Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

MELBOURNE CUP MAX TALKS TALES AND TAILS OF THE BIG RACE

Posted on November 1st, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

Max Hitchins, aka Melbourne Cup Max, veteran hotelier, chairman of the 15 Club and author of ‘How To Pick The Winner Of The 2023 Melbourne Cup’, has penned some prose on this year’s big race, set to run at the usual

NEW DRUG DECRIMINALISATION LAWS AND PUBS

Posted on October 30th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

Hospitality businesses are feeling mixed reactions to the start of new laws decriminalising personal use amounts of all drugs, in the nation’s capital. In 2020 the ACT legalised personal use amounts of cannabis, and the following year the drug bill was

CORONER CALLS FOR STRICTER RSA AFTER DRINK-DRIVING DEATH

Posted on October 30th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

A Coroner’s report has called for stricter RSA compliance checks on venues after the drink-driving death of a young man served 25 beers over about seven hours. On the night of Friday, 30 April 2021, 25-year-old apprentice boilermaker Jethro Wolf

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS BILL AMENDMENTS PRAISED AS ‘GREATER CERTAINTY’

Posted on October 30th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

Amendments to the Federal Government’s ‘Closing the Loopholes’ industrial relations bill have been welcomed by industry as providing greater certainty for legions of casual workers and their employers. The Australian Hotels Association (AHA) voiced concerns with the original Bill, posing

GREEN LIGHT FOR LAUNDYS’ LATEST GREENFIELD

Posted on October 27th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

The Laundy family and partners have received final approvals for a major new pub development in Sydney’s booming south-west, heralding the creation of the Oxley Ridge Tavern. Plans were submitted by construction company FDC in early 2022 for works on

ALH ROLLING OUT HEART-STARTERS

Posted on October 27th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

ALH and a former Wiggle have teamed up to save lives through the rollout of defibrillators in more than 350 hotels across the country. This week Endeavour Group, parent company to Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH), announced a new partnership

CBH POSTS ANOTHER WIN ON GOLF DAY

Posted on October 27th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

Chris Cheung’s Coogee Bay Hotel has bettered last year’s new record, raising more than a quarter-million dollars for the Sydney Children's Hospital at Randwick. The famous beachside pub has a longstanding tradition of giving back to the community, beginning with

HARVEST PASSING A MILESTONE

Posted on October 25th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

Dynamic pubs fund Harvest Hotels has listed its polished Milestone Hotel in Dubbo as it seeks growth opportunities in other larger format pubs. Chris Cornforth and Fraser Haughton’s group acquired the Milestone Hotel in May 2021 for around $15 million

MERCURY IN THE FOUNDRY

Posted on October 25th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

Bendigo cornerstone the Foundry Hotel is the latest in a series of regional Victorian pub deals, and a positive sign for the state’s gaming hotel market. The Kuchel family have been dug in operating The Foundry for the past 33

WOOLSHED SLAPPED FOR BRA-BASED DRINKS PROMO

Posted on October 25th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

A popular Adelaide hotel has been shamed and issued breaches over a promotion offering free drinks to women in exchange for their bras. The nightclub of the Woolshed on Hindley St began promotion in June of an event dubbed ‘Hang