FREE HOSPITALITY-CENTRIC SHORT COURSES TO MEET DEMANDS
In further response to the demands of industry, TAFE NSW is offering more courses at no charge, to meet skills challenges for employees in 2022. TAFE NSW is the largest training provider in the world, counting over 17k staff, nearly
PREMIER CONTINUES CRUSADE ON CASHLESS HIGHGROUND
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has doubled down on his crusade to impose cashless gaming on NSW pubs and clubs, despite evidence of the potential side-effects and pause by other political leaders. As the Premier mandates an end to criminals using
BUGDENS SAY BYE TO BAGO
Long-timers Peter and Judy Bugden have passed the baton at their Bago Tavern on the mid-north coast to local Glenn Knight. The Bago is located in the historic town of Wauchope, inland from Port Mac, just shy of 400 kilometres
BURLEIGH HEADS BACK AS KOALA RETURNS
The Queensland pub revolution continues with AVC reopening the Koala Tavern and Burleigh Town Hotel after multi-million-dollar facelifts. F&B-led operator Australian Venue Co (AVC) has around 200 pubs nationally and has been investing heavily in what it calls “revitalising the
NEW OWNERS FOR TAPHOUSE’S NEW VIC
Taphouse has passed the baton on its pocket rocket New Victoria Tavern in the burgeoning Sydney industrial precinct and one pub suburb of Wetherill Park. The New Vic came to market late 2021, citing a lively sports bars and TAB
BEST OF WA HOSPITALITY REVEALED
After several years juggling restriction conditions, the best of WA gathered uninhibited this week to celebrate the winners of the 2022 AHA-Aon Hospitality Awards for Excellence. A record 1,200-strong crowd attended Crown Perth to acknowledge the offerings found across Perth
WHITTEN-PROUT SELL GUNNEDAH AND STAY
Whitten and Prout have sold the freehold going concern of Gunnedah Hotel for an undisclosed amount, but will be staying on for a spell to operate the classic country pub. Positioned on a 2,921sqm corner lot in the town’s high
FRASER FLIPS FITZROY
Fraser Short’s Sydney Collective has sold Windsor’s Fitzroy Hotel to the growing Don Hodge Group, after owning the well-known pub for only about a year. Short teamed up late 2021 with Todd Jacques, keeper of the Sunnyside Hotel in Broadmeadow,
MANDATORY CASHLESS GAMING LOOMS AS ELECTION ISSUE
Keeping gaming in the political spotlight, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet plans to work toward a cashless gaming card system for clubs and pubs before the election, in March. In late October the Crime Commission released its long-awaited report on money
MITTA MITTA PUB HITS MARKET
The freeholders and operators have teamed to offer the freehold going concern of the Mitta Pub, on the banks of the striking Snowy Creek in northern Victoria. Previously known as the Laurel Hotel, the pub resides on a block of
