Darwin pub staff allegedly told to ban ‘blacks’ and charge Aboriginal customers for water

The owner of a well-known Darwin nightspot is facing claims he instructed staff to bar Indigenous people from his premises and that he owes thousands of dollars in unpaid wages to his employees.

Mitchell McNamee, the owner of Rorkes Beer, Wine and Food, in central Darwin, allegedly wrote to a senior staffer saying, “I told you no blacks in my f***ing bar”.