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Under-fire Aldi defends "modest" offering

Liquor sold in Aldi stores is less likely to cause community harm than that of other retailers, the supermarket chain argued, amid a crackdown by the NSW liquor regulator on 14 of its liquor licence applications. [Read More...]

Coles, Woolies spared worst of crackdown

Coles and Woolworths have emerged relatively unscathed from the NSW crackdown on liquor licence applications by the three major chains. [Read More...]

Groundhog Day for Dan Murphy's in WA

Health authorities have failed in another bid to prevent Woolworths from opening a Dan Murphy's store in suburban Perth. [Read More...]

Chains await verdict on liquor discounting

Liquor regulators will meet this week to decide on the future of discount liquor retailing in NSW, with bottle shop applications by the three large supermarket chains currently at a standstill. [Read More...]

New look ILG bullish about prospects

With the right leadership team now in place and a competitive new offer for its banner groups, the Independent Liquor Group has turned the corner, according to CEO Doug Evans. [Read More...]

Woolworths in legal battle with turncoat

An independent bottle shop owner who marshalled the community against a liquor store proposed by supermarket Woolworths, before selling his outlet to the Coles-owned Liquorland business, should not have to pay Woolworths' wasted legal costs, a liquor regu [Read More...]

Dan Murphy's rejects "deadly spirit" tag

Liquor retailer Dan Murphy's sells an average of just one bottle per store per week of the 95 per cent ABV Polish spirit that has been depicted by tabloid media as posing a major threat to the community. [Read More...]

Big does not equal bad: Woolies frustrated with WA health authorities

Woolworths is concerned about the "misguided" opposition by Western Australian health authorities to big box liquor stores, which the retailer says adds unnecessary time, expense and uncertainty to the licence application process. [Read More...]

Bottle shop ordered to pay $3,000 for racial discrimination breach

A finding of racial discrimination against a bottle shop for refusing service to an aboriginal woman underlines the need for liquor retailers to adequately train their employees on specialist licence conditions, a tribunal has warned. [Read More...]

Bottle shops demand facts on cheap liquor

A crackdown by NSW authorities on discounted alcohol has been met with surprise by the Liquor Stores Association NSW, which reiterated its position that there is no proven link between cheap alcohol and problem drinking. [Read More...]

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