Licensing

NSW GOVT PROPOSES NEW GAMING REG’S

NSW Customer Service Minister Victor Dominello has announced draft legislative changes and news government is seeking community consultation on new measures to reduce problem gambling. The proposed changes could see venues having to install facial recognition technology to detect self-excluded gamblers, and face fines up to $27,500 for failing to prevent self-excluded gamblers playing. Gaming

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PUBS FINED OVER COVID BREACHES AS POLICE GET TOUGH

Two NSW pubs have joined the ranks of businesses being fined for breaching Public Health Orders over COVID-19, as police get tough on mandated restrictions. On the weekend plain clothes officers fined the Auburn Hotel in Sydney’s west $5,000 for multiple breaches of the current coronavirus safety regulations. The required sign-in register was reportedly full

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ILGA IMPOSES BIGGEST FINE EVER OVER SUICIDE OF VIP PLAYER

ILGA has handed down penalty of $200,000 in fines and costs to Dee Why RSL, for “irresponsible” practices in its gaming operation believed to have contributed to the suicide of Gary Van Duinen. A Liquor & Gaming NSW investigation exposed how the Club had wined and dined 45-year-old Van Duinen, a resident of nearby Cromer.

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PUB PUSHED TO THE BRINK OVER MASSIVE COVID FINE

The Queensland state government is $20,000 richer after a police sting on the weekend trapped three country pubs in alleged breaches of COVID-19 restrictions, with at least one shaken under the weight of the debt. Queensland police and OLGR licensing officers conducted covert operations on pubs in Wallumbilla, Injune and Roma, steadfastly enforcing the direction

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PRAHRAN BAR FINED $10k OVER COVID BREACH

The licensee of Prahran’s Love Machine has reportedly been fined over $10k for breaches, mostly regarding coronavirus restrictions, less than 10 days before Victoria further eases its patronage limits for pubs. Victoria police raided the venue on 13 June, finding a supposedly ‘live-streamed’ event where nearly 50 people were physically present. The directors of the

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NSW LOOKS TO MAJOR LIQUOR LICENSING REFORM

The NSW regulator is putting to parliament a new demerit-based scheme for regulating licensed venues, combining three existing systems and rewarding good operators. Late 2019 the NSW Parliament Joint Select Committee released its report on Sydney’s night time economy, with the Government response in November announcing changed would be completed in stages. Stage One saw

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