Oktoberfest event organiser fined $26k
The organiser of Oktoberfest in the Gardens 2015 has been fined $26,100 for allowing intoxicated patrons and serious breaches of licence conditions.
I will kill you and cancel your visa: record penalty handed down to regional NSW cafe
Two Indian cooks are amongst five workers exploited at a caf in regional NSW, coerced into paying back portions of their wages…
Interim restaurant authorisations now available from Liquor & Gaming NSW
From 31 January online applicants seeking to serve liquor in restaurants and cafs under standard trading hours and conditions will be eligible…
Japanese food retailer defies Fair Work warning, fined $143k
A Queensland food retailer has been hit with $143,000 in penalties for deliberately underpaying two Taiwanese workers $18,000.
Young pastry apprentice back-paid $7300
The Fair Work Ombudsman has recovered more than $7000 back-pay for a young worker at a food manufacturing business in inner Sydney.
Tasmanian restaurant back-pays $20,000 to underpaid staff
The Fair Work Ombudsman is issuing businesses a warning about the dangers of paying flat rates after a restaurant on Tasmanias east…
Club workers shortchanged more than $10k in penalty rates
Seven hospitality employees at a club in Moree Plains in northern NSW were shortchanged $10,700 over a 13 month period in 2015-2016.
91 percent decrease in violent incidences in NSW
For the first time since its inception in 2007, NSWs violent venues list has no venues in its most serious category.
Liquor & Gaming NSW reminds operators to be vigilant over festive season
Liquor & Gaming NSW has confirmed that inspectors will be maintaining a strong presence in venues across the state over the festive…
Key Callinan changes to begin from Friday 16 December
Key aspects of the governments response to the Callinan Review will be enacted in time for the festive season with the allowances…