ILGA has announced the conviction of the former operator of Kings Cross’ Dollhouse, and disciplinary hearing against two ALH pubs over serious gaming breaches. In March, the regulators handed down a lifetime ban to Ulysses Flevotomos for activities at Potts Point strip club Dollhouse, the NSW Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA) chair Philip Crawford […]
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Owner of the Sportsman Hotel in Spring Hill has been issued with $20k in fines, after a history of foodservice compliance issues, most recently rat faeces found in the kitchen. 84-year-old Neil Joseph McLucas, owner of the Sportsman, pleaded guilty this week in Brisbane Magistrates Court to eight food safety breaches. In February 2018 Council
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New South Wales Liquor & Gaming has released its latest half-yearly list of ‘Violent Venues’ – presenting the best results in years. In the past six months, the number of licensed premises on the list has halved, from 12 to six, and the number of incidents is down 52 per cent. Importantly, for only the
The manager of Gosford’s Coast Bar & Restaurant is facing heavy penalties for allowing two underage girls on school work experience to serve alcohol. An investigation by Liquor & Gaming NSW, with review of CCTV footage, found two work experience girls aged 16 and 17 served alcohol to patrons, despite conditions of the work
The final report for Western Australia’s Sustainable Health Review finds government considering following the lead of the Northern Territory by introducing a minimum floor price on all alcohol. WA Deputy Premier and Minister for Health Roger Cook MLA claims significant improvements in the number of alcohol-related hospital visits and crime in the Territory since the
The Independent Review into the NSW Regulatory Policy Framework has brought about the NSW Government appointing a NSW Commissioner for Productivity, ushering in Tamworth MP Kevin Anderson as NSW Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation. The role of the new Minister will include oversight of the former Liquor and Gaming portfolios. These changes come in
NSW regulators have come down hard on two venues, with a life ban for ‘one of the worst ever’ offenders and hefty fines for ‘high-risk’ alcohol service. NSW Police submitted a complaint to the NSW Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA) about activities at Potts Point strip club Dollhouse, under Ulysses Flevotomos. It detailed numerous
ILGA has handed down a strike for the Harbour View Hotel, over the infamous “Mad Monday” antics by Canterbury Bulldogs players last November. A hearing before the NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA) heard how players stripped naked, dancing on tables and performing sex acts on themselves and others, and dousing themselves with alcohol.
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The NSW Government is soon rolling out Digital Driver Licences, giving patrons and operators the option of checking ID quickly and securely on a smartphone. Austrac and Service NSW began a trial in 2018 of the Digital Driver Licence (DDL) in Sydney’s eastern beaches area, and in Dubbo. Trial participants were able to show their
A licensee has been fined after pleading guilty to allowing intoxication, when inspectors found a girl throwing up in the toilets. Facts presented to Downing Centre Local Court on 25 January were in regard to an incident from 22 February 2018, when Liquor & Gaming NSW inspectors attended the Hotel Illawarra. Around 12.20am, a female
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