GOLDEN SHEAF UNDER FIRE OVER SOCIAL DISTANCING OUTSIDE
Solotel has faced the whirlwind after images emerged yesterday of a line of more than 100 people in a queue outside the Golden Sheaf in Double Bay on Wednesday night, seemingly defying public health advice on social distancing. NSW Police
SUPER SATURDAY 4 JULY SEES THE PULL OF THE PUB
After lying dormant for 104 days, on 4 July Britain’s pubs burst back open in what became dubbed ‘Super Saturday’, and much of the nation popped in for a pint or ten as socially-starved revellers shrugged off crisis caution. Brits
PUB-GOER ‘NEARLY DIES’ CHOKING ON MEAL
News has emerged that a woman nearly choked to death on a fragment from a meal in an Adelaide pub, but was saved by prompt action. Local mother Lisa Heaven was recently eating beef ribs in the Hurley Group’s Marion
LAUNDY LEADS CALL FOR WORKERS TO ‘GET OFF THEIR ARSE’
Former Federal member and fresh face of the Laundy portfolio, Craig Laundy, has taken a swipe at a system and the workers being paid high subsidies by government while freshly re-opened pubs struggle to cover shifts. On Monday Prime Minister
STUDY WARNS OF ‘ZOMBIE’ BUSINESSES ON THE HORIZON
A study of Australian businesses commissioned by Money.com.au has found an alarming number of SMEs have come close to going under, fuelling speculation on the number of so-called ‘zombie’ businesses expected to fold in September. An independent survey of 261
PUBS LOOK TO ‘PREAMPT’ PROBLEMS
Jason Muir has created a system for pubs to warn each other of trouble nearby – Preampt aiming to prevent some of the problems and violence in venues before it happens. Muir founded Preampt after a career in security management
PUB PUSHED TO THE BRINK OVER MASSIVE COVID FINE
The Queensland state government is $20,000 richer after a police sting on the weekend trapped three country pubs in alleged breaches of COVID-19 restrictions, with at least one shaken under the weight of the debt. Queensland police and OLGR licensing
PARTS OF VICTORIA BACK IN LOCKDOWN
The COVID-19 resurgence in Victoria continues to worsen, with ten Melbourne postcodes back to full restrictions in an effort to keep the infections contained. Having seen double-digit numbers in new cases over the past two weeks, even as the rest
MR BROWNIE OPEN AND UNASHAMED
Restaurant owner Jessi Singh is charging ahead with his opening of the new and slightly controversial ‘Mr Brownie’ in South Melbourne, bringing an unashamedly Indian flavour to the city pub. Singh is already a well-known pot-rattler in Melbourne, fronting his
COVID UPDATE: TWO METRES FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK
On Friday Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the latest stage in easing COVID-19 restrictions, allowing greater numbers for more pubs and public spaces, even as the situation in Victoria worsens and further tightening cannot be ruled out. Following the weekly
