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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

WAUGHS RAISE ANOTHER BIG CHEQUE FOR CHARITY

Posted on August 1st, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Mitchell Waugh’s Public House Management Group has produced another big cheque for charity with $135,000 raised over a Ladies’ Lunch at Bistro Moncur in the Woollahra Hotel. The lunch last Friday raised money for The Royal Women’s Hospital Newborn Care

PHMG’S WOOLLAHRA RAISES $125k FOR THE CHILDREN OVER LUNCH

Posted on June 24th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The Waugh family’s Public House Management Group yesterday hosted an exclusive ‘Rugby Luncheon’, raising $125,000 for the Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation. Guests dined on French bistro cuisine curated by PHMG group executive chef Guillaume Brahimi while enjoying talks by rugby

BEER AND PUNK MUSIC COMING TO RESCUE THE MAN NEXT DOOR

Posted on March 23rd, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The gypsy brewers of Camperdown are providing precious beer and support for screenings of an award-winning documentary garnering awareness for our downtrodden northern neighbours. Punks for West Papua was produced to document the plight of the natives of western Papua

PUB CHEFS & INDUSTRY CEOs NEED HELP FEEDING HOMELESS

Posted on March 4th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Some big names in Australian hospitality will take part in the fifth big year of the OzHarvest drive to increase awareness about homelessness, food security and wastage. Hospitality foodservice businesses are subject to tremendous food wastage, and as such a