LION LAUNCHES MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS WITH GOTCHA4LIFE
Lion has returned to the Armatree Hotel, launching a community program in support of mental health, in collaboration with Gotcha4Life. A special free Christmas Dinner for held for the local community at the Armatree Hotel on 1 December, welcoming Gus
PRESSURE RISES IN GAMING MACHINE SPIN
News has broken that ILGA’s data monitoring system has identified hundreds of what are dubbed “suspect transactions” at pubs and clubs, including outside of the cities, potentially boding a major reality check for authorities and industry. The information from the
DUXTON REACHES A DOZEN
The ambitious Duxton Pubs Group has added another in its quest for national prominence, buying the Port Broughton Hotel, north of Adelaide. Built in 1910, the classic Victorian Hotel is centred around a large island style bar, with TAB,
SORELLA SNARES ADELONG ROYALTY
Growing group Sorella has taken the keys to the historic large-format Royal Hotel of Adelong, from long-term owners. The two-storey Royal occupies a prominent 2,023sqm corner site on Tumut Street, where it is part of the Snowy Mountains Highway. Known
CALEDONIAN HOTELIER PAYS PRICE IN COURT
The licensee of Singleton’s self-proclaimed “freedom” Caledonian Hotel has been convicted and fined in court over his continued consternation about the COVID vaccine. 57-year-old Bradley John Hill has been waging something of a campaign against COVID-19 vaccination requirements. This has
RENEWED BRIBIE ISLAND HOTEL AND QUEENSLAND INVESTMENT
Australian Venue Co. continues its strong investment into Queensland, with more renovations and the reopening of the idyllic Bribie Island Hotel. Bribie Island resumed trading Wednesday (1 December) following a $2.2 million refurbishment, to create “a family-friendly hub”. The new-look
INSTITUTION PADDO ALE HOUSE BEING SOLD
The freehold going concern of the famous Paddington Ale House has come to market for the first time in four decades. Placed on a high-profile corner in the town centre of Mount Hawthorn, opposite a Woolworths anchored shopping centre, the
LEGEND OF CAPTAINS FLAT GOES TO MARKET
The enigmatic and enormous Captains Flat Hotel is being sold as a vacant possession eager to welcome back thirsty locals. The large-format pub was built c.1937 on a 2,024sqm block on Foxlow Street, in the New South Wales town of
KATTER REFUSED ENTRY TO PUB OVER JAB STATUS
Boisterous Queensland MP Bob Katter has been denied entry to a NSW pub for failing to provide proof of vaccination status. The Federal Member for Kennedy was refused entry to the Tamworth Hotel after a group he was with was
PUBS ‘NEXT FRONTIER FOR CRIME’: CLICK-BAIT MEDIA
The hospitality industry and Associations are again defending the role of pubs and clubs in society, in light of the latest round of naïve finger-pointing by click-bait media. According to Nine Entertainment (the merged Channel 9 and Fairfax Media) the