Pub Relations

MASSIVE RALLY PLANNED TO KEEP SYDNEY OPEN

Posted on September 16th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Following Tuesday’s release of the much-anticipated Callinan Review, Sydneysiders are coming together in a massive rally 9 October to demand government Keep Sydney Open. In February, as the Review into Sydney’s ‘lockout’ licensing laws geared up, over 15,000 people gathered

SENTENCES FOR ALCOHOL ASSAULTS: VICTORIA vs NSW

Posted on August 22nd, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Assailants have been sentenced after serious alcohol-soaked assaults that nearly killed innocent victims, with a Victorian teen facing greater time than two Sydney men. In June, 2015, brothers Kye Smith and Corey Lucas beat and seriously injured Keighery Hotel assistant

ELECTION FIASCO REVIVES ANTI-POKIES POLLIES

Posted on July 18th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The turbulent election result has given new life to the old power-trippers again calling for sweeping restrictions to be placed on the nation’s poker machines. The ghosts of minority governments past are chuckling as the newly-elected Turnbull Government grapples with

PUB’S FUTURE IS FOOD: THE BEST

Posted on July 8th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
A parliament of hungry minds assembled recently at the offices of AHA NSW to hear expert insights into the ‘Future of Food’ in pubs. An esteemed panel of chefs and industry cornerstones headlined the event for St.George’s Business Banking division,

VICTORIAN PUB MAKES MOST OF PubTIC PROJECT PRIZE

Posted on July 6th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Last year PubTIC ran a competition to give away an Optoma high-definition projector, and the Meeniyan Hotel is glad we did. The Meeniyan is located in country Victoria, in the South Gippsland region. Owned and operated by the Willcocks family,

PUBLICAN SHUT OUT AND BEAT UP

Posted on July 4th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Amid rising alcohol-related issues in the region, the operator of Orange’s BJ Paterson’s Sport Bar has been evicted and bashed. On Monday 20 June the pub’s front window displayed a Notice by solicitors Whiteley, Ironside & Shillington outlining unpaid rent

ANTI-GAMING CRUSADERS BLAME VENUES FOR PROBLEMS

Posted on May 25th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
A Monash University report has highlighted the unfortunate bias so-called independent entities can show toward the gambling industries. In 2015, the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences’ Dr Charles Livingstone and Louise Francis released the Review of VCGLR decisions,

AUSTRALIA’S CAPITALS FARE WELL ON GLOBAL PUB SCALE

Posted on May 25th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Deutsche Bank has released its fifth annual ‘Mapping the World’s Prices’ report, showing Melbourne and Sydney are right in the middle for the cost of a beer and meal at a pub. The report cites that Europe is “an expensive