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HOTELIER CONVICTED OF STEALING MILLIONS FROM ABORIGINAL TRUST

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A septuagenarian hotelier and financial advisor has been found guilty of swindling nearly $3 million from the Yugunga-Nya trust, supposedly to prop up his pub. Thomas Graham Greenaway operated as trustee to the charitable fund, distributing mining royalties to the Aboriginal people who owned the land. Greenway is part-owner of the troubled Freemason’s Hotel, […]

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OFFICER HIT AND RUN BY STOLEN CAR AT BURVALE HOTEL

In the Courts, Legal / Clyde Mooney

Two men have been arrested after a stolen car was used to hit a senior police officer attempting to stop a getaway, in the carpark of the Burvale Hotel in Melbourne’s east. According to investigators, the men stole a white Honda hatch around 1:50am Thursday in Ringwood East. They then drove it to ALH’s Burvale

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GUARD CHARGED OVER SERIOUS ASSAULT IN GROVEDALE

In the Courts, Legal / Clyde Mooney

A guard at a Victorian pub is awaiting trial over a brutal assault on a patron that put the man in a coma. On the evening of 3 May the Grovedale Hotel security guard is alleged to have assaulted a man outside the venue. Witnesses reported the victim was knocked out before he fell, resulting

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PORT ADELAIDE HOTEL TRIUMPHS IN NOISE COMPLAINT DISPUTE

In the Courts, Legal / Clyde Mooney

Port Adelaide’s Lord Exmouth Hotel, known locally as the Monkey House, celebrated a win this week as a noise complaint was thrown out of court. The hotel is one of South Australia’s oldest licensed premises, first opening its doors in the 1850s. The case, put forward by neighbour Sheena McCarthy, hoped to end the pub’s

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HEMMES LOCKS HORNS WITH BEEF MAGNATES OVER AN ESTABLISHMENT

In the Courts, Legal / Clyde Mooney

Merivale is in a trademark dispute with a new Brisbane restaurant representing giant multinational Stanbroke beef, over the rights to the name Establishment. Establishment 203 opened its doors on Marshall St in Fortitude Valley on 28 November, 2023, being the first restaurant from Stanbroke, and exclusively stocking steak from the company’s Grantham abattoir. According to

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BROTHERS JAILED OVER DRUNKEN BRAWL

In the Courts, Legal / Clyde Mooney

A pair of brothers have been sent to prison over a drunken brawl at the Tourist Hotel, where they punched and assaulted a female worker. Parliament House security worker Benjamin Stewart McLennan, aged 41, and his mechanic brother Joshua McLennan, aged 33, faced Queanbeyan Local Court this week in relation to a melee they caused

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PUB BRAWL RESULTS IN CHARGES FOR TWO COPS

In the Courts, Legal / Clyde Mooney

Two ranked police officers have been charged over a brawl at a Central Coast pub made famous by involving NRL star Tom Starling, after a three-year battle to clear his name and get justice. On December 5, 2020 the Canberra Raiders player went with his parents and his brothers Jackson, aged 27, and Josh, aged

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WOMAN SUES LYONS’ PUB OVER ASSAULT BY ANOTHER WOMAN

In the Courts, Legal / Clyde Mooney

A woman is suing the pub owned by Darryn Lyons – former Geelong mayor – after being assaulted by another patron that she says should have been removed earlier. Rebecca Gerdsen lodged a writ with the County Court over the incident on 6 February, 2021. She had gone to the Elephant and Castle Hotel on

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DAYLESFORD PUB FATAL CRASH: DRIVER CHARGED

In the Courts, Legal / Clyde Mooney

The driver of a car that tore through the beer garden of the Royal Hotel Daylesford last month, killing five people, has faced court over 14 charges, accused of ignoring repeated alerts on his blood sugar. Police report a white BMW X5 was travelling south-west on Albert St in Daylesford, when it mounted a kerb

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HOTEL FINED OVER TEEN GAMBLING SPREE

In the Courts, Legal / Clyde Mooney

A Melbourne pub has been fined for its role in the run-away debts and gambling problem of a 16-year-old, whose mother had tried every means to stop him. The Melbourne mother discovered her son was gambling thousands of dollars, and early 2022 she began trying to get him help, contacting dozens of individuals and organisations,

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HOTELIER CONVICTED OF STEALING MILLIONS FROM ABORIGINAL TRUST

OFFICER HIT AND RUN BY STOLEN CAR AT BURVALE HOTEL

GUARD CHARGED OVER SERIOUS ASSAULT IN GROVEDALE

PORT ADELAIDE HOTEL TRIUMPHS IN NOISE COMPLAINT DISPUTE

HEMMES LOCKS HORNS WITH BEEF MAGNATES OVER AN ESTABLISHMENT

BROTHERS JAILED OVER DRUNKEN BRAWL

PUB BRAWL RESULTS IN CHARGES FOR TWO COPS

WOMAN SUES LYONS’ PUB OVER ASSAULT BY ANOTHER WOMAN

DAYLESFORD PUB FATAL CRASH: DRIVER CHARGED

HOTEL FINED OVER TEEN GAMBLING SPREE

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