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 Sydney Junction Hotel has fought off attempts to revoke its late-trading licence, showing incident numbers did not stack up in accusations by authorities. Thriving Hamilton pub the Sydney Junction found itself under intense scrutiny when it jumped to top position on the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority’s (ILGA) violent venues list in late 2017.
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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
Rozelle landmark the Welcome Hotel has been forced to close its long-standing beer garden BBQ after a complaint about the smell and smoke reached sympathetic ears. Liam O’Keeffe purchased the 1877 pub in 2013, taking over a classic community local of the Balmain peninsula, including an existing smoker being used outside. In 2017 they bought
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
Pubs, public buildings and perpetrators of cigarette smoke face tough new laws in Western Australia from this week – set to bring $1,000 fines. Revised tobacco legislation passed in 2018 brought several new regulations, scheduled to begin Monday 18 March. One such regulation prohibits smokers from lighting up with five metres of a public building,
Erina’s Sunken Monkey is sunk no more, climbing from the depths of the violent venues list like a rat up a drainpipe. NSW Liquor & Gaming releases its controversial Violent Venues list every half-year, citing any hotel in the state that has recorded 12 or more incidents in the previous 12 months. Big Erina pub
A debate around noise restrictions for several well-known Sydney pubs is highlighting the comedy of errors smothering the industry and night-time economy. This week the Daily Telegraph ran an attention-grabbing expose on the plight of long-established hotels coming under fire from residents in new nearby developments, titled “500 years of pub history under threat”. The
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