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PANANIA RUNS WITH PUB LEGACY

Posted on February 9th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Mark Malloy is leveraging his sporting connections to help his Panania Hotel become a beacon in community engagement. [caption id="attachment_12279" align="alignright" width="223"] Hosted by Panania Hotel, 6 July[/caption] Since purchasing the south-western suburban in mid-2015, Malloy has gone about reviving

WAGGA PUBS DRIVING VIOLENCE DOWN AND DROUGHT RELIEF NORTH

Posted on January 24th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Wagga publicans are driving change, banning trouble-makers precinct-wide and supplying aid to drought-stricken farmers. The hoteliers and licensees of the city of around 54,000 banded together eight years’ ago to form the Wagga Liquor Accord. They further undertook a ‘banned

HEART OF ERSKINEVILLE IN IMPERIAL AND ROSE

Posted on November 24th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
In an era where a venue’s branding and public persona are more important than ever before, the team of Scott Leach and Fraser Short are owning one of Sydney’s most trendy precincts. On the back of unveiling its renovated dining

FLOWER DANCES FOR MONEY – AND RESEARCH

Posted on November 15th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Well-known publican Alistair Flower is dancing up a storm in the name of cancer research, hoping to raise awareness in fellow 40-somethings that it could happen to them too. Flower is a career publican with plenty of experience and some

THE ESPY ROCKS ST KILDA AGAIN

Posted on September 27th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The famous and too-long dormant Esplanade Hotel reopened last weekend for the first time in over two years, in homage to St Kilda Art Crawl and the pub’s indelible link to live music. One of Melbourne’s cultural institutions, the Esplanade

MYSTERY MILLIONAIRE AT REDCAPE’S WATTLE HOTEL

Posted on July 26th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Redcape’s family-centric Wattle Hotel has been buzzing with the news of an unclaimed million-dollar Keno win. The Wattle, in Upper Coomera, just north of the Gold Coast, prides itself on being the “heart of Coomera” and offering “something for mum,

THE QUINNY RAZED BUT OWNER NOT DETERRED

Posted on July 17th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Popular landmark the Quinninup Tavern went up in flames early Saturday morning, but it is not all over for the little pub that could. The Quinninup Tavern, known as The Quinny, was built in 1950 in the emerging logging town

ANZAC DAY: AUSSIE AS A DAY AT THE PUB

Posted on April 12th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Anzac Day – our national day of remembrance – is nigh. And as always, pubs are gearing up to honour on 25 April, their association with the mateship that embodies the fallen Anzacs. There are few locations more connected with

FOOTSCRAY HOTEL: DEVOUT LOCAL IN MELBOURNE’S HEART

Posted on March 3rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Old-time publican Brian Kramer runs the kind of old-school pub that made pubs a staple of the Australian community. Amid soaring development and relentless gentrification, the Footscray Hotel occupies a prime block on bustling Hopkins Street, just a few blocks