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GOVT LOCKING IN STREAMLINED OUTDOOR DINING

Meeting election promises, the NSW Government is looking to continue the COVID exemptions and is simplifying the process for venues to have outdoor dining spaces. During the pandemic it was ruled that foodservice businesses in NSW could offer outdoor dining on private land and some public spaces, such as laneways, bowling greens, and open spaces. This […]

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REGULATOR HITS ALH WITH MASSIVE FINE AND ORDERS TABCORP CASHLESS

Victoria’s regulator has wielded the axe again, fining the country’s biggest pub operator nearly half a million dollars, and forcing Tabcorp to make most of its betting terminals cashless. The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) has fined Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group (ALH) $480k for operating electronic gaming machines (EGMs) at eight venues

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NEW EAST COAST LAWS AROUND INTOXICATION AND DRUG POSSESSION

Victoria and NSW have furthered their goals toward a “health-based approach” for people in need of support, with critical reforms around decriminalisation of public intoxication and drug use. Beginning this month, being intoxicated in public in Victoria will be treated as a health issue, not a crime. A new evidence-driven, health-based service model will replace

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CRIME COMMISSION PROBES L&G OVER GAMING DATA

Following accusations made by independent MP Alex Greenwich, the NSW Crime Commission is investigating claims Liquor & Gaming withheld information pertinent to its inquiry into money laundering in pubs and clubs. After a high-profile 10-month investigation, the Islington Report was published in October, suggesting billions of dollars was being gambled through poker machines by criminals,

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HOTELIER RULED NOT ‘FIT AND PROPER’ OVER OTHER BUSINESS

A hotelier businessman found to have misused funds in another business has been stripped of his licence to run pubs. Ending a four-year civil dispute, the South Australian District Court ruled against Stephen Marks and his running of New Wave Aerospace (NWA), which operated Wirrina Cove marina. The suit was brought by 75 berth owners

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