SOUND NSW UPGRADE FUNDING TO AMPLIFY NEWCASTLE’S NIGHTLIFE

Newcastle’s King Street Hotel is one of the thirty-nine live music venues that are recipients of a Venue Upgrade Grant, courtesy of Sound NSW. Part of Russell Richardson’s Richardson Hotels, King Street received $100K for soundproofing from the NSW Government

NO MORE MONKEY BUSINESS: WOODPORT

Beloved Central Coast hospitality icon the Sunken Monkey has recently closed for extensive renovations and a rebrand back to days of old. The pub, which sits on the banks of Erina Creek, will now be known again as the Woodport

SOCIAL MEDIA STAR PUTS QLD PUBS ON THE MAP

The owners of Queensland pubs the Carriers Arms Hotel in Maryborough and Hervey Bay’s Beach House Hotel knew they were onto a winner when they welcomed a TikTok star in last weekend. Known for crushing pub and club food challenges

NEW CHAPTER FOR IRISH PUB

Beloved inner-city Irish pub The Quiet Man, which called last drinks on St Patrick’s Day this year, reopened last week as Auntie Annie’s Hotel. The Kensington watering hole, located near Flemington Racecourse, opened in 1998, having being designed and built

PHMG STEPS UP AGAIN FOR MOTHERS AND BABIES

Public House’s seventh Annual Ladies Luncheon was held this month in support of the Royal Hospital for Women in Randwick, Sydney. This year the event was supported by Merivale, held in its Coogee venue Mimi’s, and raised an astounding $800,000.

FUTURE MENUS VOL 3: TOP TRENDS SHAPING FOODSERVICE

Unilever food Solutions (UFS) has recently released its third annual trends report, Future Menus Vol. 3, highlighting the top four trends set to shape the future of the foodservice industry. The report is compiled not just from in-depth input by

A GOLDEN MILESTONE FOR HURLEY HOTEL GROUP

Renowned South Australian operator Hurley Hotel Group is celebrating fifty years of providing hospitality. Managing directors Peter and Jenny Hurley acquired their first pub, Wuddina Hotel, on the Eyre Peninsula, in 1975. In December 1979, the couple acquired the lease

NSW HOSPO INDUSTRY STEPS UP ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT AWARENESS

Over two hundred hospitality workers, members of the Sydney City Liquor Accord (SCLA), took part in a new program on sexual harassment, awareness and prevention designed specifically for the liquor industry. The SCLA engaged workplace psychosocial safety training company Smart

LIVE MUSIC TRIUMPHS AT ROCKIN’ THE PUBURBS GRAND FINAL

The AHA Rockin’ the Puburbs announced New South Wales’ best pub band last week at its long-awaited Grand Final. Hosted by Selina’s at Coogee Bay Hotel, finalists Abbey Lane, Herd Immunity, No Bull, Off Judy and The Hype Boys found

NEWCOMER SNAPS UP SEQ’S OLDEST PUB

This month Queensland’s historic Inglewood Hotel has found a buyer, in a newcomer to the pubs industry. The purchaser, a Toowoomba ophthalmologist who heads up Tyson Acquisitions, was looking to diversify interests in the area when he saw the 94-year-old