FIVE NEW VENUES, PLUS A DOGHOUSE IN BRISBANE

Major expansion plans herald several new venues and Australia’s first craft beer hotel as BrewDog taps the ongoing successes of its A-NZ antipodean endeavours. An ambitious two-year blueprint foretells of several new sites across Australia and New Zealand by 2023,

AVC REVIVING DORMANT SARAH SANDS

Australian Venue Co is breathing new life into the darkened landmark Brunswick pub, the Sarah Sands Hotel, slated to re-open in May. Built 1854, the Sarah Sands Hotel is an institution of Melbourne. In recent years it traded as the

MANAGER WHO STOLE $85k FINDS SYMPATHETIC SENTENCE

A manager caught misappropriating over $85k from an ALH pub has received a sympathetic sentence to her latest conviction, due to serious health concerns. The 37-year-old woman [name withheld] worked at ALH’s Wilsonton Hotel in Toowoomba, with duties including banking

ROBIN HOOD RIDES AGAIN

Waverley’s exultant Robin Hood Hotel is poised to welcome yon locals as it reopens following a multi-million-dollar refresh and nod to its proud past. The Hood, as it is known locally, already had a DA and permissions prior to the

LION LAUNCHES NATIONAL LOCAL DAY

Recognising one year since the day that turned Australia upside down and closed pubs for the first time ever, Lion is declaring Tuesday, 23 March the inaugural ‘National Local Day’. The date marks one year since the taps were turned

DINE & DISCOVER VOUCHERS FOR NSW PATRONS

The NSW Government this month launches its Dine & Discover voucher scheme offering citizens $100 to spend, joining initiatives around the country. The goal of Dine & Discover is to boost discretionary spending in key industries, such as hotels, cafes

LEWIS LISTS JOE’S WATERHOLE

South-east Queensland cornerstone Joe’s Waterhole in Eumundi has hit the market running, with sale expectations of $5.5 million. Built in the 1890s and originally named the Commercial Hotel, in 1924 a fire swept through town and the pub was rebuilt

GRAFTON FAMILY PUB ON THE TABLE

Book-ending the hospitality calamity, Roches Family Hotel is on the market again in the on-trend northern rivers region. Roches was built circa 1870, and since the end of 2015 has been owned and operated by Michael and Sharon Campton and

NEW FINES AS COVID INSPECTIONS CONTINUE

Government inspectors continue to monitor COVID compliance in NSW venues, as Sydney’s Lord Wolseley and Bathurst’s Oxford receive over $10k in fresh fines. The Lord Wolseley Hotel in Ultimo is a classic corner family-run pub known for its leafy outlook

GENERAL GORDON FIRES UP AGAIN

The indomitable General Gordon Hotel has reopened after the multi-million-dollar makeover that followed its defeat by fire nearly three years’ ago. Sydenham’s large-format and beloved General has been reborn in a way that pays tribute to its theatrical and tumultuous