WORKERS SHUN RETURN TO WORK
An employment challenge looms as pubs get back to work, finding laid-off workers content to receive the generous JobSeeker allowance rather than return to regular duties. Pioneering what has become a national policy, Western Australia moved to stage four of
KICKSTARTING AUSTRALIAN NIGHTLIFE TO FIRE UP PUBS AND PERFORMERS
Leading music entertainment provider Nightlife is supporting Australian pubs and performers on the upswing from the pandemic, continuing fee-relief and real alternatives in troubled times. The national pub industry is blinking back to life after a heart-breaking period of hibernation,
NEW-LOOK KENT ST HOTEL TIPPED TO ATTRACT
Sydney publican Brett Strauss has taken on the new-opportunity Kent Street Hotel, beginning a fresh redesign and pitch to shifting markets beneath a host of changes above. Strauss is the proprietor of the Chippendale Hotel in the southern fringes of
RETURN TO FULL FEES FOR FOXTEL
Despite depressed trading conditions nationwide, Foxtel has confirmed pub subscriptions will be returning to full fees from 1 July. Since the Federal Government ordered the closure of businesses on 23 March, businesses, landlords and suppliers have been striking compromises to
UK PUBS IN TROUBLE AND ON THE ROPES
Defying continued prohibition orders, some UK pubs have been secretly serving booze, and their begrudged patrons resorting to violence in defence of their perceived right to sip a pint. Australian pubs are mostly resuming trade, albeit subdued, but thousands of
HOSPO WORKERS STRIKE BLOW AS WAGE THEFT BATTLE SURGES
Hospitality workers are rising up over “systemic” pay disputes, as Victoria passes laws threatening jail time for employers, the UWU begins legal actions, and JobKeeper rorts come to light. Last week the Victorian Parliament passed the first laws in Australia
DIAGEO PLEDGES $145 MILLION TO ‘RAISE THE BAR’
Global drinks giant Diageo has today announced its massive US$100 million ‘Raising the Bar’ support program for venues in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Diageo Australia has pledged $11.5 million to the Down Under instalment of Raising the Bar,
SHAMROCK HOTEL LISTS FOR THE POTENTIAL
The Shamrock Hotel in Toowoomba is back on the market, offering considerable upside as Queensland pubs wind up to a return to normal trade. Occupying a sizeable 3,253sqm block on Ruthven Street in the heart of town, the Hotel counts
VICTORIA QUASHES EASING AS SECOND WAVE LOOMS
A considerable spike in the number of new COVID-19 cases in Victoria has brought a retraction of lockdown restrictions easing, amid serious concerns a second wave of infections is possible. The Victorian Premier yesterday announced a state of emergency will
GERRY NASS OFFERS UP ROBERT BURNS
Custodian of the Collingwood talisman Robert Burns Hotel, Gerry Nass, has put out the sale shingle on the pub as he reaches three decades at the wheel and a post-pandemic turning point. Nass bought the leasehold interest at the RBH
