Agreed funky, pub owners will never spend more money than they really have to.
They will be taken kicking and screaming before they will spend money on anything other than more booze to resell and wages for young female backpackers to serve behind the bar.
The OBH owners have been sitting doing nothing to that pub until they can get the zoning rules changed so they can knock it down and have their pay day when a multi story block of flats is built on the site. Until that happens they are not going to spend any money on the place - unless forced to. Hopefully this will now force their hand.
Of course this is not the reason why the guy was killed by some sh!theel bikie, but certainly shows the complete lack of regard that the owners had for anything other than profit.
Here is your hero cop...felix.
I bet like your mate he wishes he didn't go to the "pub" that afternoon.
You guys sadden me with your garbage.
Take responsibility for your actions.
Truth is the commissioner is correct if the deceased wasn't at the pub drinking his chances of being assaulted would of greatly decreased. These attacks happen on a regular basis in the pub scene.
Blame who ever what ever. Not going to bring the poor young mans life back.
Time to say **** the pub scene.. id rather go and spend time precious time with my family and as "redgum" says.
Dosent matter to me ill sit down and watch you all on my colour tv"
Lets not turn this into a Cop Bash. would you risk your life every day for the money they get, i think not! then after risking life and limb you get abused, assaulted, spat on and more by scummy toe rags who have no respect for anything or anybody, who, then when they go to court get all the legal aid they want and a slap on the wrist by out of touch judiciary. I think I might turn a bit arrogant after while of this treatment from the general public, and who do we call when we need them?
- Security guards let them in, sure. But again, how they can be held responsible for actions they didn't participate in
I thought thats what would have been taught at crowed controller school, how to identify trouble and refuse or manage people.
If I were at work and identified a obvious safety issue that could cause injury or death and decided not to do anything about it, im pretty sure the coroner would be looking at nailing my arse in the event some one got killed.
I have spoken to the cops and funny enough all bouncers have been sacked and the cops are chasing evidence against them.
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So the bouncers have been sacked, no doubt gone to the four corners of the globe to never be seen again.
An all too familiar ring will resonate from this, similar to an incident at a hotel in Leederville.
Easy for us to pontificate about what should be done. Differant to sign off and maybe have to stand up in court accross from these wannabe gangsters.
There has been deafening silence for far too long in this town when it comes to 'entrepreneurial types' and bikies.
Onya Torchy + Torchess.
My point re the chief cop's "wrong place, wrong time" comment is really about the mindset that's driven by the logic that should you get road-raged, robbed, raped, bashed, stabbed or murdered, it is because you are in "the wrong place at the wrong time." It's sad that this attitude should be conveyed in the media by a superintendent of police. It effectively sends the wrong, or at least mixed message. We should be absolutely incensed, as individuals, as well as a society, that we be held accountable (because that's what it is about - accountability) for being victims of violence like that at the OBH. The cynic in me reckons that it's not until this stuff adversely affects business : profit margins, investment, turnovers, bla bla, that we'll see any real change. Don't hold your breath waiting though, folks! 
