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Neglected building ignites heritage debate

Opponents speak out against Iris Capital's proposal.

Newcastle Herald

National Trust questions council for approving historic building's demolition

'This means every building mapped across the conservation areas can be challenged.'

Newcastle Herald

'Betrayal': Newcastle Club takes dim view of taller apartment buildings

'It is a blatant and unashamed ambit claim that displays contempt to the past DA process.'

Newcastle Herald

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Next stage of major Raffertys Resort overhaul forges ahead

Developer Iris Capital is forging ahead with its plans to overhaul family getaway Raffertys Resort at Cams Wharf.

Newcastle Herald

Heights in Newcastle's East End must live up to expectations

The concept approval set community expectations.

Newcastle Herald

'Major over-development': New EastEnd design under fire for increased building height

Iris Capital has lodged a development application which seeks to change elements of the EastEnd concept plan approved in 2017.

Newcastle Herald

Pokies cap lowered by NT government, stops short of banning new machines in Alice Springs venues

The Northern Territory has lowered its cap on pokies to 1,659, but applications for 20 additional gaming machines at two of Iris Capital's Alice Springs venues "remain in train".

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Alice Springs residents, tourists call for no more pokies as moratorium nears expiration

A No New Pokies Mparntwe survey of more than 1,000 people reveals 98 per cent are opposed to any more pokies.

ABC News

'It's just feral': councillor takes CBD graffiti into her own hands

Councillor takes street graffiti problem into her own hands.

Newcastle Herald

Alfresco dining and more trees: $1.9 million upgrade for Hunter Street

City of Newcastle is coinciding works with Iris Capital's East End.

Newcastle Herald

Final stages of East End development secure $50m in sales

The final phase of the project includes one, two and three-bedroom apartments and penthouses.

Newcastle Herald

Closing down sales for four Hunter Street Mall shops as demolition nears

The four stores were a hive of activity on Monday as the businesses slashed prices of remaining stock.

Newcastle Herald

Why Newcastle council is putting mall demolition plans on the fast track

The council says it expects the proposal for demolition in the area will have a result soon after it is lodged.

Newcastle Herald

'Most luxurious yet': East End's last 200 apartments set to hit market

The "most luxurious penthouses yet" are set to hit the market in the final stages of Iris Capital developer Sam Arnaout's $1 billion East End Village project.

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Hospitality giant Iris Capital’s Alice Springs alcohol licence under investigation by NT government

Action comes after police suspended trading twice in two weeks over ‘threats to public safety’ at two of its venues

ABC News

Second Alice Springs hotel owned by Iris Capital temporarily shut by NT Police for Liquor Act breach

A second pub owned by Iris Capital in the city has been temporarily shut by NT Police in as many weeks due to what they say are threats "to public safety".

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NT Police confirm Todd Tavern liquor licence suspended over alleged domestic violence amid Alice Springs crime spike

The two busiest bottle shops in Alice Springs will be shut this weekend as the town grapples with an ongoing crisis of alcohol-fuelled violence and crime.

ABC News

Iris Capital's Gap View Hotel bottle shop penalised for failing to use Banned Drinkers Register scanner

Sydney-based hospitality giant Iris Capital is ordered to temporarily cease trading at one of its Northern Territory bottle shops following "inherently serious" breaches of the Liquor Act.

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Newcastle Herald

Residents urged to 'maintain their rage' as Raffertys Resort looks to attract global hotel chain

Cams Wharf residents have been urged to "maintain their rage" as the Raffertys Resort developer looks to attract a five-star, eight-storey international hotel chain to the site.

ABC News

Iris Capital's Alice Springs poker machines expansion bid stopped by NT government

Hospitality giant Iris Capital's push to install 60 new poker machines in pubs across Alice Springs has been put on hold after a community campaign gained traction.

Newcastle Herald

Check out the final stage of the Hunter Street mall overhaul

"It's going to make people feel like they need to move from stage one into stage four."

The New Daily

Australia’s problem gambling capital is looking for more pokies, and here’s who profits

You may suspect the last thing a socially-challenged town like Alice Springs needs is more gambling machines, but that’s just what is proposing.

ABC News

Iris Capital awaits decision over push to expand its pokies empire in Alice Springs

In what has been slated as a 'David and Goliath' battle, the Alice Springs community is taking on a gambling giant that wants to add dozens more poker machines to the town.

ABC News

NT Government minister accused of 'abrogating responsibility' over outback town poker machine plan

A plan to install dozens of new poker machines in an outback town facing high rates of poverty and social problems has been met with silence by the Northern Territory's gaming minister.

ABC News

Iris Capital facing backlash over plan to add up to 40 more gaming machines at Alice Springs pubs

Weeks after buying up many of the town's hotels and pubs, Iris Capital reveals plans to add dozens more pokies into a community already stricken with deep-running social problems.

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