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‘We’ve all bled thousands’: Tears shed over pub’s COVID-19 fine

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Jun 30, 2020 #Covid-, #pub's
‘We’ve all bled thousands’: Tears shed over pub’s COVID-19 fine

A $6,000 fine for failing to enforce social-distancing measures has fuelled debate over how to ensure pubs stay COVID-safe.

Key points:

  • A Roma hotel was fined $6,672 for not complying with COVID-19 public health directions
  • The hotel owner says it’s unfair that country pubs have been targeted by plain-clothes officers
  • Police say the hotel had been warned the day before

Roma’s Royal on Ninety-Nine was fined $6,672, after plain-clothes police pointed out several breaches, including failure to collect contact details.

Pub owner Bruce Garvie said plain-clothes police officers unfairly targeted struggling country pubs, which had already lost significant income due to COVID-19.

A police spokesperson said officer

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