North Coast Licensee Receives Statewide Ban

The former licensee of Port Macquarie’s Downunder Nightclub has been given a ten year statewide industry ban for repeatedly allowing intoxication and other offences, Liquor and Gaming NSW reported today.

Maxim Gunsberger has been disqualified from holding a liquor licence, being an approved manager of a licensed premises, or being a close associate of a licensee of any licensed premises in NSW until 2026.

The ban was issued following Mr. Gunsberger’s conviction in Port Macquarie Local Court on 8 April 2015, where he pleaded guilty for three offences of permitting intoxication and an additional offence of supplying alcohol to an intoxicated person.

In its decision, the authority said the ten year ban would “send an appropriate message to others in the industry of the regulatory consequences of engaging in the kind of repeated and serious statutory noncompliance that is the subject of this complaint.”

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