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CHEERS TO 60 YEARS: O’HARAS CELEBRATE COMMUNITY AND CONNECTION

Posted on September 27th, 2024 by Jane Louise

The O’Hara Group’s Berkeley Hotel celebrated a milestone with the regulars last weekend as the suburban local reached its 60th anniversary. Opening on 21 September 1964, the hotel has seen a lot of change over the decades. General manager and

UK EYES TOUGHER RULES ON SMOKING BANS

Posted on September 25th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

In the late 1990s Canberra kicked off smoking bans in Australia, with other states following suit over the next decade. While each state governs its own smoking bans, all states and territories have restrictions on smoking in enclosed areas of

BRISBANE PUB BARKS BACK ON DOG BAN

Posted on September 23rd, 2024 by Jane Louise

A Brisbane pub is leading the charge to change laws around dogs in pubs, after a single complaint forced a ban on dogs in the inner-north venue, Archer Brewing. The venue, named after the owner’s dog, even brewed a ‘dog

PIE-FECT COMPETITION: LOCAL PUBS BATTLE FOR TITLE OF THE BEST

Posted on August 7th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

Five local pubs threw their hats in the ring for Ballarat’s Best Pie competition this year to showcase the town’s finest chefs and local produce. The pubs faced stiff competition, with 23 other contenders from local restaurants, cafes, bars and

CHEERS TO MENTAL WELLNESS AT TARANA HOTEL

Posted on July 19th, 2024 by Jane Louise

The Tarana Hotel, a regional pub in New South Wales, is currently addressing mental ill-health in a unique and creative way. Throughout July and August, the Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) is hosting free storytelling and songwriting workshops at

THE RESILIENCE AND FIGHT-BACK OF THE AUSSIE PUB

Posted on February 28th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

Approaching four years since the world turned upside down and the unthinkable happened – the pubs were shut – Jennifer Hale reflects on the lessons learned. * By sharing photographs from an exhibition entitled Resilience, the state library of Western

AUSSIES HELP THE OASIS HELP TRUCKIES DOING IT TOUGH

Posted on February 26th, 2024 by Jane Louise

A remote Aussie pub 160 kilometres west of Charters Towers in North Queensland has grabbed attention from people all over Australia, thanks to one social media post. Oasis Exchange Hotel publican Priscilla Meli did not expect the huge response to

GRAND HOTEL’S PANTRY – FIGHTING FOOD INSECURITY

Posted on November 3rd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

In the wake of startling food insecurity in Queensland households, the Corliss family’s very Grand Hotel is going beyond the counter meals to provide groceries and staples to locals in need. The Foodbank Hunger Report 2023 found 3.7 million households

ACCUSATIONS HISTORIC ROYAL OAK PARRAMATTA FELLED FOR ‘NO REASON’

Posted on July 12th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

Accusations have surfaced suggesting the former government mishandled works around the historic 200-year-old Royal Oak Hotel of Parramatta, demolished to make way for a new light rail. There has been a hotel on the site, on the corner of Church

PUB TACKLING MENTAL HEALTH HURDLES IN DEEPWATER

Posted on October 5th, 2022 by Jane Louise

It’s not common to find a mental health themed pub in the Australian bush, but this is just what Stuart O’Neill has done after taking the reins of the Deepwater Top Pub, a hotel-motel in a New England community of