NED KELLY EYES ESCAPE FROM CASINO

Intrepid country publican Ned Kelly has listed his newly revived and bet-worthy Casino pub, the Tattersalls Hotel. Casino is a growing town 70 kilometres inland of Byron Bay, around 700 kilometres north of Sydney, on the banks of the Richmond

BRISBANE COUNCIL LOOKS TO REVIEW MANTLE GROUP LEASES

Brisbane City Council is understood to be reviewing the lease agreements on prime CBD locations with Mantle Group, pending the results of the investigations into its controversial staff payment arrangements. Last month news emerged that the Mantle Group had dismissed

HOSPITALITY TRAINING FAST-TRACKED FOR THE FUTURE

The University of Newcastle is set to address the skills gap across the hospitality and tourism industries this month by partnering with industry and vocational education institutions to provide a unique training opportunity. Across Australia, unfulfilled positions across hospitality, tourism

SHORT TALKS SELLING UP TO LAUNDY

Fraser Short has inked a deal with partner and pub legend Arthur Laundy for Laundy Hotels to buy out Short’s interest in their jointly owned portfolio of award-winning hotels. The deal is around the partnership venues of Watsons Bay Boutique

LIBERALS GO ALL-IN ON GAMING REFORM

Claiming extensive consultation with industry, Premier Perrottet has unveiled his election policy to overhaul the operation of poker machines, heralded to finally “put a stop to problem gambling”. The changes are to be implemented should the Liberal government be re-elected

PORT ADMIRAL ADRIFT AGAIN

The stoic 174-year-old Port Admiral Hotel has closed again – just five years after its triumphant return after being shuttered for more than a decade. Built 1849, it was originally dubbed the Railway Hotel in honour of the horse-drawn train

QUINN LOOKS NORTH TO BEER ARCHIVE

AusHotels has divested its long-held and revolutionary Archive Beer Boutique to an acquisitive Quinn Hotels, as Jackson Quinn heads north. Archive Beer Boutique (ABB) is a multi-level watering hole in Brisbane’s West End that has become renowned as a craft

THINGS TO COME – AT THE STAR HOTEL

Newcastle legend and propagator of riots, the Star Hotel, is up for sale as its caretakers move on. Occupying a corner of Hunter Street in Newcastle West, fronting King Street, the famous pub was built in 1885, and remodelled in

POLICE SEEK PUBLIC HELP IN MULTIPLE PUB CRIMES

Police have appealed for information from the public on several incidents of violence and robbery in pubs in New South Wales and South Australia. Around 1am Wednesday (1 February), a man armed with a machete entered the gaming room of

CROWN HOTEL PLAY UP ON RECEIVER SALE

Parramatta’s high-profile Crown Hotel and property have hit the market as receivers take control of the company that bought them from Iris for $50 million. PwC has been appointed as receivers and managers, and today the listing was announced of