Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

BIG FISH SLAPPED WITH $11k FINE OVER MINOR BREACHES

Posted on January 13th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

Principals at a pub in Queensland’s Darling Downs have been convicted and fined $11,000 after breaches including allowing a minor to drink and gamble at the venue. An Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation (OLGR) investigation discovered breaches by Big

MASENS OFFER UP GOOD INTENT

Posted on December 20th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

After a half-century of original ownership, the Masen family is reluctantly parting with its big suburban hotel of Good Intent in Grafton. In 1957 two Grafton locals, hotelier Reg Hinch and builder Reg Want, built the “Ultra-Modern” Good Intent Hotel

HUNTER LICENSEE HIT FOR BREACHING NEW LICENCE CONDITION

Posted on December 20th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

The licensee of Broadmeadow’s Premier Hotel has been punished for breach of extended licensing conditions on the first weekend of the venue’s extended trading. In the first half of 2019, three pubs in the Hunter region applied to Liquor &

MATILDA BAY LAUNCHES HEALESVILLE PUB AS SEXTON RETURNS

Posted on December 20th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Australian craft beer royalty Matilda Bay will throw open the doors to its new pub-brewery in the Yarra Valley on Boxing Day, led by the returning founder, Phil Sexton. Sexton began Matilda Bay 35 years ago, partnering with Carlton &

GAMING ATTENDANT WALKS FOR STEALING AS A SERVANT

Posted on December 18th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

A Toowoomba gaming attendant has walked away without a conviction or his job, after chasing his own lost $20 on Keno with over $66,000 of the hotel’s money. On Sunday 6 January 27-year-old Benjamin Naythan Shipp was working a quiet

TEMORA’S SHAMROCK YIELDS SALE

Posted on December 18th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

After seven decades and three generations, the Leary family has sold its Shamrock Hotel in Temora to another in the convoy of Sydney-based publicans. Built on a 1,242sqm block on the main road through Temora, around 400 kilometres west of

WHAT GOES AROUND ON CAPTAIN’S FLAT

Posted on December 18th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

The unique and enigmatic Captain’s Flat Hotel – home of the loooong bar – is hosting a rocking three-day festival of live music in support of the Fire Service. Captain’s Flat, and its only Hotel, are to be found around

REDCAPE’S $51m ‘SWAP’ WITH SLEIMAN

Posted on December 16th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Redcape ends a record-setting year in pub real estate with a bang, acquiring Hurstville’s Kings Head Tavern while divesting its Royal Hotel Granville for $51 million to the same party. The ASX-listed Redcape Hotel Group (ASX: RDC) today announced a

SPARKKE GROWTH TAKES IN COLLINGWOOD’S VINE HOTEL

Posted on December 16th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Sparkke – the brewery on a mission – has taken the next step in ambitious goals with purchase of Collingwood’s historic Vine Hotel, set to become a new pub-brewery showpiece. In 1869, the Caledonian Hotel was the first built on

WILLIAM WALLACE BIDS FAREWELL

Posted on December 13th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

After two decades manning the bar and watching Balmain transform, Gary Cowan has sold his famed William Wallace and development plans that will see it transform and literally welcome in locals. Following several years at Rozelle’s Merton Hotel, Cowan bought