VICHEALTH FINDS WATER A CLEAR BENEFIT FOR LICENSED VENUES

Research at venues has confirmed positive results to encouraging more patrons to drink water, including happier staff and no impact on sales. In early 2017, VicHealth partnered with some Victorian licensees for a trial measuring how much free drinking water

DRUNK GUY NAILS BEER AD

A Californian carpenter has become the unofficial spokesperson for Kirkland Light, producing his own lovingly intoxicated endorsements for the value-priced American beer. Attempting to prove a mainstream US lager can be better and more than sex on the beach (f*ing

HURLEYS CELEBRATE NO “X” WITH NEW SA PREMIER MARSHALL

People and pubs across South Australia are celebrating a comfortable win by the Liberal party at the weekend’s State election, with a resounding “no” to Nick Xenophon’s anti-pokies SA Best party. In the aftermath of the Tasmanian election, just two

ALH IN DAMAGE CONTROL FOLLOWING WILD ACCUSATIONS

Fairfax has published a damning expose on the alleged workings of Woolworths-backed ALH and its approach to optimising gaming revenue through patron monitoring and inducements. Yesterday’s story in the Sydney Morning Herald alludes to a company-wide system of recording and

BALD FACED TENANTS EVICTED AMID SCANDAL

Just eight months after taking the keys, the tenants of the Bald Faced Stag have been evicted over claims of late rent and unpaid bills. After a stint on the market, Ulladulla Property Services P/L took on the operation late

NARELLAN HOTEL PUTS UP NAZ MAN CHALLENGE

Public House Group’s Narellan Hotel is gorging on the success of a good ol’ fashioned eating challenge, recently daring punters to take on the 3-kilogram bucket of ‘Grim Reaper’ chilli chicken wings. The promotion is dubbed the Naz Man Challenge,

MUGS WANTED OVER UNPROVOKED BASHING IN ASCOT VALE

Victorian police are hunting for three men involved in a unprovoked and pathetic group bashing of another man within a Melbourne pub. CCTV (below) shows four or five men accosting 55-year-old grandfather Tony McDonald on the evening of Sunday, 13

O’HARA VILIFIED OVER ILGA’S LIA SYSTEM

Hoteliers jumping through hoops have again become targets for mainstream media critical of anything relating to gambling or liquor that they don’t understand or like. The Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA) in NSW has a long-established system of considering