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Travel company fined $5000 for taking busloads of tourists to Taronga Western Plains Zoo

NSW Police have fined a travel company owner $5000 for breaching COVID-19 public health orders after taking three busloads of tourists to Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo - despite…

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Jul 2, 2021 Attractions / Legal / Tourism / Zoos /

 
 

Protect Ningaloo calls for Exmouth Gulf to be heritage-listed

On the tenth anniversary of the Ningaloo Coast being inscribed on the World Heritage list, grassroots initiative - Protect Ningaloo - is calling on the Western Australian and Federal…

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Jun 25, 2021 Environment / Government / Legal /

 
 

New Zealand Walking Access Commission outlines legalities of locked gates over unformed legal roads

In response to the Mahia public access dispute, New Zealand Walking Access Commission is advising that landowners cannot put gates, locked or unlocked, on unformed legal roads without…

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Jun 25, 2021 Environment / Legal / Parks / Recreation /

 
 

Apparel brand OnTheGo Sports enters administration

Canberra-based apparel brand OnTheGo Sports has entered administration with its founder Mick Spencer blaming the Coronavirus pandemic for its situation. A notice on 2nd June advised that…

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Jun 18, 2021 Finance / Legal / Recreation / Retail / Sport /

 
 

Small Business Ombudsman welcomes Franchising Code reforms

Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) Bruce Billson has welcomed the reforms to the Franchising Code of Conduct announced by the Federal Government budget as…

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Jun 18, 2021 Finance / Government / Legal /

 
 

Sunshine Coast live music venue owner critical of inconsistent COVID-19 safety rules

The owner of the NightQuarter live music venue on the Sunshine Coast has criticised Queensland Health's move to shut it down over alleged COVID-19 safety breaches citing inconsistent…

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Jun 16, 2021 Entertainment / Events / Legal / Safety / Venues /

 
 

Accused gets five year jail term for raping woman in Adelaide Aquatic Centre spa

A man who raped a sleeping woman in the spa pool at the Adelaide Aquatic Centre spa has been sentenced to five years in prison, with the judge warning "like-minded men" needed to…

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Jun 16, 2021 Aquatics / Legal / Safety /

 
 

Royal Adelaide Show death inquest told of ‘glaring issue’ with ride reporting processes

An inquest into the death of a child at the Royal Adelaide Show in 2014 has been told there was no formal obligation for event organisers to be told of previous reported problems with the…

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Jun 16, 2021 Attractions / Events / Legal / Safety /

 
 

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