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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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
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
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
Liquor & Gaming NSW has announced it be taking a “supportive and educative approach” to compliance in the wake of the COVID-19 reawakening. L&G notes the pandemic has created an “exceptional set of circumstances” that has and will have major impact on licensed premises, requiring flexibility on the part of the regulator. It notes the
The licensee of Assembly Bar in the Sydney CBD has received a strike, for allowing a patron to become so intoxicated she needed medical attention. The NSW Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA) issued what was the first strike to licensee Jeremy Nicholas King, under the NSW Government’s Three Strikes disciplinary scheme. It is reported
The VCGLR has been consulting with relevant entities and industry to implement a range of measures to support liquor licensees, in response to coronavirus. The Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) says it is conscious of the devastating effect the virus and shutdown is having on liquor and gambling industries and has begun
AUSTRAC has agreed to extend the deadline for AML and CTF compliance reporting until 30 June. Following lobbying from hospitality compliance entity Leigh Barrett & Associates, the Australian Transaction Reports & Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) has recognised many gaming venues are struggling with existential issues and have not been able to or were unlikely to comply
The licensee of Brisbane’s GPO Hotel has been fined $5,000 after pleading guilty to two breaches of the Queensland Liquor Act 1992. The Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation (OLGR) began an investigation into the GPO in Fortitude Valley after being informed by Queensland Police that a patron had assaulted a crowd controller, in July
A landmark ruling has been handed down by NCAT, overruling an ILGA decision to prevent late-trading at Iris Group’s Station House Hotel in Campsie. In 2015 Canterbury Council granted development approval for what was to become the Station House, on Beamish Street, in the south-western Sydney suburb of Campsie. The approval granted 2am trading Monday
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