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AINSWORTH TO SELL TO NEW AUSSIE PLAYER FOR $473m + OPPORTUNITY

Nonagenarian father of Australian gaming Len Ainsworth has cashed out for around half a billion dollars to make room for a new big player in Australia and opportunity for AGT. After more than half a century in poker machines, the eponymous 92-year-old Len Ainsworth is selling his controlling share in Ainsworth Gaming Technologies to Austrian-based

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VENUES COP ‘ATTITUDE TEST’ FROM LICENSING: SOLICITOR

As licensing regulations and their enforcement face the spotlight in NSW, the front line of the defence speaks of wasted resources and an “attitude test” applied to publicans. Speaking with PubTIC, specialist lawyer to the hospitality industry, David Sylvester of Sylvester & Browne Lawyers, relayed accounts of venues being unduly targeted for questioning police. “Many

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QUEENSLAND LOCKOUT BILL SEES MPs SACRIFICE HOSPITALITY FOR REGIONAL JOBS

Queensland’s minority government has rammed through its lockout agenda, with the Katter Party trading hospitality jobs throughout the State for its rural constituents. The day before Annastacia Palaszczuk’s minority government successfully introduced its Alcohol Fuelled Violence Amendment Bill to Queensland parliament, last-minute negotiations were held between Labor and Katter’s Australian Party (KAP). KAP State leader

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SYDNEY LOCKOUT PROTESTS OFFER ‘SMART’ SOLUTIONS

Sydney-siders gathered to protest the infamous trade restrictions and lockout laws that are being seen as the cause of a massive slump in the city’s hospitality scene and nightlife. Around fifteen thousand protesters, including hospitality business owners and staff, music fans and musicians and members of the public, marched through Sydney’s CBD yesterday as part

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PREMIER RULES IRISH PUB CAN KEEP ITS ‘UNHEALTHY’ VINTAGE TOBACCO SIGNS

Perth’s J.B. O’Reilly’s has won a victory “for common sense” as the Health Department dropped its action to force the removal of historic tobacco signs adorning the pub. Paul North, the owner of J.B. O’Reilly’s – “Perth’s Finest Irish Pub & Restaurant” – has spent decades collecting the 26 tobacco advertising signs that have hung

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“WE KEEP TO A SIMPLE RECIPE” – ALE TALKS LATEST PROFIT RESULTS

It’s business as usual and business is good at Australia’s largest pub landlord, which has just posted a rosy outlook and profit lift as it continues to “focus on quality”. ALE owns the freeholds to 86 properties, exclusively leased to the country’s largest publican, Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH). The pair have largely pioneered the

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REKORDERLIG BREAKS NEW GROUND WITH MASSIVE GLOBAL CAMPAIGN

The brand that made cider a household name in Australia has launched a massive campaign to reach new heights in the hearts and minds of its primary demographic. Rekorderlig’s “Beautifully Swedish” legacy has evolved again, with a compelling, wordless tribute to Swedish natural beauty, and the quirky Scandinavian sense of humour. [watch video below] Nikki

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