NSW EXCELLENCE OF 2026

The annual gala AHA NSW Awards for Excellence took place Tuesday night before 1,400 industry, political and business leaders, at Royal Randwick Racecourse. Following a greeting and networking session overlooking the hallowed turf, with live music and sponsored refreshments, guests

KNOX STEAMS HOME ON THE RAILWAY

The Roche family’s pub group has sold and settled Armidale landmark the Railway Hotel to the growing New England collection of Jim Knox. The Victorian-style pub was built in 1879, featuring a crested parapet and extensive iron lacework, with a

DRIVE-BY SHOOTERS TAKE DOWN FOUR AT FITZYS

Four people are in hospital suffering gunshot wounds after gunmen fired into a crowd at a ‘fight night’ event at AVC’s Fitzys in Brisbane’s south. Police were summoned to the pub on Bryants Road in Loganholme to reports of shots

KAINE CROPS THE TOP FOR CANCER

Daring hotelier Kaine Bayfield has gone bald in the name of cancer research, raising tens of thousands for the Children’s Cancer Institute again in 2026. The CEO Dare to Cure returned for the ninth year in Sydney at a new

THE VINE ON THE LINE

Representing the final piece in the shattered Jon Adgemis Public Hospitality portfolio, Collingwood’s historic Vine Hotel is being sold as a vacant possession. The Caledonian Hotel was built on the site in 1869, renamed The Vine in 1875. The roughly

PUNDIT MOCKS MIGRATION DEBATE

In an astounding display of hyperbole and misrepresentation a conservative commentator has spewed opinion all over right-wing media about the AHA’s confrontational ad on policies to cut migrant visas. News24, the rebranded phoenix of Sky News, had National Conservative Institute

SOUTHERN GOES HIGH IN THE NORTH

MenCarthy has boosted its growing presence in south-east Queensland with purchase of the impressive Southern Hotel in Toowoomba from long-time custodians the Bowly family. A sweetheart of the Darling Downs, the pub is located roughly four kilometres south of the

2026 EXCELLENCE IN THE FESTIVAL STATE

Premier Peter Malinauskas MP joined more than a thousand guests at the 2026 AHA|SA Awards for Excellence at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Tuesday night. In a demonstration of worth, nine hotels took out two or more awards, with the greatest

RAILWAY ON THE LINE IN ELVIS CENTRAL

The large-format Railway Hotel in regional powerhouse Parkes is being sold, as the region undergoes broad investment and the owner-operator takes a step back. A two-storey brick structure with an elegant upper-level all-weather balcony and Federation parapet embossed with its

MARKET SEES HUMPTY DOO

Cultural landmark the Humpty Doo Hotel, a destination watering hole in red earth country, is being offered for sale for the first time in 30 years. Located around 30 minutes from the Darwin CBD on an expansive 2.03-Ha site on