Author name: Clyde Mooney

CHELMSFORD HOTEL’S INAUGURAL MULLETFEST ROCKS THE LOCKS

The Chelmsford Hotel has seen a day of all-too-many bad haircuts and international intrigue over its inaugural Mulletfest event, which took place over the weekend. Laura Johnson’s family have owned the Kurri Kurri pub since 1993, and in 2009 Laura bought in and became publican. Like so many regional hotels, the Chelmsford – Chelly –

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ABBOTT’S’ BEER-O-METER SOLUTION TO SUMMER

The bold and beautiful Abbotts Hotel Waterloo has unleashed its ‘Beer-o-meter’ offering hot and thirsty Sydneysiders frosty discounted and potentially free beer when the summer temps soar. Set on Botany Road, on the coal face of gentrification’s spread into the working class city-fringe ‘burbs, the Waterloo works hard to retain satisfied patrons while encouraging newcomers.

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LITMUS TEST FOR SA BEST ON POKIES’ ELECTION

Ahead of the State election on 17 March, Nick Xenophon’s all-singing, all-dancing SA Best party has released its new watered-down approach to poker machine reform with a politicised policy set to please nobody. After two decades and three parties, Xenophon’s foundational “no pokies” platform has finally bowed to pressure for moderation, after the prohibition approach

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WA WELCOMES LIQUOR REFORM TO BOLSTER VENUES AND TOURISM

After years of lobbying by industry, Western Australia yesterday saw the introduction of reforms heralding greater flexibility and opportunity for the State’s licensed venues. The Liquor Control Amendment Bill 2018 tabled in parliament represented the State Government’s reforms to WA’s Liquor Control Act 1988. Significantly, a number of key amendments elevate the importance of hospitality

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COUGHLAN OFFERS UP HIS LADY AS HE EYES FRANK STRONGS

Just over a year since he revived the Hampshire and made it a Lady, Paddy Coughlan has listed the inner-west local to chase opportunities in the craft market. Former Riversdale CEO Coughlan took on the lease of Camperdown’s Hampshire Hotel in September 2016, immediately executing a million-dollar renovation of the Parramatta Road pub, which had

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