The proprietors of well-known Brisbane pub Gilhooleys have dropped a legal bid against the ATO disputing its large outstanding tax bill. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) was seeking by statutory demand $641,604 over unpaid self-assessed GST and Pay As You Go withholding liabilities, plus the superannuation guarantee charge. It was also presented that more than […]
Tonight sees curtains up for Jaime Wirth and partners’ reincarnation of Woolloomooloo’s famous Old Fitzroy Hotel, with selected new complementing the polished act. For the past few years, since selling his Drink n’ Dine portfolio, Wirth has joined with Michael Delany in their hospitality business International Worldwide, working toward a new direction in pubs. The
Poker machine giants Aristocrat and Ainsworth are headed to Federal Court in a battle over alleged breaches of intellectual property law. Aristocrat Technologies initiated legal proceedings last week against Ainsworth Game Technology (AGT) for what is sees as strategic theft of proprietary business workings behind its phenomenally successful game Lightning Link. Aristocrat claims AGT has
CCTV caught a patron fighting off a machete-wielding bandit in a Gold Coast pub with a stool and a pot plant. Local Andrew Ormsby was enjoying an evening in the Mermaid Beach Tavern around 12:45am Friday when he heard a scream, and thought someone had won a major jackpot. Approaching the gaming room bar, he
New research on the impacts of financial stress cites significant problems amongst hospitality workers, and detriment to business amounting to billions per year. Research conducted for AMP Bank on the saving habits of those in the hospitality industry found many workers live with little or no financial buffer, in a negative trend going back more
Former Wallaby Bill Young has resumed Glebe legend the Friend In Hand, buying back from long-term owners the Byrne family. William Kevin Young was a loose-head prop during the golden era of Australian rugby, playing 46 tests over a six-year international career, including in the 2003 Rugby World Cup against England. Attending pub breeding ground
Authorities are investigating the cause of a partial wall collapse in busy nightclub The Library last weekend, with police suggesting it was lucky no-one was killed. The Library, in Northbridge – Perth’s entertainment district – was hosting an event called Thirsty, offering “strippers, cheeseburgers, whipped cream and champagne” for students celebrating the end of exams.
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Two men are being hunted and one has been arrested over two stabbing deaths in licensed venue carparks. Around 6pm on Monday night (1 July) an argument between three men took place in the carpark of Porters Plainland Hotel, west of Brisbane. The situation escalated, and 53-year-old Paul Rock sustained multiple stab wounds. Witnesses say
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Woolworths has finally announced strategy to divest its contentious Hotels division, to be coupled with its key liquor division, leaving the future of Australia’s biggest drinks-hospitality group dithering. ASX-listed Woolworths (WOW) today released details of its plan to merge Endeavour Drinks and Australian Leisure & Hospitality Group (ALH) into a combined entity, Endeavour Group Limited
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