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MAN DIES AFTER ASSAULT AT UNANDERRA

Posted on May 3rd, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
An Illawarra man faces escalating charges after another man, who he allegedly hit during a brawl at the pub, has died as a result of his injuries. Authorities state that around 10.50pm on 12 April emergency services responded to reports

PORT ADELAIDE HOTEL TRIUMPHS IN NOISE COMPLAINT DISPUTE

Posted on May 1st, 2024 by 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

HEMMES LOCKS HORNS WITH BEEF MAGNATES OVER AN ESTABLISHMENT

Posted on April 26th, 2024 by 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

EDITOR’S NOTE: THE POINTY END OF KNIFE LAWS

Posted on April 22nd, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Amid the trial of a woman for the stabbing death of a publican in the UK, and multiple instances of high-profile knife violence in Sydney, questions around armed assault and extremism are as relevant as ever in Australia. Maidstone Crown

KEG CROOKS ARRESTED

Posted on March 27th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Following investigations by detectives in Victoria, three people have been arrested and are facing charges over the theft of hundreds of empty kegs, worth tens of thousands of dollars.    Authorities have been investigating the pilfering of more than 200

POLICE ARREST MAN OVER COMMY ARMED ROBBERY

Posted on March 8th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
An arrest has been made following the investigation of a violent armed robbery last month, where two masked Caucasian men left an employee of the Commonwealth Hotel Newcastle seriously injured. On 28 February at 4:24am, it has been alleged that

POLICE HUNT COMMY BANDITS

Posted on March 4th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Police are investigating a violent armed robbery last week at the Commonwealth Hotel in Cooks Hill where a worker was seriously injured. Officers from Newcastle City Police District were called to the premises at the intersection of Union and Bull

GUARD KILLED IN ‘COWARD PUNCH’ IN SUTHERLAND

Posted on February 26th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A hotel patron has been charged over the ‘coward punch’ death of a security guard, following an alleged assault outside a Sutherland pub. Emergency services were summoned to the Royal Hotel around 2am Sunday morning, told 30-year-old security guard Mousa

BROTHERS JAILED OVER DRUNKEN BRAWL

Posted on February 21st, 2024 by 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,

KEGS BEING STOLEN ACROSS MELBOURNE

Posted on February 9th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Detectives in Victoria are investigating the theft of more 200 empty kegs from outside pubs in suburbs of inner-Melbourne. Opportunistic thieves have been swiping the empties throughout the past five months, and possibly longer. Each keg unit is valued at