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Oxford now with receiver

Oxford Hotel management insists it will be business as usual despite the pub's holding company being placed in receivership last week. The Oxford, along with three other prominent Sydney pubs owned ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - 10 Comments
Blanket lockout a solution?

An extension of the 2am lockout to all Darlinghurst and Surry Hills venues is one idea to be proposed at an upcoming community meeting to discuss the area's alcohol-related problems. Hosted ... Read more
Tue June 9th, 2009 - 3 Comments
Showgirl to shopgirl

It's everywhere. You are bombarded with facts and figures on the television, newspapers jump from the stands, screaming that the bottom has fallen out of the world's economy. People are ... Read more
Wed March 18th, 2009 - No Comments
Booze break under review

The State Government could scrap the controversial 10-minute no-service rule placed on 48 clubs around the state in conjunction with the 2am-5am lock-out. The move has been welcomed by Oxford St ... Read more
Wed January 14th, 2009 - 13 Comments
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Protests hit the web

Online forums protesting lock-out laws are becoming increasingly popular, but reports last week that at least one of these sites is funded by the Australian Hotels Association have raised concerns ... Read more
Wed January 14th, 2009 - 5 Comments
Second curfew may be scrapped

Just one week into the new lock-out system, Surry Hills licensees are looking for ways to drop the second 6am-9am curfew. Sydney Star Observer has learned that Thursday night's Surry Hills ... Read more
Thu December 4th, 2008 - 17 Comments
A correction

Last week's column discussed the upcoming lock-out and described it as a trial. This was based on information I had received from sources who had told me the system was ... Read more
Wed November 26th, 2008 - 1 Comment
Lockout winners ask for more

Two Oxford St venues that escaped the Rees Government's 2am lock-out are planning huge expansions into adjacent properties with late-trading hours. The Colombian Hotel and the former DCM/UN nightclub submitted plans ... Read more
Wed November 19th, 2008 - 15 Comments
Clubs fight back

The owners of the four gay clubs to be subjected to next month's 2am lockout say they have been unfairly punished for heeding a police call to report crime in ... Read more
Wed November 12th, 2008 - 16 Comments
Lockout and fines as Rees intervenes

The NSW Government has stepped up its campaign against alcohol abuse in the inner-city with licensing fines issued against several Darlinghurst nightclubs following raids on the weekend. This comes after the ... Read more
Wed November 5th, 2008 - 6 Comments
A desperate PR exercise

The lockout trial announced by the Surry Hills Police Local Area Command last week and due to start on 1 December makes it abundantly clear that regulatory authorities have completely ... Read more
Wed November 5th, 2008 - 2 Comments
6am Oxford St lockout approved

Oxford St and Taylor Square licensed venues have agreed to a trial patron lockout between 6am and 9am on weekends. During the three month trial, starting in December, patrons leaving a ... Read more
Wed October 29th, 2008 - 14 Comments
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