Long time industry player Entertainment Enterprises Pty Ltd plans to open a new bar on its property at 161 James St Northbridge.
Hotel sources say that that the new venue, on the site of the previous Varga Lounge, will trade as an ale bar with a significant number of beers on tap.
Renovations of the premises are believed to include a significant re-clading of the premises ulitilising the existing rear courtyard, kitchen and toilets but with significant changes to the bar facilities. The site will be licensed for about 500 people.
The company has previously traded bars The Varga Lounge and Brooklyn on the same site. Choosing to allow the site to remain closed for the last several years to allow the site to 'rest'.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The Chimney Restaurant Northbridge - Closed Down
The Chimney Restaurant, 171 James St Northbridge has closed down. With 2002 purchasers of a $39 Scoopon voucher left wondering what is happening. We will update you as soon as we hear what is happening
Monday, May 30, 2011
Andy Marshall's Parents Visit Cottesloe
from The West Australian
The parents of musician Andy Marshall say the culture of violence must stop before anyone else loses their life so senselessly.
"It must stop here in Perth and in Australia as it must in New Zealand at home as well, where innocent lives are being taken," Wendy Marshall said.
Wendy and Alan Marshall came to Perth from New Zealand for the first time late last week to see where their 29-year-old son had been living for almost three years.
But instead of being met by his smiling face at the airport, they came to pack his possessions and visit the place where he died.
Andy Marshall, a drummer with Perth band Rich Widow, wasallegedly pushed through a window at the Ocean Beach Hotel in Cottesloe on May 8, falling 7m to his death.
“We have to, in some way, make what happened here ... count for something,” Mr Marshall said. “People need to feel safe.”
“You don’t know if you’re going to save somebody ... by saying something.
“You might not ever know that but maybe someone’s life will be spared and some other family’s agony will be spared.”
He said people needed to be responsible and held accountable for their actions and not have “easy outs” by blaming alcohol, their upbringing or other factors.
The Marshalls said their gentle, caring son — who had “the gift of joy” — should never have died in such circumstances.
They hoped that by telling their story, they could stop another family from going through the same pain.
“When we brought him home, he came home in a box,” Mr Marshall said. “How’s that supposed to make sense?”
Mrs Marshall said she had half-expected her adventurous son to be injured while bungee jumping or parachuting.
The Marshalls said the horrific news that their son, the second of their three children, had died had blown their world apart.
Their son died 10 months to the day after their nephew, Scott Guy, was shot to death on his New Zealand farm.
Mr and Mrs Marshall said Andy was full of energy and life but also had an “amazingly gentle, quiet nature”.
“We think he had the gift of joy, his smile lit up the room,” Mr Marshall said. “Every child just fills your life 100 per cent, so when one of them goes it just feels like you’ve totally lost everything in a way and yet we’ve still got two beautiful children with partners.”
At their home in Tauranga on New Zealand’s North Island, they had no connection to Perth and felt isolated from the community’s disbelief and anger over their son’s death.
“I think it definitely helps to be here and to feel perhaps what’s going on,” Mr Marshall said.
They said their thoughts were with the family of Luke Adams,the 19-year-old footballer left fighting for his life after he was allegedly assaulted in Northbridge on May 1.
The Marshalls laid a wreath on Friday under the window atthe beachside hotel where theirson fell and spent time at theweekend with some of his close Perth mates.
They said facing what had happened to their son was an important step in their grieving but they were unsure whether they would return to Perth for the court case over his death.
Whatever happened, it would not bring their son back.
“That’s what we’re finding, just day-by-day nothing’s going to change, nothing will bring Andy back to us and that’s what you live with,” Mrs Marshall said.
Despite their sorrow, the Marshalls said they wanted people to share their faith and confidence that they would see their son again and that he was in a good place.
“To share suffering without hope, it’s got no point,” Mr Marshall said. “We know we’ll see him again and we know he’s safe.”
Stefan Pahia Schmidt is charged with Mr Marshall’s murder and will next appear in Stirling Gardens Magistrate’s Court on June 15.
The parents of musician Andy Marshall say the culture of violence must stop before anyone else loses their life so senselessly.
"It must stop here in Perth and in Australia as it must in New Zealand at home as well, where innocent lives are being taken," Wendy Marshall said.
Wendy and Alan Marshall came to Perth from New Zealand for the first time late last week to see where their 29-year-old son had been living for almost three years.
But instead of being met by his smiling face at the airport, they came to pack his possessions and visit the place where he died.
Andy Marshall, a drummer with Perth band Rich Widow, wasallegedly pushed through a window at the Ocean Beach Hotel in Cottesloe on May 8, falling 7m to his death.
“We have to, in some way, make what happened here ... count for something,” Mr Marshall said. “People need to feel safe.”
“You don’t know if you’re going to save somebody ... by saying something.
“You might not ever know that but maybe someone’s life will be spared and some other family’s agony will be spared.”
He said people needed to be responsible and held accountable for their actions and not have “easy outs” by blaming alcohol, their upbringing or other factors.
The Marshalls said their gentle, caring son — who had “the gift of joy” — should never have died in such circumstances.
They hoped that by telling their story, they could stop another family from going through the same pain.
“When we brought him home, he came home in a box,” Mr Marshall said. “How’s that supposed to make sense?”
Mrs Marshall said she had half-expected her adventurous son to be injured while bungee jumping or parachuting.
The Marshalls said the horrific news that their son, the second of their three children, had died had blown their world apart.
Their son died 10 months to the day after their nephew, Scott Guy, was shot to death on his New Zealand farm.
Mr and Mrs Marshall said Andy was full of energy and life but also had an “amazingly gentle, quiet nature”.
“We think he had the gift of joy, his smile lit up the room,” Mr Marshall said. “Every child just fills your life 100 per cent, so when one of them goes it just feels like you’ve totally lost everything in a way and yet we’ve still got two beautiful children with partners.”
At their home in Tauranga on New Zealand’s North Island, they had no connection to Perth and felt isolated from the community’s disbelief and anger over their son’s death.
“I think it definitely helps to be here and to feel perhaps what’s going on,” Mr Marshall said.
They said their thoughts were with the family of Luke Adams,the 19-year-old footballer left fighting for his life after he was allegedly assaulted in Northbridge on May 1.
The Marshalls laid a wreath on Friday under the window atthe beachside hotel where theirson fell and spent time at theweekend with some of his close Perth mates.
They said facing what had happened to their son was an important step in their grieving but they were unsure whether they would return to Perth for the court case over his death.
Whatever happened, it would not bring their son back.
“That’s what we’re finding, just day-by-day nothing’s going to change, nothing will bring Andy back to us and that’s what you live with,” Mrs Marshall said.
Despite their sorrow, the Marshalls said they wanted people to share their faith and confidence that they would see their son again and that he was in a good place.
“To share suffering without hope, it’s got no point,” Mr Marshall said. “We know we’ll see him again and we know he’s safe.”
Stefan Pahia Schmidt is charged with Mr Marshall’s murder and will next appear in Stirling Gardens Magistrate’s Court on June 15.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Student charged with stealing a fork
Paul Lampathakis From: The Sunday Times May 28, 2011 4
A YOUNG State Emergency Service volunteer has been charged with stealing and could have a criminal record for taking a $1 fork from a restaurant table as a prank.
Police have decided to charge 19-year-old advertising student Jacob Bonser with stealing, after he grabbed a fork from a table outside a Northbridge restaurant to poke a friend while enjoying a Saturday night out in October last year.
Mr Bonser, an SES volunteer and former soldier, who has no criminal record, said he put the utensil down on the table about "three seconds" after picking it up when police approached him.
He said police initially gave him a move-on order and a "talking to" which he thought was "fair enough".
But he received a summons for a stealing charge for a fork valued by police at "$1.00" in their statement of material facts.
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.Mr Bonser's father, Gary, said a conviction would wreck his son's future and waste thousands of taxpayers' dollars "just for a $1 fork".
"We were a bit tipsy but I wasn't drunk, and I picked up the fork for just a muck around with my friends. I was going to jab a friend with it," Mr Bonser said this week, ahead of a July 6 court appearance.
"There was no intention to steal it. About three seconds later an officer grabbed me by the collar. I just heard the words, 'You're under arrest'."
Mr Bonser said he was going to drop the fork back on the table after poking his friend.
But he said he was remorseful about the incident and the inconvenience he had caused to police and the restaurant.
Mr Bonser's lawyer, John Hammond, said another lawyer wrote to the officer to have the matter dropped, but the officer wrote back saying it was a matter of "principle".
"But there should be a principle of common sense and it's clearly not common sense to prosecute a young person with an excellent record for a $1 fork, when it will cost more than that to turn the light bulb on in the court," Mr Hammond said.
A spokeswoman for Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan said the case had been brought to the attention of Assistant Commissioner (Metro) Gary Budge, "who has initiated a review of the circumstances of the charge to determine whether it is in the public interest to proceed".
A YOUNG State Emergency Service volunteer has been charged with stealing and could have a criminal record for taking a $1 fork from a restaurant table as a prank.
Police have decided to charge 19-year-old advertising student Jacob Bonser with stealing, after he grabbed a fork from a table outside a Northbridge restaurant to poke a friend while enjoying a Saturday night out in October last year.
Mr Bonser, an SES volunteer and former soldier, who has no criminal record, said he put the utensil down on the table about "three seconds" after picking it up when police approached him.
He said police initially gave him a move-on order and a "talking to" which he thought was "fair enough".
But he received a summons for a stealing charge for a fork valued by police at "$1.00" in their statement of material facts.
Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar.
.End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar.
.Mr Bonser's father, Gary, said a conviction would wreck his son's future and waste thousands of taxpayers' dollars "just for a $1 fork".
"We were a bit tipsy but I wasn't drunk, and I picked up the fork for just a muck around with my friends. I was going to jab a friend with it," Mr Bonser said this week, ahead of a July 6 court appearance.
"There was no intention to steal it. About three seconds later an officer grabbed me by the collar. I just heard the words, 'You're under arrest'."
Mr Bonser said he was going to drop the fork back on the table after poking his friend.
But he said he was remorseful about the incident and the inconvenience he had caused to police and the restaurant.
Mr Bonser's lawyer, John Hammond, said another lawyer wrote to the officer to have the matter dropped, but the officer wrote back saying it was a matter of "principle".
"But there should be a principle of common sense and it's clearly not common sense to prosecute a young person with an excellent record for a $1 fork, when it will cost more than that to turn the light bulb on in the court," Mr Hammond said.
A spokeswoman for Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan said the case had been brought to the attention of Assistant Commissioner (Metro) Gary Budge, "who has initiated a review of the circumstances of the charge to determine whether it is in the public interest to proceed".
Friday, May 27, 2011
Prohibition Orders
It has been just on 2 years since the first Prohibition Order was issued. Since then they have seemed to gained some pace.
How many have been granted now? 81!
Below is the list of every Prohibition Order From June 2009 to May 2011
Z0092 Prohibition Order Matthew Angus Morran North Haven
Z0093 Prohibition Order Chloe Lee O'Meara Derby
Z0086 Prohibition Order FINBARR CHRISTOPHER FAGAN Carlisle
Z0087 Prohibition Order BRENT JON VODANOVICH Cable Beach
Z0088 Prohibition Order MARAIKA KASANDRA LAUESE Kalgoorlie
Z0089 Prohibition Order BRYCE LESLIE HOLDEN Canning Vale
Z0090 Prohibition Order RHIANNON SKYE BONACCHI Landsdale
Z0091 Prohibition Order BENJAMIN MICHAEL SPORN Scarborough
Z0083 Prohibition Order Nikolas Thomas Martin Balcatta
Z0085 Prohibition Order Margaret Winder Kilgour Port Hedland
Z0078 Prohibition Order Desiree Melanie Stack
Z0079 Prohibition Order Brian Charles Ward Broome
Z0080 Prohibition Order Troy Raymond McKeown Samson
Z0081 Prohibition Order Mathew William McNess Port Kennedy
Z0082 Prohibition Order Sean Fahy Traralgon, Vic
Z0072 Prohibition Order FIONA MARRIE WESTON
Z0074 Prohibition Order JOHN MIKLOS KOCSIS
Z0075 Prohibition Order ANDREW RONALD JOHN WOODS
Z0076 Prohibition Order GIACOMO ROCCO MONASTRA
Z0077 Prohibition Order KAVALJIT SINGH DEOL
Z0064 Prohibition Order Ibarhem Bakesmati
Z0065 Prohibition Order Kyle John Best
Z0069 Prohibition Order ASHER DANIELA MCLEOD
Z0070 Prohibition Order JUSTIN PIERRE SAGE
Z0071 Prohibition Order RICKY PETER HOROPAPERA
Z0059 Prohibition Order Ethan Craig Bradford
Z0060 Prohibition Order John David Hoffman
Z0061 Prohibition Order Steven Trowbridge
Z0062 Prohibition Order Daniel Tame Lewis
Z0063 Prohibition Order Tristan Roger Allbeury
Z0054 Prohibition Order Darren John Bradshaw
Z0055 Prohibition Order Danny Sydney Makin
Z0056 Prohibition Order Scott Thomas Sanders
Z0057 Prohibition Order Daniel Sean Taylor
Z0058 Prohibition Order Lele Faamafu
Z0039 Prohibition Order Jason Tyan Brand
Z0040 Prohibition Order Brooke Patricia O'Brien
Z0041 Prohibition Order Shanna Alyce Boxall
Z0042 Prohibition Order Cara-Lee Atkins
Z0043 Prohibition Order Allan John Brooks
Z0045 Prohibition Order Victor Cadely Smith
Z0046 Prohibition Order Matthew Pearce Merralls
Z0047 Prohibition Order Chase Brian Connlley
Z0048 Prohibition Order Mark Hans Tickner
Z0049 Prohibition Order Jacob Samuel Stone
Z0050 Prohibition Order Anthony Shane Bavoillot
Z0023 Prohibition Order Stephen Michael Reidy
Z0036 Prohibition Order NAM HOANG NGUYEN
Z0037 Prohibition Order Christopher Wallace Rutherford
Z0038 Prohibition Order Terry Kimberley Houlahan
Z0022 Prohibition Order TYRON O'NEILL CORPUS
Z0024 Prohibiton Order WALEED KHALED ALOGRAN
Z0025 Prohibition Order TEGAN JANE PLANT
Z0026 Prohibition Order MEGAN CLAIRE BROWN
Z0027 Prohibition Order ROBERT WAYNE DOODSON
Z0028 Prohibition Order SHANNON HAURANGI STADS
Z0029 Prohibition Order NATASHA SONTONG KING
Z0030 Prohibition Order BLAIR JON DE ROODE
Z0031 Prohibition Order ADAM TONY FORSYTH
Z0033 Prohibition Order Shinayd Breanna Trotman
Z0034 Prohibition Order Mohamed Igasaan Evans
Z0018 Prohibition Order Geoffrey Alan Duggan
Z0019 Prohibition Order Harley Delacey
Z0020 Prohibition Order TIKI TERE RICHARD BUTLER
Z0021 Prohibition Order RICKY LEE WELSH
Z0015 Prohibition Order SOTIRIOS IOANNIDIS
Z0016 Prohibition Order WARD CURTIS BRENNAN
Z0017 Prohibition Order ALAN HENRY YARROW
Z0010 Prohibition Order Felicia Lucinda Wood
Z0011 Prohibition Order Michael James Aris
Z0012 Prohibition Order Adam John Crawford
Z0013 Prohibition Order Christopher Clayton Gazzone
Z0014 Prohibition Order Bradley John Younger
Z0008 Prohibition Order Eva Grace Scolaro
Z0009 Prohibition Order Neil Walker Kennedy
Z0006 Prohibition Order David Lee Curnow
Z0007 Prohibition Order Oliver Robert Francis
Z0003 Prohibition Order Mr Lyle James Cox
z0005 Prohibition Order Mr Marshall Morlumbun
Z0002 Prohibition Order Mohammad Rafi Bashardoost
Z0001 Prohibition Order ZARKO RAJAKOVIC
How many have been granted now? 81!
Below is the list of every Prohibition Order From June 2009 to May 2011
Z0092 Prohibition Order Matthew Angus Morran North Haven
Z0093 Prohibition Order Chloe Lee O'Meara Derby
Z0086 Prohibition Order FINBARR CHRISTOPHER FAGAN Carlisle
Z0087 Prohibition Order BRENT JON VODANOVICH Cable Beach
Z0088 Prohibition Order MARAIKA KASANDRA LAUESE Kalgoorlie
Z0089 Prohibition Order BRYCE LESLIE HOLDEN Canning Vale
Z0090 Prohibition Order RHIANNON SKYE BONACCHI Landsdale
Z0091 Prohibition Order BENJAMIN MICHAEL SPORN Scarborough
Z0083 Prohibition Order Nikolas Thomas Martin Balcatta
Z0085 Prohibition Order Margaret Winder Kilgour Port Hedland
Z0078 Prohibition Order Desiree Melanie Stack
Z0079 Prohibition Order Brian Charles Ward Broome
Z0080 Prohibition Order Troy Raymond McKeown Samson
Z0081 Prohibition Order Mathew William McNess Port Kennedy
Z0082 Prohibition Order Sean Fahy Traralgon, Vic
Z0072 Prohibition Order FIONA MARRIE WESTON
Z0074 Prohibition Order JOHN MIKLOS KOCSIS
Z0075 Prohibition Order ANDREW RONALD JOHN WOODS
Z0076 Prohibition Order GIACOMO ROCCO MONASTRA
Z0077 Prohibition Order KAVALJIT SINGH DEOL
Z0064 Prohibition Order Ibarhem Bakesmati
Z0065 Prohibition Order Kyle John Best
Z0069 Prohibition Order ASHER DANIELA MCLEOD
Z0070 Prohibition Order JUSTIN PIERRE SAGE
Z0071 Prohibition Order RICKY PETER HOROPAPERA
Z0059 Prohibition Order Ethan Craig Bradford
Z0060 Prohibition Order John David Hoffman
Z0061 Prohibition Order Steven Trowbridge
Z0062 Prohibition Order Daniel Tame Lewis
Z0063 Prohibition Order Tristan Roger Allbeury
Z0054 Prohibition Order Darren John Bradshaw
Z0055 Prohibition Order Danny Sydney Makin
Z0056 Prohibition Order Scott Thomas Sanders
Z0057 Prohibition Order Daniel Sean Taylor
Z0058 Prohibition Order Lele Faamafu
Z0039 Prohibition Order Jason Tyan Brand
Z0040 Prohibition Order Brooke Patricia O'Brien
Z0041 Prohibition Order Shanna Alyce Boxall
Z0042 Prohibition Order Cara-Lee Atkins
Z0043 Prohibition Order Allan John Brooks
Z0045 Prohibition Order Victor Cadely Smith
Z0046 Prohibition Order Matthew Pearce Merralls
Z0047 Prohibition Order Chase Brian Connlley
Z0048 Prohibition Order Mark Hans Tickner
Z0049 Prohibition Order Jacob Samuel Stone
Z0050 Prohibition Order Anthony Shane Bavoillot
Z0023 Prohibition Order Stephen Michael Reidy
Z0036 Prohibition Order NAM HOANG NGUYEN
Z0037 Prohibition Order Christopher Wallace Rutherford
Z0038 Prohibition Order Terry Kimberley Houlahan
Z0022 Prohibition Order TYRON O'NEILL CORPUS
Z0024 Prohibiton Order WALEED KHALED ALOGRAN
Z0025 Prohibition Order TEGAN JANE PLANT
Z0026 Prohibition Order MEGAN CLAIRE BROWN
Z0027 Prohibition Order ROBERT WAYNE DOODSON
Z0028 Prohibition Order SHANNON HAURANGI STADS
Z0029 Prohibition Order NATASHA SONTONG KING
Z0030 Prohibition Order BLAIR JON DE ROODE
Z0031 Prohibition Order ADAM TONY FORSYTH
Z0033 Prohibition Order Shinayd Breanna Trotman
Z0034 Prohibition Order Mohamed Igasaan Evans
Z0018 Prohibition Order Geoffrey Alan Duggan
Z0019 Prohibition Order Harley Delacey
Z0020 Prohibition Order TIKI TERE RICHARD BUTLER
Z0021 Prohibition Order RICKY LEE WELSH
Z0015 Prohibition Order SOTIRIOS IOANNIDIS
Z0016 Prohibition Order WARD CURTIS BRENNAN
Z0017 Prohibition Order ALAN HENRY YARROW
Z0010 Prohibition Order Felicia Lucinda Wood
Z0011 Prohibition Order Michael James Aris
Z0012 Prohibition Order Adam John Crawford
Z0013 Prohibition Order Christopher Clayton Gazzone
Z0014 Prohibition Order Bradley John Younger
Z0008 Prohibition Order Eva Grace Scolaro
Z0009 Prohibition Order Neil Walker Kennedy
Z0006 Prohibition Order David Lee Curnow
Z0007 Prohibition Order Oliver Robert Francis
Z0003 Prohibition Order Mr Lyle James Cox
z0005 Prohibition Order Mr Marshall Morlumbun
Z0002 Prohibition Order Mohammad Rafi Bashardoost
Z0001 Prohibition Order ZARKO RAJAKOVIC
May Liquor Licensing Decisions
To date there have been only 2 non-standard liquor licensing decisions handed down this month. Both of them are Prohibition Orders.
Prohibition Order Matthew Angus Morran North Haven
Prohibition Order Chloe Lee O'Meara Derby
Prohibition Order Matthew Angus Morran North Haven
Prohibition Order Chloe Lee O'Meara Derby
Compass Hotels for sale
Compass hotels are set to be put on market
Compass collapsed in March after financier St George Bank called in receivers to recover debts of more than $100 million.
Receivers for failed Perth pub owner Compass Hotel Group say they have received strong interest in the sale of the collapsed firm's 12 licensed premises.
Taylor Woodings today announced that it had appointed CB Richard Ellis Jones and Lang LaSalle Hotels jointly as agents to provide for the sale of the groups pubs, which includes Lakers Tavern, Gosnells Hotel, the Albion Hotel, the Carine Glades Tavern, the Greenwood Hotel and the Brighton Hotel, among others.
Receiver Ian Francis said he had already received significant interest in the assets and a marketing campaign for the sale would begin by the middle of next month."The pubs continue to operate on a business-as-usual basis ensuring the value in the operations is maintained," he said.
CB Richard Ellis Hotels senior director David Kennedy said the group comprised a big slice of the Perth metro pub/tavern market with some of the best trading premises.
"Pub/tavern buyers have been starved of good hotel product over the past three years due to the Compass purchase (in 2007) and we are aware of the demand for each of the 12 premises because of the many inquiries made to us in anticipation of sale in one line, piecemeal or individually," he said.
Mr Francis said the group's employees would not be affected by the sale and the receivers would keep staff and key stakeholders informed of its progress.
Compass collapsed in March after financier St George Bank called in receivers to recover debts of more than $100 million.
Receivers for failed Perth pub owner Compass Hotel Group say they have received strong interest in the sale of the collapsed firm's 12 licensed premises.
Taylor Woodings today announced that it had appointed CB Richard Ellis Jones and Lang LaSalle Hotels jointly as agents to provide for the sale of the groups pubs, which includes Lakers Tavern, Gosnells Hotel, the Albion Hotel, the Carine Glades Tavern, the Greenwood Hotel and the Brighton Hotel, among others.
Receiver Ian Francis said he had already received significant interest in the assets and a marketing campaign for the sale would begin by the middle of next month."The pubs continue to operate on a business-as-usual basis ensuring the value in the operations is maintained," he said.
CB Richard Ellis Hotels senior director David Kennedy said the group comprised a big slice of the Perth metro pub/tavern market with some of the best trading premises.
"Pub/tavern buyers have been starved of good hotel product over the past three years due to the Compass purchase (in 2007) and we are aware of the demand for each of the 12 premises because of the many inquiries made to us in anticipation of sale in one line, piecemeal or individually," he said.
Mr Francis said the group's employees would not be affected by the sale and the receivers would keep staff and key stakeholders informed of its progress.
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