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ALH HIT WITH SCORES OF CHARGES BY VICTORIAN REGULATOR

Australia’s biggest publican and largest operator of poker machines has been charged with dozens of counts of operating gaming machines not equipped with Victoria’s mandatory pre-commitment technology YourPlay. Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) is facing 62 charges by the Victorian regulator over failures to minimise gambling harm, for allegedly operating the EGMs without YourPlay installed. […]

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CRIME COMMISSION CALLING FOR PUBS TO BE ‘FUN POLICE’

An investigation reports criminals are funnelling billions of dollars of “dirty” cash through pub and club EGMs, and calls for massive overhaul including cashless systems and identity collection. The multi-agency inquiry was led by the NSW Crime Commission, with the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority NSW (ILGA), AUSTRAC and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, and

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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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TRIBUNAL RULES ‘DISCRIMINATION’ FOR DENYING DOG

A man refused patronage at his local due to his companion dog has won his case claiming discrimination, and been granted compensation. Raymond Matthews, resident of Woombye in the Sunshine Coast, goes everywhere with his assistance Chihuahua Kooy2, including around twice a week to Woombye Pub. Prior to a change of management in late 2017,

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PADDINGTON ROYAL LATEST TOLD TO KEEP IT DOWN

Mitchell Waugh’s Royal Hotel at Paddington is being forced to beef up noise reduction, after shutdown-spoiled local residents complained about the pub’s patrons. Resident complaints spoke of patron noise inside the venue and early-morning noise from trucks and rubbish collection. They also cited people, presumably from the pub, urinating outside and dumping bottles (possibly from

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FINES FOR PUB SERVING DRIVER WHO JUST CRASHED OUTSIDE

OLGR has reported fines were issued for breaching the Liquor Act to a former hotel licensee, director and approved manager, despite no longer working in the industry. The action followed an incident that began when an intoxicated person crashed their vehicle into several stationary objects, including rubbish bins, a storage container and a horse float,

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