ANCIENT BRITON MARCHES ON
Glebe's Ancient Briton is poised for new life, as the Seeto family relinquish the inner west pub in an appropriately animated January. Known as The AB, the multi-level pub occupies a 481sqm block on the corner of Glebe Point Road
BEER TAX RISING AGAIN, AS INFLATION EASES
The twice-annual beer excise is set to ratchet up again this week, finding continued cries for leniency as Australia clocks undesirably high inflation and marks the biggest annual beer tax increase in decades. The excise duty is the tax per
AUSTRALIA’S HOTTEST BEERS FOR 2023
As has become the tradition, the Great Australasian Beer Spectapular's (GABS) Hottest 100 list was announced over the weekend, this year crowning a newcomer to the competition. The GABS Hottest 100 is released late January, following Australia Day, celebrating the
MANTLE GROUP ACCUSED OF MORE STAFF MISTREATMENT
Godfrey Mantle’s hospitality group is back in the headlines over treatment of staff – accused of leveraging hundreds of casuals into a new agreement avoiding penalty rates. The Mantle Group operates pubs in Brisbane and Sydney, such as the Pig
HORSE AND JOCKEY FIND NEW STABLE
Australia’s largest publican is amongst those finding continued appetite for regional hotels in the post-COVID environment, as the Horse and Jockey of Warwick joins the stable. Well known to both locals and tourists to the region, the Horse and Jockey
PUBLICAN FACES TRIAL FOR THEFT FROM INMATES
A hotel owner has faced court over the alleged theft of over $100k from inmates of the remand centre where he also worked, in an attempt to save his business. Brenton Williams pleaded guilty to theft from a prison safe
HARRIGAN’S TROUPE FINDS GOOD KNIGHT
Billionaire property doyens the Roche family have divested their ‘out of step’ Irish Tavern and Lodge in Harrington to a party of publicans led by Glenn Knight. Proprietor to the Laurieton Hotel Motel, a little south of Port Macquarie, last
INGHAM MYERS TAKE NORMANBY
The Ingham Myers family has boosted their pub portfolio with the addition of Jaz Mooney’s classic Normanby Hotel, in boomtown Brisbane. Sam and Nick Ingham Myers and their Hotels group hold a spread of properties, notably including the Karalee Tavern
NEW DAY FOR OLD COUNTRY
Pubs around the country are getting on board with jumping ship on the national day celebrations, despite a majority still in favour, as the date and meaning become increasingly in doubt. A new year, and January has traditionally welcomed a
ROCKIN THE PUBURBS SET TO FIGHT IT OUT AT CBH
The ultimate pub band competition in NSW is reaching a climax, with five finalists set to battle it out at one of Sydney’s ultimate pub rock havens. Live music is a major element to the Australian economy, employing 65k full-time
