KINGS CROSS’ WORLD – CHAMPION TO COMMUNITY

Kings Cross stalwart World Bar is on the front foot in the fight against public perception, sustaining a continued focus on charity and community through ongoing events. Refusing to sink into obscurity amid the loss of trade cause by crippling

BIGGEST PUB TO DO BIGGEST BEER FESTIVAL FOR BIG CAUSE

Eatons Hill Hotel is bringing together over 40 breweries for the second annual Brisbane Beer Festival, with entry proceeds going to Daniel Morcombe Foundation. The Hotel – largely acknowledged as the biggest in the country – will soon celebrate its

REGATTA HOTEL REMEMBERS WOMEN CHAINED TO THE PUBLIC BAR

As part of the International Women’s Day celebrations, Brisbane’s Regatta Hotel – site of the famous protest against laws prohibiting women drinking in pubs – is today hosting a Grand Ladies Luncheon. 50 years ago, on 31 March 1965, Merle

COUNTRY PUB CRAWL CELEBRATES HISTORY

[caption id="attachment_1768" align="alignright" width="275"] Westminster Hotel in Hoskins Street, circa 1883[/caption] The Temora Shire Heritage Committee celebrates the NSW Riverina district and is hosting an historic pub crawl around the landmark pastoral town. Located around 400 kilometres south-west of Sydney,

MERIVALE FESTIVAL POP-UPS SET TO STAY UP

Heeding “fantastic” feedback, Merivale is extending indefinitely its Work In Progress @patrickfriedsen and Chandon Vintage Bar pop-ups to take advantage of their success. Set to wrap up this Sunday, the seventh big year of March into Merivale has seen over

IRISH PUBS BLOWN UP FOR PADDY’S DAY

An Irish mother has quit her job with Heineken to launch the ultimate pop-up bar – an inflatable pub. Officially launched on St Patrick’s Day, when much of the world finds itself in Irish pubs, Caitriona Mulhern blew up The

LABOUR RATES: COOKING A BIGGER PIE

Unlike many of the bureaucrats that make the rules, small business operators have typically known the life associated with entry-level positions in their establishments and aside from enjoying a better understanding of living on base wages actually empathise with many

BREAKTHROUGH LABOUR DEAL SHOWS IR SYSTEM IS “BROKEN”: AHA

A landmark agreement by one of Australia’s largest unions and Business SA may pave the way for the long-awaited workplace relations reforms. The Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association (SDA) and Business SA arrived at the template enterprise agreement following

DRAG QUEEN ICON PUB TO GET ‘SPICIER’

Sydney’s famous mecca for drag shows, gender illusionists and star of hit movie ‘Priscilla Queens of the Desert’ is being taken over in April by acclaimed entertainment operators Spice Group International. Having outgrown their current digs in Martin Place, the

PUB-CLUB DIVIDE REACHING “MORALLY BANKRUPT” LEVELS

A proposed EGM licence trading scheme in the ACT should be delayed according to the AHA as it will only further the profits of Clubs and the divide between them and hotel businesses. [caption id="attachment_1754" align="alignright" width="214"] Brad Watts, AHA