Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

FUN FALLS YEAR-ON-YEAR: ABS

Posted on August 5th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

Data from the ABS and NIQ finds Australians are spending less on events, accommodation and food, as inflation and tax hikes raise prices and hit sales in Australia’s pubs and bars. Official numbers last week from the Australian Bureau of

VICTORIAN REGULATOR ORDERS MANDATORY GAMING SHUTDOWN PERIODS

Posted on August 5th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

Victoria has introduced mandatory closure periods for gaming rooms in all hotels and clubs across the state. Victorian Minister for Casino, Gaming and Liquor Regulation, the Hon. Melissa Horne MP, has decreed that venues are prohibited from allowing gaming machines

AUSTRAL HOTEL OPERATORS FIGHT TO STAY

Posted on August 5th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

The tenants and landlord of the Austral Hotel are in an ongoing legal dispute over whether or not the operators can continue at their investment, after disputes over an alleged renewal agreement. In 2020 Brettski Stewart and Ian Stewart, cousins,

FINANCE AND A FRYING PAN FOR ADGEMIS’ PUBLIC

Posted on August 2nd, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

Aspiring hotelier Jon Adgemis has reportedly finally locked in the $400 million refinancing to save Public Hospitality Group, as lenders mandate management and a Masterchef joins the project. According to sources in finance, Deutsche Bank and other lenders have executed

TOMSIC TALKS ANOTHER GRAND IDEA

Posted on August 2nd, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

Dave Tomic’s bellicose Black Rhino has chased down another prized local in Millicent, adding the Grand Hotel to the growing portfolio.  The elegant two-storey Grand Hotel, built in 1900 in the Federation style from local sandstone, is the most recent

A COMPETITION WITH THE LOT

Posted on August 2nd, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

Chef Ryan Davey took out the winning title of the AHA South Australia’s Best Pub Burger 2024 amidst stiff competition from forty other venues. Davey, who was representing the Belgian Beer Café from Adelaide’s East End, won the final round

VCAT WIN FOR MIDDLE PARK HOTEL SEES BLUE SKY

Posted on July 31st, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

AVC’s Middle Park Hotel is moving up, hurdling a protracted battle with locals in VCAT for expansion and a rooftop terrace in the ‘quaint’ central Melbourne precinct. National pub operator Australian Venue Co looked to undertake one of its signature

BEER TAX AND PRESSURE RISING

Posted on July 31st, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

Social drinkers across Australia brace for the year’s second tax hike on alcohol, as the ratcheting beer and spirit excise goes up again in August. The nation’s peak hospitality body is again protesting the “crippling tax” scheduled to increase 5

LEICHHARDT HOTEL LOOKS TO REVIVAL

Posted on July 29th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

Once a haven for the alternative live arts scene in Sydney, relocated and now closed for a decade, owners of the Leichhardt Hotel of Leichhardt are anticipating a comeback. Original Leichhardt Hotel, c.1924 The classic suburban pub was originally constructed

MAN ARRESTED OVER OXFORD HOTEL ARSON

Posted on July 29th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

A man has been arrested over the fire that tore into the accommodation area of the historic Oxford Hotel, which has been closed since late 2023 over a tenancy dispute. Around 7am on Saturday emergency services were summoned to the