Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

PUB PUSHED TO THE BRINK OVER MASSIVE COVID FINE

Posted on July 1st, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

The Queensland state government is $20,000 richer after a police sting on the weekend trapped three country pubs in alleged breaches of COVID-19 restrictions, with at least one shaken under the weight of the debt. Queensland police and OLGR licensing

PARTS OF VICTORIA BACK IN LOCKDOWN

Posted on July 1st, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

The COVID-19 resurgence in Victoria continues to worsen, with ten Melbourne postcodes back to full restrictions in an effort to keep the infections contained. Having seen double-digit numbers in new cases over the past two weeks, even as the rest

MR BROWNIE OPEN AND UNASHAMED

Posted on July 1st, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

Restaurant owner Jessi Singh is charging ahead with his opening of the new and slightly controversial ‘Mr Brownie’ in South Melbourne, bringing an unashamedly Indian flavour to the city pub. Singh is already a well-known pot-rattler in Melbourne, fronting his

WORKERS SHUN RETURN TO WORK

Posted on June 29th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

An employment challenge looms as pubs get back to work, finding laid-off workers content to receive the generous JobSeeker allowance rather than return to regular duties. Pioneering what has become a national policy, Western Australia moved to stage four of

KICKSTARTING AUSTRALIAN NIGHTLIFE TO FIRE UP PUBS AND PERFORMERS

Posted on June 29th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

Leading music entertainment provider Nightlife is supporting Australian pubs and performers on the upswing from the pandemic, continuing fee-relief and real alternatives in troubled times. The national pub industry is blinking back to life after a heart-breaking period of hibernation,

NEW-LOOK KENT ST HOTEL TIPPED TO ATTRACT

Posted on June 26th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

Sydney publican Brett Strauss has taken on the new-opportunity Kent Street Hotel, beginning a fresh redesign and pitch to shifting markets beneath a host of changes above. Strauss is the proprietor of the Chippendale Hotel in the southern fringes of

RETURN TO FULL FEES FOR FOXTEL

Posted on June 26th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

Despite depressed trading conditions nationwide, Foxtel has confirmed pub subscriptions will be returning to full fees from 1 July. Since the Federal Government ordered the closure of businesses on 23 March, businesses, landlords and suppliers have been striking compromises to

UK PUBS IN TROUBLE AND ON THE ROPES

Posted on June 26th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

Defying continued prohibition orders, some UK pubs have been secretly serving booze, and their begrudged patrons resorting to violence in defence of their perceived right to sip a pint. Australian pubs are mostly resuming trade, albeit subdued, but thousands of

HOSPO WORKERS STRIKE BLOW AS WAGE THEFT BATTLE SURGES

Posted on June 24th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

Hospitality workers are rising up over “systemic” pay disputes, as Victoria passes laws threatening jail time for employers, the UWU begins legal actions, and JobKeeper rorts come to light. Last week the Victorian Parliament passed the first laws in Australia