Young & Jacksons Hotel and ‘Chloe’ are celebrating 140 years as cornerstones of Melbourne hospitality, and are being honoured in theatre under world-renowned director Wayne Harrison. The institutional CBD watering hole is perhaps Victoria’s most iconic hotel, and shares its notoriety with a French masterpiece that has broken hearts since it and the hotel were […]
The carnage has begun for owners of greyhounds in the wake of the shocking Four Corners expose last month that rocked the industry and brought outcries from the public. The story, broadcast nationally, showed disturbing pixelated footage of pigs, rabbits and possums being used in live baiting training, including by recognised industry figures. Government in
Unabashed political lobbying was the order of yesterday in the Daily Telegraph, as the CEO of St Vincent’s Health pleaded with both parties ahead of policy announcements. Toby Hall is obviously a health-care professional that rightly abhors violence and physical assault, but the fact cherry-picking reached new heights as emotional blackmail and statistical errors were
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AHA NSW President Scott Leach has joined the chorus against St Vincent’s CEO Toby Hall’s biased editorial, which boasts low rates of violence on NYE as “success” for the trading restrictions. The debate around the draconian restrictions imposed by former Premier Barry O’Farrell last year on Kings Cross and the Sydney CBD entered a new
One of the sleeping beauties of Sydney pubs has hit the market, after nearly seven dormant years and a massive refurbishment. The Palisade Hotel closed in 2008, and given its location beside and overlooking the $6 billion Barangaroo development, speculation has been rife as to when and for how much it will be sold. The
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A partnership split has brought Port Kembla’s Steelworks Hotel back on the market, with a fresh refurb and definite upside. Last sold in November 2013, the 1912 hotel originally named the Great Eastern is described by Wollongong City Council heritage documents as “an imposing landmark of the area, dating back to the beginnings of the
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In just over a week, Sydney craft mecca The Quarrymans will host its second annual Craft Cider Festival, featuring an all-star line-up. Taking place Saturday, 14 March, Australian breweries such as Young Henry’s, Prickly Moses, Australian Brewery, Batlow Cider and Bilpin Cider will have stalls to showcase their drinks in the country’s fastest-growing category. Complementing
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The award-winning Keystone Group is divesting the freehold of its Kings Cross icon, the four-level Sugarmill Hotel, at 33 Darlinghurst Rd. Expected to fetch around $20 million, the immensely successful ground floor bar, two levels of Kit & Kaboodle nightclub, and Sweethearts rooftop bar will stay tenanted by Keystone. One of the landmark venues on
President Paul Jubb, of the Tasmanian branch of the AHA – the THA – talks about the impact of penalty rates on the State’s hospitality industry. At first glance, the idea of having a Tasmanian Parliamentary inquiry into penalty rates, when Awards are very definitely in the Federal jurisdiction, may seem fruitless. After all,
March sees the introduction of the final stages of the Liquor Act Review by the NSW OLGR and WA’s DRGL roll out its URS, with mixed blessings for licensees. In an attempt to encourage its Multi-Occasion Extended Trading Authorisation (MOETA), Government has dropped the $1000 application fee for 2015. The MOETA system allows regional venues
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