Bricks and mortar owner of Erskineville’s troubled Imperial Hotel has been granted a two-week extension to explain why the venue shouldn’t close for up to six months. Provisional lessees Spice Group have recently seen the mire of the Office of Liquor, Gaming & Racing (OLGR) after inspectors observed a string of breaches including both staff […]
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A discerning voice has rung out against Queensland Labor’s “blanket legislation” to introduce State-wide lockouts, with FNQ MP Billy Gordon calling for actual evidence. Concerned the proposed lockout laws will have detrimental effects in his electorate, Gordon warns the Labor Government it will need to provide “substantive evidence” that venues in the area actually have
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A series of New Zealand pubs have had penalties imposed after failing to comply with the “fun police”. Three venues have received licensing restrictions this week for matters relating to extreme drunkenness, after inspectors encountered patrons so intoxicated they were vomiting, fighting or had urinated on themselves. New Zealand’s Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority (ARLA)
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The OLGR has undertaken to perform a comprehensive review of the benefits and impacts of the forced 10pm bottleshop closure law, to the relief of industry and warning cries from anti-liquor advocates. The NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming & Racing issued a communique to industry stakeholders last Thursday revealing it will be conducting the review
Backlash against the “nanny state” has reached parliament, with Senator David Leyonhjelm launching a Senate Inquiry into laws and regulations that restrict people doing things at their own risk. Leyonhjelm is a Liberal Democrat senator elected to parliament in the 2013 Federal Election. The party was formed in Canberra in 2001, broadly based on classical
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One of Sydney’s most beloved pubs has found itself on the list of violent venues, after recent successes have brought about consequences. Neutral Bay’s The Oaks underwent a critically acclaimed renovation in 2013 that introduced a number of new fronts to the celebrated hotel. The updated offering has enjoyed recognition including the AHA NSW’ Hotel
The New South Wales Government’s crack-down on under-age drinking has netted its first victim, with a Riverina hotel receiving a licence suspension. New laws concerning the supply of alcohol to minors came into effect last December, and the OLGR has since conducted 515 audits of licensed premises as part of a “blitz to crack down”
The Bureau of Crime Statistics & Research (BOCSAR) last week admitted an error in reporting over the drop in assaults statistics that emerged from its report on Sydney CBD and Kings Cross trading restrictions. Speaking with PubTIC, BOCSAR’s Dr Don Weatherburn clarified that it is not the Bureau’s role to judge the laws, but simply
Brisbane Council has reiterated its objection to the proposed lock-out and trading restrictions boding for Queensland licensed venues. Following the new State Government’s quick re-introduction of the issue of 1am lock-outs and 3am cut-off last week, Council has responded, labelling it “ill-advised and a disastrous outcome for the night-time economy”. Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath flagged the
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Queensland’s new Labor Government may not get the chance to ram through flawed restrictions on licensed venues, as it battles its own issues on violence and anti-social behaviour. Late last week the newly-elected State Government under Annastacia Palaszczuk reiterated its intentions for a ‘Newcastle-style’ gamut of restrictions on venues, the supposed benefits of which were
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