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SYDNEY COLLECTIVE SPECTRES HAUNT LAUNDYS

A leaked financial audit of Fraser Short’s defunct The Sydney Collective has resulted in former partner Laundy Hotels compensating staff said to be owed hundreds of thousands of dollars. The audit specifies 14 venues around NSW that were operated by

CHANGING TIMES FOR THE CLOCKTOWER

The historic Clocktower Hotel in Grafton has been sold by the Dougherty family, who bought a shell, built a pub and operated it for 18 years. In 1860 the Commercial Hotel was established on the 1,221sqm site now held by

ALBION BURNS AGAIN

Popular Melbourne venue the Albion Hotel was targeted by arsonists early Wednesday, in a confronting return to the past.   According to witnesses, two offenders forced their way into the building and were seen entering with jerry cans around 3am.

PARRAS TAKES THE KINGS HEAD

Melbourne-based Francis Venues has divested Sydney’s Kings Head Tavern to local powerhouse Parras Hospitality, less than two years after purchasing the big corner pub. The two-level Kings Head Tavern (KHT) resides on a prominent 1,334sqm site on the major intersection