MERIVALE GETS THE SACK
Merivale frontman Justin Hemmes has signed on the line for Merivale to acquire the Solotel-operated Sackville Hotel in inner west hotspot Rozelle. In May the Sackville was brought to market along with the Bank Hotel in Newtown and The Clock
THE NEXT ROUND: WHAT VICTORIA’S ELECTION COULD MEAN FOR HOSPITALITY
With the Victorian State Election due in November, pubs have opportunity to examine what each party is offering the hospitality sector. The incumbent Labor Government has continued to position itself as a major supporter of arts, culture and the night-time
POLICE HUNT THUG THAT BASHED BLIND MAN
Police are searching for the perpetrator of a cowardly unprovoked bashing of an elderly blind man recently at the Orrong Hotel. 64-year-old Darren Rout is visually impaired, wearing strong glasses, requiring a cane and fitted with a prosthetic eye. On
WEALTH ON THE COMMONS IN TOWNSVILLE
Two hard-working families have put up the for sale sign at their historic Commonwealth Hotel in Townsville, providing plenty of blue sky in the Sunshine State. Townsville’s Commonwealth is a classic colonial-style two-storey local built to coincide with Australia’s federation,
WESTONS REVIVE FRIENDLY SOCIETIES
The fireplaces are burning again at inner Melbourne’s Friendly Societies Hotel, marking the return of one of the suburb's oldest pubs after almost two years sitting empty. Reopened in June by Leo Weston and his parents, Clare and Nathan, Friendly
