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STING ON SNEAKY MINORS OUTSIDE PUBS BRINGS RESULTS

Police in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs have been conducting stings on minors attempting to enter licensed venues, with the fear of penalties bringing immediate success. The initiative last weekend caught no underage kids – a stark contrast to the 34 caught the previous weekend at venues in Bondi Junction, including The Eastern Hotel. Officers from Waverley

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LEGAL-HEAVY NEW BOARD FOR ILGA TO RULE LICENCE REGULATIONS

The NSW State Government yesterday announced a new chair and board for ILGA that will hopefully produce a “better result” for licensed venues. The Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA) is a statutory decision-maker, regulating licensing and disciplinary matters for pubs, clubs and casinos. Its new chair will be lawyer Philip Crawford, who acts as a

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DATA SHOWS AVERAGE ASSAULTS AT THE STAR DOUBLED AFTER LOCKOUT

The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) has painted a somewhat rosy picture of the role of The Star in alcohol-related violence in Sydney. Today releasing data from the beginning of 2009 until December 2015, the figures on recorded assaults present a fairly clear before and after picture, despite covering less than two years

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PREMIER RULES IRISH PUB CAN KEEP ITS ‘UNHEALTHY’ VINTAGE TOBACCO SIGNS

Perth’s J.B. O’Reilly’s has won a victory “for common sense” as the Health Department dropped its action to force the removal of historic tobacco signs adorning the pub. Paul North, the owner of J.B. O’Reilly’s – “Perth’s Finest Irish Pub & Restaurant” – has spent decades collecting the 26 tobacco advertising signs that have hung

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LIQUOR REGULATORS TRANSFORMING TO MEET NSW & VIC INDUSTRY CLIMATES

As Australia’s two biggest cities diverge on their approaches to undesirable aspects of the alcohol industry and the late-night economy, their hospitality regulators are similarly transforming. Late 2015 the Victorian Commission for Gambling & Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) issued the report on its three-year initiative to improve the agency through the key principles of: proactivity, collaboration,

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