MULLETFEST: FIGHTING BRAIN CANCER

Winners of the 2023 Mulletfest, attracting international competition, have been awarded their party-in-the-back prizes after the big event over the weekend. Mulletfest began in 2018 at the Chelmsford Hotel, in Kurri Kurri. It raises money for a cause very close

DEADLY DRAUGHT CLAIMS THREE IN BURKE ST PUB

Three people have been made extremely sick and one has died after drinking draught beer in a pub in North Carolina. The Burke St Pub in Winston-Salem, NC, was established in 1997, and is your classic American pub, with a

VENUES UNLOCKED GOES LOUD

Furthering its pledge to support the live music industry, the NSW government has rolled out its Venues Unlocked program to increase the number of live performance venues and events, coupled with industry best-practice sound control and management. In October the

KELLY AND THE GANG EXIT GULGONG

Kelly & Co Hotels have furthered their strategic portfolio consolidation with the sale of the Centennial Hotel in Gulgong to a pair of newcomer siblings. Situated on a prominent corner site of 1,345sqm with excellent street frontage, the pub known

OLD GILROY’S RINGS IN NEW BELROY

An old north shore favourite has become a new local as the Belroy Hotel takes over and expands the former Gilroy’s Hotel of St Leonards. For the past decade the site has been owned and operated by Garry McGrath’s Sonenco

LEWIS LAND BRING BACK THE BELVEDERE

Queensland’s renowned and historic Belvedere Hotel on picturesque Bramble Bay announces a grand reopening after a multimillion-dollar redevelopment “years in the planning”. Well positioned midway between the Sunshine and Gold Coasts, the Hotel has serviced travellers and the local community

BALMAIN’S DRY DOCK BACK ON DECK

Peninsula Hospitality reopens Balmain landmark the Dry Dock this week, following a transformative restoration to re-establish its place as a cornerstone of the community. The historic venue was built in 1857, found at the similarly historic Mort Bay Park –

NEW EAST COAST LAWS AROUND INTOXICATION AND DRUG POSSESSION

Victoria and NSW have furthered their goals toward a “health-based approach” for people in need of support, with critical reforms around decriminalisation of public intoxication and drug use. Beginning this month, being intoxicated in public in Victoria will be treated

MEN SENTENCED OVER SERIOUS ATTACK ON BUNDY PUB WORKERS

Two bricklayers have been sentenced and are lucky to escape serious prison time after an incident at a Queensland pub where they terrorised two staff members in a “prolonged” violent attack. Gladstone Magistrates Court heard the report of 24-year-old Zachary