Jane Louise, Author at PubTIC

WHEN THE LOCAL IS A LIFELINE

Posted on October 1st, 2025 by Jane Louise

While the Australian Government recognises October as ‘Mental Health Month’, 10 October is officially recognised globally as World Mental Health Day. The World Health Organisation (WHO) states that the two objectives for World Mental Health Day are to raise awareness

AVC RESTORES LOCAL QUEENSCLIFFE FAVOURITE

Posted on September 29th, 2025 by Jane Louise

Australian Venue Co (AVC) has reopened local favourite The Esplanade Hotel in Victoria’s Queenscliffe after extensive renovations. Locals voted the 146-year-old pub return to its original name, following its previous stint as Queenscliffe Brewhouse. Officially opening Tuesday last week, Mitch

MORETON BAY GREENLIGHTS VISIONARY $180M COMISKEY PROJECT

Posted on September 26th, 2025 by Jane Louise

The family-owned Comiskey Group has secured a land tender from Queensland’s City of Moreton Bay, proposing a $180 million Town Centre precinct in North Lakes. The 1.72-Ha site will be a selection of hospitality, lifestyle and leisure facilities, centring around

ALH’S HISTORIC PALACE HOTEL REOPENS AFTER $7.5M MAKEOVER

Posted on September 26th, 2025 by Jane Louise

The famous Palace Hotel of inner Melbourne has reopened, following a major renovation by Endeavour Group’s pub arm, Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH). The group says this significant investment in the Camberwell pub, established in 1888, is a testament to

FEROS WINS GREEN LIGHT FOR BINGARA ACCOMMODATION

Posted on September 24th, 2025 by Jane Louise

Development approval has been granted to south-west Sydney’s Bingara Gorge Country Club for an accommodation precinct. An extension of the Club, the approximately 2,500sqm site that adjoins the Club in Bingara Gorge, Wilton, was purchased by Feros Group, who will

FOOD WASTE DOESN’T BELONG ON THE MENU

Posted on September 22nd, 2025 by Jane Louise

29 September will mark the United Nation’s sixth annual International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, which aims to reduce the problem by promoting awareness and collective action. Pubs and other businesses in the food industry are invited

SOUND NSW UPGRADE FUNDING TO AMPLIFY NEWCASTLE’S NIGHTLIFE

Posted on September 19th, 2025 by Jane Louise

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

Posted on September 17th, 2025 by Jane Louise

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

NEW CHAPTER FOR IRISH PUB

Posted on September 12th, 2025 by Jane Louise

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