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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

SMITH’S ABBOTTS HOTEL JOINS CHEF DAVIS’ BADASS FOR YOUTH FUNDRAISER

Posted on March 31st, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

Abbotts Hotel at Waterloo is hosting a special fundraiser for local legends Weave Youth & Community Services, featuring local legends Badass Barbeque and Young Henrys. Weave Youth & Community Services (WYCS) provides a range of services to socially excluded young

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

ROYAL HOTEL GYMPIE HITS NEWS FOR ‘NOT WELCOME’ HOMOPHOBE POLICY

Posted on February 3rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

The new owner of Gympie’s Royal Hotel has laid down the law in defence of vilified patrons, and everyone’s right to enjoy themselves at the pub without harassment. Stacey Lowe has worked at the Royal for the past eight years,

LITTLE TOWN THAT COULD OPENING WORLD-FIRST PUB

Posted on December 7th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

Two and half years after the town of Buchan lost its only pub, the new and world’s first crowd-funded Caves Hotel will be reborn tomorrow. A fire razed the landmark local pub on the night of 8 April, 2014. The

HOTELS ‘CHIP IN’ FOR COMMUNITY NEED

Posted on October 31st, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

South Australian pubs have once again led the annual Chip In For Mary Potter charity golf day, raising much-needed funds and awareness for palliative care. The Mary Potter Foundation is based in the belief that caring for people is both

TOWN-SAVED PUB HONOURED AS PUB SAVES TOWN

Posted on October 21st, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

12 local families that banded together to buy the pub and save their town have seen their work pay off as the Border Inn Hotel scoops the Wimmera Business Awards. Apsley is a tiny town of about three hundred souls,

HURLEY PUB GROUP DRIVES CHARITY BIKE RIDE

Posted on September 9th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

One of the country’s leading charitable pub groups is a driving force in the upcoming Neil Sachse Foundation's Riding Around the Barossa charity bike ride. Peter and Jenny Hurley’s pub group is arguably South Australia’s most prominent and influential family

CHILDHOOD CANCER SCARING PUB BOSSES

Posted on August 22nd, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

The Children’s Cancer Institute is again scaring the crap out of publicans, encouraging pub workers and patrons to ‘Dare the Boss’ to face their greatest fear. Back after its frightfully successful debut in 2015, the program began this month ahead