SYDNEY PUBLICAN BUSTED IN DRUG STING
A Paddington hotelier has pleaded guilty to drug offences, after a covert operation that resulted in arrests and dozens of charges being laid, News reports. Officers from the Kings Cross drug unit are thought to have stopped 49-year-old Robert Moroney
VICTORIA ROLLING OUT MAJOR CHANGES TO LIQUOR REGULATION AND ACCORDS
The Victorian regulator for matters liquor and gaming has announced some major changes, not limited to its new name of VGCCC and the upcoming readjustment of its portfolio. Following legislation passed by Victorian Parliament in December 2021, the VCGLR (Victorian
AVC LANDS ANGLERS IN ANOTHER EG DEAL
Australian Venue Co. has continued its investment in Victorian pubs, taking the freehold going concern of the Anglers Tavern with another investment partner, EG Private Wealth. Maribyrnong’s Anglers Tavern is the largest food and beverage venue north of the Melbourne
ROYAL LOCALS TEAM UP TO SAVE THE TOWN’S PUB
Facing the loss of their treasured local, the people of the town of Grong Grong have raised over a million dollars to form a cooperative and buy it themselves. Grong Grong is a small town in the NSW Riverina, east
MAN JAILED OVER ROID-FUELLED RAGE AT PUB
A man has been sentenced to less than two years’ prison for a brutal steroid-fuelled attack in late 2020, assaulting a security guard and leaving an innocent patron with permanent injuries. Blakeview resident, 34-year-old Dale Ryan Lush, was drinking at
SYDNEY RESTAURANT GROUP KICKS OFF PUB PLANS AT THE COAST HOTEL
Bill Drakopoulos’ Sydney Restaurant Group (SRG) has pulled the trigger on its plan for pubs, picking up the large-format Coast Hotel in Budgewoi. Well known as a restaurateur, Drakopoulos has paid $15 million for the Central Coast freehold, on a
ALH AND ENDEAVOUR BACK IN BUY MODE
Australia’s largest publican has completed its first Queensland transaction since its ASX listing with Endeavour, making a Commercial decision in another strategic region. Purchase of the Commercial Hotel Charters Towers is the first settled Sunshine State acquisition for Endeavour Group
LORD GLADSTONE GOES ‘GLADSONG’ TO POINT OUT LIVE MUSIC INEQUITY
This Sunday the Lord will hold service in Chippendale, as The Gladsong, to highlight the abandonment of the music industry and the restrictions, while religious outfits flaunt the rules. On January 23 The (Lord) Gladsong and hold a Sunday service,
SHORT GOES LONG IN WINDSOR
Fraser Short has burst into Windsor, picking up two pubs in quick succession with new partners. The first to arise was Windsor’s well-known Fitzroy Hotel, operated by 'Lion-heart Luke' Ainscough, which has sold to the newly-formed syndicate of Fraser Short
IRVIN TRANSFORMS TOWNSVILLE ICON SEAVIEW HOTEL
Irvin Hotels has completed a major overhaul of Townsville’s iconic seaside Seaview Hotel. The local landmark was established in 1889, but the current building came in 1929 after the old timber Hotel was destroyed by fire. Renovations began in January