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KINGS CROSS’ WORLD – CHAMPION TO COMMUNITY

Posted on March 30th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Kings Cross stalwart World Bar is on the front foot in the fight against public perception, sustaining a continued focus on charity and community through ongoing events. Refusing to sink into obscurity amid the loss of trade cause by crippling

REGATTA HOTEL REMEMBERS WOMEN CHAINED TO THE PUBLIC BAR

Posted on March 27th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

As part of the International Women’s Day celebrations, Brisbane’s Regatta Hotel – site of the famous protest against laws prohibiting women drinking in pubs – is today hosting a Grand Ladies Luncheon. 50 years ago, on 31 March 1965, Merle

EDITOR’S RANT: THE HILTON – ESSENCE OF THE COMMUNITY PUB

Posted on March 20th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

With the possible exception of the general practitioner, no business speaks to the heart and health of a community more than the humble local pub. It was my pleasure to recently interview an individual – nay representative of a lineage