THE CHANNON TAVERN NEAR BYRON FOR SALE
The picturesque The Channon Tavern near Byron is being sold as a vacant possession, with asking price of $3.6 million. Built on a 7,120sqm block in the Byron hinterland, 19 kilometres north of Lismore and proximate to Byron Bay and
IRIS BUILDING BIG ON BASES
Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital is building on successes for the new year, chasing plans for a $70 million development on the site of the Kingswood Hotel and a brand-new pub for Sydney’s upper north shore. Plans for 180 Great Western
PLENTY OF PROSPECTS FOR NHILL’S UNION
The historic Rintoule’s Union Hotel of Nhill is being sold by long-time devotee owner Mick Jesic. Beginning life in 1879 as a wooden structure in Kiata, 20 kilometres south-east, the pub was transported to Nhill in 1881, where it was
GABS CRAFT BEER RESULTS FOR 2021
Australia has voted for its favourite craft beer of 2021, in the latest Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS), welcoming back Bentspoke’s triumphant Crankshaft American IPA. After an anti-socialising pandemic and the latest viral strain made for a challenging festive season
KELLY PORTFOLIO SELL-DOWN BEGINS
Following appointment of administrators to the Damian Kelly portfolio, sale of the four thriving pubs has begun. Andrew McCabe and Joseph Hayes of insolvency and restructuring experts Wexted Advisory were appointed as Administrators and are buoyant on a strong campaign
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
