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CALEDONIAN IN STRIFE AGAIN OVER FAILURE TO REMOVE ‘SIGN’

1 Comment / Legal, Regulations / Clyde Mooney

The self-proclaimed ‘Freedom Hotel’ of Singleton is back in the news, protesting Council’s notice of tough action if its owners do not remove an unauthorised and potentially offensive flag from the roof. A letter from Council dated 29 August spoke of Notice of Intention to issue a “Development Control Demolition Order” after continued inaction by

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SCONE PUBLICAN FACES CHARGES OVER WHITE POWDER

In the Courts, Legal / Clyde Mooney

A Hunter Valley publican is facing a slew of charges relating to supply and possession of cocaine at his Scone pub. 37-year-old John William Allen, aka Jack Allen, fronted Muswellbrook Local Court last week to face multiple charges, the most serious being supply cocaine on an ongoing basis. Hunter Valley detectives, part of Strike Force

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OLGR RESPONDS TO CRITICISM OVER LICENCE TRANSFERS

Legal, Regulations / Clyde Mooney

PubTIC has been investigating one of the biggest questions in Australian pub real estate with the Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation: why do pub transfers take so long in Queensland? The OLGR reports transactional activity has been high in the Sunshine State, finding a 12 per cent year-on-year increase during FY22 in the number

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MANAGER AND BARTENDER PLEAD TO COCAINE SUPPLY

In the Courts, Legal / Clyde Mooney

A manager and bartender from the Newcastle region have pleaded guilty to supplying drugs to patrons in the hotel. On the evening of 29 April, police with the Port Stephens Hunter Drug Unit allegedly observed Gareth Ian Wilkinson offering to sell 0.8g of cocaine for $300 to a patron of the Shoal Bay Country Club.

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MASKED ‘TRADIES’ PULL OFF DARING DAYTIME HEIST

Crime, Legal / Clyde Mooney

Police are investigating possible links between a rash of overnight burglaries at venues and the audacious daytime theft of a cash dispenser from a well-known Newcastle pub. During a busy period, around 4:30 on the afternoon of 4 July, three men arrived at the hotel and entered via a rear fire exit. All were dressed

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LAID OFF MANAGER DODGES PRISON FOR WORK

In the Courts, Legal / Clyde Mooney

A magistrate has spared a pub manager a conviction on drug charges in response to his contrition and because the scar on his record would jeopardise his livelihood. When 31-year-old Christopher Paul Tindal lost his job as a duty manager at Aushotel Group’s Orion Hotel in the first COVID pandemic shutdown, early 2020, he began

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COMPANY SEEKS REFUND ON MILLIONS LOST BY EMBEZZLING EMPLOYEE

In the Courts, Legal / Clyde Mooney

A family-owned business in Cairns has lodged a claim in the Supreme Court against the Reef Hotel and Westpac, for millions lost by a staff member who embezzled the money. Former employee of Down to Earth Demolitions, 59-year-old Wendy Ann Aspinall, pleaded guilty to defrauding the company of $3.16 million between 2007 and 2017. She

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POLICE INVESTIGATING SERIOUS ASSAULTS IN CAMDEN AND BYRON

Crime, Legal / Clyde Mooney

One man is in custody and police are searching for another, following recent violent incidents in pubs. Emergency services were called to a pub in Camden around 8pm last Friday (17 June), where officers from Camden Police Area Command found a 30-year-old man that had been struck to throat with a schooner glass. He had

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MEN JAILED OVER ROBBERY OF 80-YR-OLD WOMAN’S POKIES WINNINGS

In the Courts, Legal / Clyde Mooney

Two Adelaide men have been sent to prison for robbing of a woman in her 80s of her pokies winnings after a big night at the local pubs. The men from Woodcroft in Adelaide’s south, 43-year-old Joobin Rafii and 42-year-old Nima Saboohian, were charged with robbery of the elderly victim, on 19 August, 2019. Eva

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CALEDONIAN IN STRIFE AGAIN OVER FAILURE TO REMOVE ‘SIGN’

SCONE PUBLICAN FACES CHARGES OVER WHITE POWDER

OLGR RESPONDS TO CRITICISM OVER LICENCE TRANSFERS

MANAGER AND BARTENDER PLEAD TO COCAINE SUPPLY

MASKED ‘TRADIES’ PULL OFF DARING DAYTIME HEIST

LAID OFF MANAGER DODGES PRISON FOR WORK

COMPANY SEEKS REFUND ON MILLIONS LOST BY EMBEZZLING EMPLOYEE

POLICE INVESTIGATING SERIOUS ASSAULTS IN CAMDEN AND BYRON

MEN JAILED OVER ROBBERY OF 80-YR-OLD WOMAN’S POKIES WINNINGS

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