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This week's PBS Feature Album is Feed The Fire by The Rookies. Born in the spring of 2014 on the forgotten end of Brunswick Street in a dimly lit room full of sweat and beer at The Rooks Return, The Rookies started as a quiet set of background jazz for punters while they imbibed their cocktails. This quickly devolved into an uninhibited, drunken dance party reminiscent of a
Print text only Cancel As a bartender of more than seven years, Grace Dowling knows just how frequently drink spiking occurs. Key points: Ms Dowling says there is a belief in the industry that authorities are not doing enough to tackle the issue It has led to workers coming up with their own "game plans" to prevent spiking Bar manager Sam Israel is collecting his own data in the hopes it could underpin new guidelines for venues Still, that didn't stop the university student from blaming herself when she had her own drink spiked during a quiet night out. "I felt embarrassed and initially assu...