Clyde Mooney

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PUBLICAN GROUP SINKS INTO RECEIVERSHIP DESPITE DIXON SWOOP

Posted on January 17th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Despite divesting its entire portfolio late 2017, the beleaguered Publican Group has been put into voluntary liquidation. The cashed-up Dixon Hotel Group – since rebranded to Australian Venue Co (AVC) – bought the clutch of nine Publican Group venues in

PUBLICAN JAILED OVER PREMIER HOTEL FRAUD AND ARSON

Posted on January 17th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The failed owner of Albany’s historic Premier Hotel has pleaded guilty and received ten years over a scam to fake a robbery and arson in order to claim insurance. Mid-2016 news emerged that lessee Graeme Roderick Cooper – new operator

MARY CRAWLEY’S TATTERSALLS HOTEL DESTROYED BY FIRE

Posted on January 17th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The life and love of 93-year-old publican Mary Crawley has been lost, with outback cornerstone the Tattersalls Hotel destroyed by fire. The 1884-built Tattersalls sits on a stretch of the Mitchell Highway 136 kilometres north of Bourke, on the NSW/Queensland

BETOOTA HOTEL IS BACK AFTER ROBBO TAKES THE KEYS

Posted on January 17th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
After considerable anticipation, the beloved Betoota Hotel – sole structure in the iconic outback town – is set to reopen mid-2018. Betoota is a speck on the map in outback Queensland, a bumpy six hours’ drive east of outback oasis

GAMBLING ACT CHANGES FOR VICTORIAN PUBLICANS

Posted on January 17th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The VCGLR has announced changes to Victorian gaming regulations, which include an increase to the non-cash payout figure for EGM credits. The Gambling Regulation Amendment Act was passed in Victorian parliament 30 November last year. Some changes to the Act

DIXON GROUP REBRANDS AND BUYS UP

Posted on January 15th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Dixon Hospitality Group has hit 2018 running, with a new group name and deals for two new northern venues into the stable. The Victorian-based hotel group fronted by former Spotless director Bruce Dixon has rebranded to Australian Venue Co (AVC),

MAN AWAITS TRIAL OVER ONE-PUNCH DEATH AT THE ENTRANCE

Posted on January 15th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The Entrance business owner George Habkouk is awaiting trial over the death on New Year’s Day of Haydn Butcher outside a central coast hotel. Wyong Local Court has heard preliminary details of the incident in the early hours of New

MUGS WANTED OVER UNPROVOKED BASHING IN ASCOT VALE

Posted on January 15th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Victorian police are hunting for three men involved in a unprovoked and pathetic group bashing of another man within a Melbourne pub. CCTV (below) shows four or five men accosting 55-year-old grandfather Tony McDonald on the evening of Sunday, 13

IRIS’ MASSIVE KINGS CROSS DEVELOPMENT AT THE BOURBON

Posted on December 20th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Sam Arnaout’s expansive Iris Capital has lodged plans for a massive residential and hospitality development in Kings Cross to replace The Bourbon and Empire Hotels and surrounds. Around the group’s 2015 purchase of The Bourbon from Chris Cheung, Arnaout orchestrated

DOLPHIN AND ICEBERGS TEAM LAUNCH BONDI BEACH PUBLIC BAR

Posted on December 20th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The team behind the acclaim of The Dolphin has opened a brand new Bondi Beach Public Bar, offering a sophisticated nod to Australian drinking culture of the 1970s and 80s. The massive Pacific development on Bondi’s Campbell Parade, stretching an