged renewal agreement. In 2020 Brettski Stewart and Ian Stewart, cousins, entered an agreement for the lease of one of Adelaide’s most popular pubs – the
AVC’s Middle Park Hotel is moving up, hurdling a protracted battle with locals in VCAT for expansion and a rooftop terrace in the ‘quaint’ central Melbourne precinct. National pub operator Australian Venue Co looked to undertake one of its signature refurbishments on the 134-year-old heritage-listed hotel. The redevelopment application looked to add bar and dining
A man faced Court this week over a violent armed robbery of a Lyneham pub on the weekend, using a knife to intimidate staff and making off with cash and alcohol. According to a police statement, around 9.40pm on Saturday (29 June) two men attended a pub on Mouat Street, the Old Canberra Inn, leaving
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