HOTEL GUARD BEATS COFFS HARBOUR TEEN: FOOTAGE

Damning footage has emerged of a security guard assaulting and choking a teenager in an unprovoked and potentially dangerous attack. 19-year-old Josh Little was with friends at a Coffs Harbour local hotel celebrating St Patrick’s day festivities (19 March). At

VB EXIT PROVOKES CALL TO BAN BEER IN AUSSIE SPORT

Carlton & United Breweries has ended a 20-year partnership with Cricket Australia, pulling VB sponsorship from the Australian test and one-day teams. “CUB has made a commercial decision to focus on more direct advertising during summer across our broad portfolio,”

PAECH’S PETERSHAM PUB & HOTEL HEADS TO MARKET

The purveyors of good time are divesting their newly renovated West Village pub and accommodation in Sydney’s inner west. Well known publican Locky Paech and business partner Dr James Bodel are GoodTime Hospitality. The group has owned and operated the

HPI OFFERS UP COLES TENANTED HOT PROPERTY INVESTMENTS

Listed landlord HPI is making hay in the Sunshine state, offering up two of its Coles-tenanted pub freehold investments. Capitalising on the continued bullish market conditions, HPI (Hotel Property Investments) has listed the freehold of its Hotel Allen in Townsville,

ADELAIDE PRINCE PARKS ROYAL COACH HOTEL

The prominent Royal Coach Hotel has been strategically bought by Prince Alfred College, banking a long-term development opportunity. Vendors Hospitality Investments P/L and McCracken Kent Town P/L have divested the three-storey city-fringe Hotel, which features a bar, the Terrace Restaurant,

COURTS SLUG TABCORP AND HAWKS BIG FINES FOR GAMING BREACHES

Regulators have issued heavy fines for Tabcorp and Hawthorn Football Club for breaches relating to gaming licensing and failing to comply with security obligations. The Federal Court heard a case against gaming giant Tabcorp brought by Austrac – Australia’s financial

MARCH INTO MERIVALE – FOR 1 NIGHT ONLY

After a booming year of acquisitions and openings, on Wednesday Merivale delivered March Into Merivale 2017 in one spectacular night, taking over the entire ivy complex and surrounding laneways. Ash Street was transformed into an Asian street food market, sporting

LAUNDYS SLAMMED OVER PERCEIVED PENALTY RATES CONFLICT

A prominent Sydney tabloid has attacked the Laundy group, particularly elected MP Craig Laundy, over a supposed conflict between long-defunct employee agreements and cuts to penalty rates. The Daily Telegraph claims Craig Laundy, elected to the western Sydney seat of

HEMMES CALMS STORM OVER TATTOOED SOCIALITE DENIED AT COOGEE

Merivale found itself the centre of a media storm this week, after socialite Gordana Poljak was refused entry by an overzealous doorman due to her gratuitous tattoos. The tattoo queen champions her decorative ink and operates a business combining the