LISMORE PUBS FINED OVER ALLEGEDLY BREACHING PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS
Two Lismore venues have been given $5,000 fines for not complying with COVID-19 Public Health Orders.
Just before midnight last Friday, police were called to a hotel on Keen Street at Lismore, after reports a 20-year-old woman had been glassed.
The woman was taken to Lismore Base Hospital, while a 27-year-old woman was arrested and taken to Lismore Police Station.
She was charged, and will appear at Lismore Local Court on September 2.
As a result of their investigation, licencing officers found staff allegedly failed to escort a highly intoxicated person from the premises, while other patrons weren’t physical distancing.
On Saturday, officers attended a second licensed premises on Keen Street.
Police allege patrons were not signing into the venue, and not physically distancing.
The venue also had an expired COVID-19 Safety Management Plan.