The NSW State Government has announced further measures supporting hospitality, with greater easing of restrictions on patron numbers ahead and announcement of 1,000 ‘Great Southern Nights’ music events. Over the weekend Premier Berejiklian told media the 50-person limit on venues will be lifted from 1 July, although the four-square-metres per patron rule will still apply. […]
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The regal Royal Oak Hotel Cessnock is for sale under instruction by forensic accountants, following a stoush with the ATO and massive tax bill. Doctor-publican John Harvey purchased the prominent two-storey brick pub in 2011, sharing resources with his dental practice for tax purposes. Fighting what he labels “unsubstantiated” tax debt, he launched a battle
The Federal Government has finalised and announced the members of groups tasked with overhauling Australia’s industrial relations system, to find ways to urgently regrow jobs lost as a result of COVID-19. There will be five industrial relations working groups, each comprising 10 full-time members, being five representing employers, and five representing employees. The working groups
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After a quarter-century of local consolidation, the Murray family is selling up its portfolio including the Great Southern Hotel, in the south coast town of Eden. The family bought into Eden in 1984. The handsome two-storey Great Southern (GSH) enjoys a commanding position on main road Imlay St, overlooking Calle Calle Bay at the southern
A man was arrested this week for allegedly glassing a manager at ALH’s Boomerang Hotel after he was asked to leave an area of the pub due to COVID-19 restrictions. Police were called to a Hotel on Wagga Road at Lavington around 8:45pm on 4 June, after report of an assault. Police allege a 21-year-old
Two of the largest drinks suppliers in the country, Lion and Diageo, are helping licensed venues through education and support as customers head out again post-pandemic. Starting this week Lion has been rolling out around 1,000 venue ‘safety kits’ to pubs and clubs in NSW, helping ensure people know how to be “COVID-safe” getting back
The Kospetas family’s Universal Hotels has won the race into the new pub below the latest high-end development in Bondi Junction, soon to be opening a new incarnation of The Mill. The former Mill Hill Hotel, on the corner of Denison Street at 59-69 Oxford Street, was a modest two-storey premise previously owned and operated
After mixed results with its introduction, many hotels are hoping the Federal Government’s JobKeeper program will be continued as the realities of resumed restricted trading set in. Pubs across Australia are continuing to reawaken to increasing numbers of patrons, albeit at a staggered rate in different states as each jurisdiction determines its own approach to
The Mitchell River Tavern in Bairnsdale is being sold as a freehold going concern, as the long-time owner of the pub under management determines it is time to move on. The Victorian-era two-storey Tavern is located a stone’s throw from the picturesque Mitchell River, running through Bairnsdale, around three hours’ drive east of Melbourne, before
Research company Roy Morgan has released the results of a survey of businesses in response to the Federal Court ruling on the entitlements for so-called ‘regular casual’ workers, with dire predictions for hospitality. The special-edition SMS survey engaged with 881 Australian businesses, extrapolating across the Australian economic landscape, and finding almost 800,000 workers could be
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