A pub brawl in outer Newcastle prompted a police investigation, resulting in officers from the Raptor anti-bikie gang task force arresting four men and two women. The incident took place mid-afternoon on Saturday, 18 February, starting when 36-year-old Blair John Kelly was asked to leave the premises. Police allege he became argumentative, grabbing the female […]
The tempestuous Port Admiral Hotel will reopen, after being rescued by local publicans Simone Douglas and Alex Fairgrieve. In February it was announced the stoic 174-year-old would close its doors again – just five years after its return, which ended it being shuttered for more than a decade. Dubbed the Railway Hotel when it was
Camperdown’s Old Lady is back, under the Public Hospitality Group banner, championing its newfound dedication to live music. For decades the pub on Parramatta Road at Camperdown was known as the Old Hampshire Hotel, until Paddy Coughlan and co took over in 2016, slapping on some lipstick and reopening as The Lady Hampshire. It offers
The enterprising Feros Group is full steam ahead on a brand-new pub for Cronulla, having received licensing and final approvals for the future landmark Parc Pavilion. Family-owned Feros Group formed a partnership with long-time friends and business associates, high-profile local developer the Sammut Group, around plans for a hotel in the heart of Cronulla. The
Paving the way for its contemporaneous and future expansion, Laundy Hotels has acquired the former Aristocrat building at Lane Cove, as the group’s new head office. The family-run Laundy operation has been eyeing diversification opportunities in recent years, and had considered the landmark building. Discussing the “explosion” in support staff stemming from their takeover of
Adelaide’s long-standing, award-winning Republic Hotel has come to market, expected to attract widespread interest in the state’s “frenetic” commercial market. The Republic is a two-storey Victorian stone building on a commanding 3,327sqm corner site. Its high-end facilities offer a sports bar, large restaurant and private dining rooms, gaming room with 32 machines and dedicated bar,
The legal battle between Laundy Hotels and Colin Parras has finally concluded, seeing the High Court rule that the sale three years ago of the Quarryman’s Hotel should have proceeded. Arthur Laundy and co bought the Quarryman’s in 2011 for around $3.5 million, shortly after selling the nearby Harlequin. In late 2019 Laundy Hotels listed
The reshuffle at ALH continues, with purchase of the only pub in coastal Rainbow Beach – the Rainbow Beach Hotel. Rainbow Beach is a growing coastal community around 100 kilometres north of Noosa, and known as the southern gateway to the world heritage-listed Fraser Island, just a 10-minute barge away. It also acts as a
Fearing its closure and redevelopment, devotees have launched a crowdfunding campaign to enable purchase of Collingwood’s prized and for sale Tote Hotel. Since the 1980s The Tote has been one of Melbourne’s best-known live music venues, but after more than a decade and ‘nothing left in the tank’ its proprietors listed the pub this month,
Interstate hotelier Joe Irvin is divesting his under management Young Aussie Hotel in booming Gladstone, after nearly two decades. The single storey Aussie is strategically positioned on an expansive 4,776sqm corner of Perry Street, with three street frontages, in the central Queensland precinct of Gladstone. Onsite is a traditional public bar and TAB, bistro for
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