ILGA

ILGA TO REVIEW LONG-STANDING ‘NEWCASTLE SOLUTION’

Posted on November 22nd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
After nine years and industry pressure, the liquor watchdog will be conducting a review into the special conditions on 15 venues known as the ‘Newcastle solution’. The NSW Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA) has announced the review and submission

7-YEAR BAN FOR LICENSEE BUT HOTEL AND OWNER SUFFER

Posted on May 29th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Liquor & Gaming NSW has delivered a 7-year ban to the former licensee of the Hotel Orange, following his conviction for commercially growing cannabis. An investigation in 2014 by NSW Police discovered a cannabis set-up deemed to be commercial under

SUBMISSIONS FOR REVIEW OF NSW LIA POKIE SCHEME

Posted on May 22nd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
NSW Liquor & Gaming is inviting stakeholders to submit ideas on the State’s Local Impact Assessment scheme, ahead of a pending review. For nearly a decade the NSW regulator has exercised the Local Impact Assessment (LIA) system as part of

NEW BANKSTOWN BAR CLOSED DUE TO LICENCE BREACHES

Posted on May 5th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
A new licensed karaoke bar in Bankstown has been closed by ILGA following licensing inspectors detecting gross violations including serious intoxication and selling whole bottles of spirits. Replay Karaoke Lounge opened earlier this year, touted as having “chic, urban interiors

LEGAL-HEAVY NEW BOARD FOR ILGA TO RULE LICENCE REGULATIONS

Posted on June 10th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The NSW State Government yesterday announced a new chair and board for ILGA that will hopefully produce a “better result” for licensed venues. The Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA) is a statutory decision-maker, regulating licensing and disciplinary matters for pubs,

GAMING FIGURES SHOW DEMAND EVEN WITHOUT SUPPLY

Posted on November 25th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The latest gaming figures from ILGA speak to the argument that supply is not the key factor in the proliferation of gaming – with revenue rising as machine numbers fall. The 2014-15 report into gaming in NSW by the Independent

NOISY FORMER NEIGHBOUR SCORES NOISE RULING ON CBD HOTEL

Posted on September 25th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority has ruled on the noise complaints of one vocal neighbour to Stephen Hunt’s CBD Hotel. The woman that lodged the official complaint was one of a number of residents that overlook the Hotel, on

14 DAYS FOR IMPERIAL OWNER TO DEFEND AGAINST CLOSURE

Posted on July 29th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
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

LIFE BANS FOR ROGUE OPERATORS

Posted on May 18th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Two former Kings Cross operators have received life bans from holding liquor licences in the “toughest sanctions ever imposed” by the ILGA. Licensee John Barakat and manager Dominic Kaikaty faced a special application by the Office of Liquor Gaming &