The Brookvale Hotel has joined a distinguished list of pubs looking to capitalise on Sydney’s housing boom. The Pittwater Rd site will be subdivided and …
UNEMPLOYED – BARMAID WITH 60 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE
It’s a new era at Gladesville, as Australia’s longest-serving barperson hands in her towel. Starting work as a young woman, Lily Fleming was employed at …
MORE PAY IS FAIR: FAIR WORK COMMISSION
The Fair Work Commission has effectively split the difference amid conflicting opinions on business’ ability to afford higher minimum wages. While the Australian Council of …
VIOLENCE REDUCTION A COLLECTIVE PROBLEM: INDUSTRY
The Coffs-Clarence Local Area Command has come out critical of the work of local hotels, as the wider district finds two of its pubs on …
CHARTER HALL AND HOSTPLUS TO BUY $200m MORE PUBS
Back after their $600 million grab of ALH-tenanted pubs in September, the Long WALE Investment Partnership is set to buy another $200 million of the …
THE OAKS SLIPS ONTO VIOLENT VENUES LIST
One of Sydney’s most beloved pubs has found itself on the list of violent venues, after recent successes have brought about consequences. Neutral Bay’s The …
“QUIET” PUB SUSPENDED FOR UNDER-AGE BREACH
The New South Wales Government’s crack-down on under-age drinking has netted its first victim, with a Riverina hotel receiving a licence suspension. New laws concerning …
INDUSTRY GROUP CALLS FOR GOVERNMENT TO NOT “LOCK THEM OUT”
The newly-formed alliance calling itself Our Nightlife Queensland continues its charge in the campaign to force the State Government to include industry in regulation decisions. …
DRINKING RECORD BROKEN, MAN DEAD, BARTENDER IN JAIL
A bartender is in prison after serving a man 56 shots, after which he went into cardiac arrest and died. The Criminal Court in France …
$25M GAMING PUB SALE PART OF “FRENETIC” 2015
A top gaming hotel has sold for $25 million, in one of the State’s “fastest growing LGAs”. The Macquarie Hotel, in Liverpool in southern Sydney, …