Thriving border city Albury has seen two recent pub transactions, with sale of both the Astor Hotel and Albion Hotel. Hugging the Murray River and NSW-Victorian border, Albury LGA boasts populace of almost 80,000 residents, counting a diverse mix of blue-collar and professionals across a wide cross-section of industries, and tourism buoyed by its location […]
By Emma Castle Whisky Highballs are the drink of this summer, according to Diageo National Whisky Ambassador, Katie Nagar. Whisky’s popularity has been on the rise for a while now, but a recent survey of bar owners, cocktail enthusiasts, bartenders and spirit experts by Diageo, the world’s biggest producer of spirits, has revealed that the
Kent Walker and family have listed their big Raby Tavern in booming Campbelltown LGA to focus on other acquisitions. The Tavern is the only pub in the catchment of Raby, with 20,000 residents, between Ingleburn and Campbelltown. It forms part of a mixed-use commercial property of more than 8,000sqm, counting the Raby Tavern and a
John McAuliffe and partners have put to market their Royal Hotel at Taree, on the banks of the Manning River, as business back in Sydney calls. Taree LGA is a mid-north NSW precinct around 300 kilometres north of Sydney, with local population of around 26,000. The two-storey Royal stands prominently in the centre of the
Solotel has refreshed and transformed the upper Marly with the weird and wondrous world of Cuckoo. Venturing up the stairs and down the rabbit hole patrons are greeted with what is promised to be a “new kind of venue experience” that could be described as kitsch with a Germanic nod. Opa’s lounge room bar embraces
Chris Cheung’s annual Coogee Bay Hotel Charity Golf Day achieved new heights this year, reaching another million-dollar milestone and the first-ever hole-in-one – taking a $100k prize. In 1993 the Coogee Bay Hotel (CBH) began its ‘POWcH Day’ in support of the Prince of Wales Hospital, donating $1 from every schooner purchased. Four years later
The Brisbane Water Liquor Accord has rolled out its updated hard-line policy against patron misbehaviour, announcing ‘Banned From One, Banned From All’ across around 30 central coast venues. In a hard-hitting warning to potential offenders, the Brisbane Water Liquor Accord (BWLA) rules stipulate that anyone found committing an act of violence will be automatically banned
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The Victorian regulator has released its annual report for FY19, outlining key outcomes and achievements including three complex investigations into major gambling licensees. The Victorian Commission for Gambling & Liquor Regulation’s (VCGLR) report for 2018-19 was tabled in State Parliament last week, providing details on major investigations, enforcement outcomes and performance against priorities from the Commission’s Corporate
The Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority has approved updates to the band system used to assess applications for gaming machines to reflect data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2016 Census. The ABS sets the Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2) geographical areas to represent communities that interact socially and economically, and ILGA uses them to
Signalling the end of a complex period and unforeseen developments, hotelier Julian Gerner has secured arrangement to retain ownership of the iconic Continental Hotel. After acquiring the site in 2015, Gerner took on property developer Stellar as a partner in 2018, and an $80m restoration and development began at the historic Sorrento hotel. Built 1875,
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