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EVEN REMOTE ICONIC PUBS BATTLE COUNCIL

Posted on November 6th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
Representative of the plight of pubs everywhere, the stoic Betoota Hotel in outback Queensland has failed in its bid to get works done through council to allow patrons access to a local watering hole. The Betoota – a famously outback

COCK & BULL PLANS TO FLY THE COUP

Posted on September 2nd, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
Cairns’ popular Cock & Bull Tavern is looking to move house, into a shopping complex, as the state government pushes its $1 billion expansion of the city’s primary hospital. The Queensland government is executing a multi-stage upgrade of Cairns Hospital

HARVEST DELIVERS A STAY FOR COURTHOUSE

Posted on August 28th, 2026 by Jane Louise
Harvest Hospitality Group has pulled the Courthouse Hotel from market after failing to find the right buyer through an Expression of Interest campaign earlier this year. The Tamworth pub has been part of Harvest since 2016 when the group acquired

MITCH ‘RE-EMERGED’ AS MODERN LOCAL

Posted on August 12th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
Stoic suburban The Mitch of Alexandria has adopted a new but classic community-led approach under Phil Anderson’s Rum Rebellion Hospitality Group. Built 1920, first trading as the Balaclava Hotel, the pub set on a corner of Mitchell Road was long

GANLEY SCALES A TREE TO REVIVE THE CASTLE

Posted on June 24th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
Acclaimed Melbourne publican Liam Ganley has emerged plans in hand, after a six-month battle with council, for a major rejuvenation of the rescued and beloved Windsor Castle Hotel. Ganley Group managing director Liam Ganley came to Australia in 2011 to

DOUGHERTY LEGACY WELCOMES WELCOME

Posted on June 19th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
Culminating a history that stretches across more than a century and multiple generations, the stalwart Dougherty family have passed their beloved and historic Clocktower Hotel to Marty Short and partners as Welcome Hospitality. The family and extended connections have owned

BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ SEEKS SYDNEY OPERATOR

Posted on May 27th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
The Belgian Beer Café brand is looking to refresh and relaunch an installation in Sydney and beyond, with new owners eager to re-expand the concept in Australia. The first ever Belgian Beer Café (BBC) was launched in 1998 in Brussels,

TREE CHANGE PAYS OFF FOR NEW SILVERTON PUBLICANS

Posted on March 30th, 2026 by Jane Louise
New owners have taken charge of the legendary Silverton Hotel in far, far west New South Wales. Silverton is iconic Australian red earth country, more than 12 hours’ drive west of Sydney. The town of just 48 residents welcomes around

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE RENOVATION STRATEGY

Posted on August 15th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
In recent years the processes for pub renovation and development, particularly in New South Wales, have become conflated with consultants, besieged with bureaucracy, and laden with expensive and time-consuming traps for young gamers. This a story about pub development. Advancement.

GASO CLASH: LANDLORD-TENANT FEUD ERUPTS AFTER LEASE SALE

Posted on August 1st, 2025 by Jane Louise
Collingwood’s Gasometer Hotel (‘the Gaso’) has hit the headlines again, only months after closing. Former lessee James Martelletti has lashed out at landlord Jim Kurtulus, claiming he lost $250K in sale of the lease to the new tenant – restauranteur