On the heels of Redcape listing two pubs in town, the heritage-listed McGuires Hotel of Mackay is on offer by long-timers for the first time in nearly four decades. A pub has stood on the site since 1882, but the current structure was built in 1938 by Barney McGuire on 1,559sqm in the commercial heart […]
A pub employee has been convicted and fined for an over-zealous attempt to stop a patron from drink driving. According to police documents tendered in court, 47-year-old Andrew Winter from Catalina, who works at the Bay View Hotel in Batemans Bay, assaulted a regular patron who was drinking with a friend. The bartender was familiar
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Local legends the Dougherty family are winding up at their striking Clocktower Hotel, in the northern NSW town of Grafton. The pub commands a corner in the commercial core of Grafton, on a 1,221sqm site with more than 80 metres of street frontage seeing extremely high foot traffic. It provides a public bar, sports bar
The pride of Taralga is being sold, in the southern tablelands, as its Sydney-based owner looks to focus closer to home. Built 1876, the Taralga Hotel is the only pub on the town’s main street. Occupying a 3,230sqm block, on the ground floor it counts a single operation bar, lounge/sports area, 80-seat bistro and beer
The VGCCC has fined Tabcorp $1 million for not complying with Commission directions issued during an investigation of the company’s major system outage in 2020. This is the largest ever fine imposed by the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) on Tabcorp, and is said to reflect repeated failure to comply with directions on
After 22 years of continuous ownership, Marty Short and family have determined it’s time to sell their well-known Seabreeze Beach Hotel and separate commercial properties, in picturesque South West Rocks. The large-format Hotel comprises public bar and wagering, dining service, gaming room with 22 machines, 29 accommodation rooms in use, and a popular drive-through bottleshop.
Victoria’s regulator has penalised a Melbourne pub, issuing a letter of censure and fine, for breaches relating to payment of its gaming taxes. In accordance with the Gambling Regulation Act 2003 and the Accounting and Auditing Venue Requirements set out by the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC), gaming venue operators must pay gaming
The popular Marine Hotel in south Melbourne has suddenly closed, blaming a cocktail of council headaches, rising costs and NIMBYs. The robust Georgian-style pub has operated since 1856. In 2013 sale of the freehold fetched $13 million, sold at auction to a “well-known Melbourne hotelier” that operates one pub and leases out others, which came
Winding up in town, Peter Griffiths has listed his popular Tattersalls Hotel in the under-pubbed region of Goulburn. Built in the 1960s, the pub boasts one of the largest trading footprints and is widely considered to be the best pub in Goulburn, offering public bar and wagering, bistro, gaming room with 16 machines, extensive outdoor
The historic Hotel Canberra of Ballarat is being revived under the captaincy of two brothers and a chef, as the region blooms as a tourism destination and grows a reputation for dining and boutique accommodation. Previous known as The Columbian, Vine Hotel and the Rose of Denmark, the pub was built in the 1880s and
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