Two Queensland venues have been charged and fined for breaches relating to maintaining their fire systems. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) officers conducted a routine inspection of the monitored alarm system at Magnums Hotel on Airlie Beach, which is operated by ALH and owned by HPI. The officers presented 25 charges relating to ‘failure […]
Liquor & Gaming NSW has sent a clear message with its new ‘risk-based’ licensing scheme – be good, or potentially pay 4,000% more for a hotel licence. The annual liquor licence fee scheme was reviewed last year by the Hon. Ian Callinan AC QC, who concluded it was an “appropriate measure to encourage venues to
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The rules around in-venue poker tournaments in Queensland have changed, and pubs should be wary of abiding by OLGR’s revised conditions. Poker tournaments have been operating in Queensland for over a decade under a ‘freeroll’ model that prevented operators from charging an entry fee to players. In 2016 tournament provider Full House Group (FHG), operator
The VCGLR has remained steadfast in its response to criticism by the Auditor-General and media, maintaining it continues to work smarter and play better with others. A report into Regulating gambling and liquor was produced by the Victorian Auditor-General that highlighted a number of criticisms with the regulator’s methods. Failings were ceased upon by opportunistic
Liquor & Gaming NSW has slapped Sydney’s Agincourt Hotel with a hefty fine for late trading in the gaming room. The Agincourt is located on a prominent corner of Broadway, in one of the most densely populated precincts in the country. The pub has a 24-hour licence, but with a prescribed gaming shut-down period of
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The ongoing push to reduce violence in venues has achieved a milestone, with no venues – except the casino – recording enough incidents to make the top tier. The NSW Government today released the news that the latest, Round 16 Violent Venues List, has no entries in the highest restrictions, applied to licensed venues (except
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The NSW Government is leading the way in all-encompassing digital technology, announcing free digital RSA and RCG licences courtesy of a partnership between Liquor & Gaming and Service NSW. RSA and RCG competency cards are required for the more than 450,000 workers in the State’s liquor and gaming industries. Ensuring they are valid and up
The Victorian liquor regulator continues its push toward “modernisation” and integration, recognising the challenges of the twenty-first hospitality environment. The Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) announced Stage Two of its transformation plan in August, 2015, building on progress made in the organisation’s first three years. VCGLR’s plan for the next three years
Two men have been barred for life from operating a licensed NSW venue after running an illegal addition to a Kings Cross strip club, serving alcohol and drugs. On 10 and 17 December last year, police detected that level 1 of the building at 77 Darlinghurst Road, Potts Point was being used to conduct private
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NSW Premier Mike Baird has rescinded the knee-jerk decision to kill the greyhound industry, admitting he “got it wrong”, but has less sympathy for liquor and hospitality. Yesterday Baird blankly admitted “We got it wrong, I got it wrong, cabinet got it wrong, the government got it wrong,’’ as he announced a change of heart
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